Tyres tired

[bigstraight6]

BS6 the younger came over today to show off the new tyres he just had fitted, the OSR one that came off was apparently 1975 vintage! Here he is scrubbing off the protective wax coating on the whitewall.

[bunglebus]

I love the Mercury Cougar so much. Especially in that colour

[sutty2006]

White walls are a bugger to get cheap. 215 70 15s for my Mercury are nearly 120 a corner! Bought a set a fair while ago for 85 quid but they didn’t last long before they were cracked to the cords. 

[stuboy]

40 minutes ago, bigstraight6 said:

1975 vintage

less of the vintage.. year of my birth,,,,lol

[bigstraight6]

These tyres were £300 delivered, not bad at all...

[sutty2006]

10 hours ago, bigstraight6 said:

These tyres were £300 delivered, not bad at all...

Where from? 

[jonny69]

10 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

White walls are a bugger to get cheap. 215 70 15s for my Mercury are nearly 120 a corner! Bought a set a fair while ago for 85 quid but they didn’t last long before they were cracked to the cords. 

Yeah the tall 7.50 whitewall crossplies for the back of my hotrod were £275 each! I decided to change the way the car looked and went for tall skinny blackwalls. All 4 tyres and the set of 19" wires came to less than the pair of rear whitewalls and once I'd factored in selling the 17" wheels it almost worked out free!

[sierraman]

Liking that Cougar. Matchbox did one in exactly same colour in the late 60’s. 

[bunglebus]

There's a modern version too

 

20191005_134607 by RS, on Flickr

[bigstraight6]

3 hours ago, sutty2006 said:

Where from? 

Universal tyres and spares in Hayes, Middlesex.