05-04-2019, 10:00 PM
A week ago last Wednesday, I replaced all the tyres on my Seven, The Avons that came off were probably fitted when the car was restored in the late sixties/early seventies so the thick end of 50 years old. They were changed because the front tyres were less than 2mm and the rears not much more.
My tame tyre fitter was amazed at their condition - no cracking whatsoever! Although they were a bit stiff to get off. The car had been stored in a heated garage for the last 50 or so years however, so perhaps being kept inflated and in the warm, dry and dark had helped to preserve them.
Happy they have been changed, though. They've transformed the handling of the car.
My tame tyre fitter was amazed at their condition - no cracking whatsoever! Although they were a bit stiff to get off. The car had been stored in a heated garage for the last 50 or so years however, so perhaps being kept inflated and in the warm, dry and dark had helped to preserve them.
Happy they have been changed, though. They've transformed the handling of the car.