Hi All Does anyone know where I can get a set of new tyres for a Morris Minor Woody that I'm restoring! I'm after 155/14 or 165/14 full profile radial tyres and want to have an authentic brand - Michelin, Avon, Dunlop etc - not Chinese brand (wouldn't look right!). Most tyre manufacturers don't list these anymore but someone out there may know of some new old stock tyres hidden away somewhere! Cheers Lance
morrisman1,
Oct 20, 4:09pm
have you tried Basis in Blenheim to see if they know! Your local club could help too. Swift auto in chch does mini stuff but he may know of a supplier
persh,
Oct 20, 4:11pm
Thanks Morrisman - l'll try them
pettal,
Oct 20, 4:11pm
to be authentic, didnt they come standard with cross plys and not radials !.
There's a couple of options for you.I admire your dedication to trying to find a correct tyre but I bet you get an aweful fright when you find the price.Like others have said I would think a Minor would have been on crossplys rather than radials.
i would think that the 145/155 14 in radial would be the type of thing you would find on a french car - Citroen Renault etc - so if you can find an olld school Citroen dealer they might be able to point you in the right direction.
persh,
Oct 20, 4:47pm
Thanks for your suggestions guys - and I agree, to be 100% original crossplys would be the way to go - but these normally cost even more than radials! And being a traveller, I believe that the latter cars were produced with radials.
persh,
Oct 20, 4:54pm
Hi Supanova2 Already tried Peter at Classic Tyres - all he could do was Nanking 155/14 from china - nice guy though and very helpful.
supernova2,
Oct 20, 5:09pm
Sometimes i think there needs to be a bit of a compromise on "safety" items like tyres, brakes, lights etc.
As an example my 54 snipe will be fitted with a booster and radials when I get there.The tyres may well be china ones as lets face it its not likely that a restored clasic, unless its a E-type or similar, is going to be a performace vehicle.The rest of the car is as it left the factory apart from blinkers and H4 lights.I've still got the tripod lucas lights stashed away but for everyday use it runs the H4s.Its still running the jenny which almost copes but reluctant to fit an alternator as then it obviously wont look right under the bonnet.
persh,
Oct 20, 6:36pm
Yeah - I might have to resort to Chinese made tyres but hopefully I can avoid it!
sifty,
Oct 20, 6:59pm
Wow.
supernova2,
Oct 20, 7:51pm
Is that the GT model!
matarautrader,
Oct 20, 8:15pm
No its the "holy h*ll!" model!
chebry,
Oct 21, 4:06am
Good luck with that I chased around for tyres to fit my Minxs stock rims, too much drama I fitted Peugeot 406 steelies with 205-60-15 tyres improved the handling no end I changed the diff ratio to suit the 15cm rollout loss and it cruises at the speed limit quite happily
sw20,
Oct 21, 4:19am
American made tyres
trade4us2,
Oct 21, 5:00am
Payless Tyres have lots of slighly worn Michelins for about $80.
mrfxit,
Oct 21, 12:52pm
Can't remember the exact sizing but it went along the lines of 460/14 .500/14.520/14 .600/14 etc et
Get the beaded wheels magazine, that has tye imported in there for old cars, I got some american tyres but had to wait untill they filled the container,
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