Morris Minor Owners Club

Need two new tyres for mog and i want decent ish ones, where should i go or look? the local garage couldnt get me one last time she went in for mot...

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Tris

Bull Motif? and I'm sure ESM etc. I got 5 very nice Michelins from Bull Motif as a job lot, for £150....and then had to pay some robbing company £50 to fit them!

My Firestones were aged and when I enquired about replacements was told they hadn't been made in Minor size for years.
That means any Firestone will be NOS.
I was getting quotes of around £35 per tyre for other, cheap, brands fitted by tyre dealers.
In the end I bought a set off one of the big Minor suppliers that has them on offer at around £25 each.
They are TOYO which is a reputable brand.
I have a tyre changer so will fit them myself but even paying to have them fitted (about £5 each) it's still slightly cheaper than sourcing from tyre dealers so worth considering if you struggle to get them.

Paul Humphries

Its a shame you can get the 135/14" size of tyre as the Minor drives beautifully on these and the tyre looks the perfect size for the Minor wheel rim.

135/14"

i thought the radial size was 145r 14 to replace the crossplys?

I think 135/80 R14 is the exact "like for like" size fitted when radials replaced the original 5.20 14" cross-plies, but 145/80 R14 gives a bit more tread area without looking "oversize". I think 155/80 R14 is the biggest that can be fitted on the standard rims without any risk of the tyre "rolling off" the old fashioned rim profile shape.

Also, 145/14" is probably easier to obtain than 135/14".

i thought the radial size was 145r 14 to replace the crossplys?

135's is the correct width for the rim - I also agree it's a shame you can't get them anymore but 145's are not bad.

Easy enough to pop Minor tyres on the rims with two tyre levers! In fact - they can be fitted without levers - just a rubber head mallet will do it, and a smear of Swarfega on the wheel and tyre rims.

sealing them to the rim can however require a high volume airline that not many people will have. (unless you use tubes and you didn't nick the tube with the tyre levers).

Easy enough to pop Minor tyres on the rims with two tyre levers! In fact - they can be fitted without levers - just a rubber head mallet will do it, and a smear of Swarfega on the wheel and tyre rims.

Now that sounds like a demonstration for the National. Every hour on the hour?

Maybe you could do it for charity sponsorship? If a bunch of people gave you 5p a go (or maybe 10p to do it without tyre levers), you could raise quite a few quid by the end of the national...