25-08-2019, 09:31 AM
(This post was last modified: 25-08-2019, 11:59 AM by AllAlloyCup.)
Hi Duncan
Reminds me of my freshly restored Morris 8 Two Seater
and a camping expedition to the North of Scotland.
As I was much more skint then , I had not got round to buying
A new set of tyres and some were very, very old, except the Spare.
It was almost new but had a big bulge in the sidewall when inflated.
Anyway we got way north of Lochinver , but then had a
a puncture so was forced to fit the dodgy spare.
At this latitude garages were few and far between.
But there was one in Lochinver itself. Thinking they might
have an old trailer or something else with 17” x4.50 tyres
Lying about I called in. He looked at the dodgy tyre and said
“You’d better not go further north with that one”
It turned out that he had 2x new 17” Dunlop’s in his tyre loft
, how many garages have s tyre loft now?
He set to to put the two new tyres onto the punctured wheel and the dodgy one.
The sidewall bulge turned out to be our Cairn Terriers toy rubber knobbly ring
Which the pesky dog must have dropped into the tyre when he was in the garage!
We all had a good laugh. The old garage owner
Was perplexed as to what to charge me for the tyres but we settled
On the price of two mini 10” tyres.
Camping to John O’Groats was then feasible knowing we had
4 reasonable running tyres and two good spares!!
This Morris also made it to Land’s End before I swapped
It for an MG VA Folding Head Foursome (DHC) which weighed exactly
double the weight of the little Morris.
Ps My Cup is currently carrying a punctured spare which
I must fix along with a leaky petrol tank , again!, as the first repair
attempt was not quite good enough!
All the best
Bill G
Reminds me of my freshly restored Morris 8 Two Seater
and a camping expedition to the North of Scotland.
As I was much more skint then , I had not got round to buying
A new set of tyres and some were very, very old, except the Spare.
It was almost new but had a big bulge in the sidewall when inflated.
Anyway we got way north of Lochinver , but then had a
a puncture so was forced to fit the dodgy spare.
At this latitude garages were few and far between.
But there was one in Lochinver itself. Thinking they might
have an old trailer or something else with 17” x4.50 tyres
Lying about I called in. He looked at the dodgy tyre and said
“You’d better not go further north with that one”
It turned out that he had 2x new 17” Dunlop’s in his tyre loft
, how many garages have s tyre loft now?
He set to to put the two new tyres onto the punctured wheel and the dodgy one.
The sidewall bulge turned out to be our Cairn Terriers toy rubber knobbly ring
Which the pesky dog must have dropped into the tyre when he was in the garage!
We all had a good laugh. The old garage owner
Was perplexed as to what to charge me for the tyres but we settled
On the price of two mini 10” tyres.
Camping to John O’Groats was then feasible knowing we had
4 reasonable running tyres and two good spares!!
This Morris also made it to Land’s End before I swapped
It for an MG VA Folding Head Foursome (DHC) which weighed exactly
double the weight of the little Morris.
Ps My Cup is currently carrying a punctured spare which
I must fix along with a leaky petrol tank , again!, as the first repair
attempt was not quite good enough!
All the best
Bill G
Based near the Scottish Border,