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[terry mcgrath]

Can anyone recognize this tire pattern on this new XK150 Jaguar they have some similarities to the Dunlop racing tire.

unfortunately due to the ridiculous system of uploading photos to this site pics are on my facebook page

at   https://www.facebook...?type=3

 

thanks terry

[Paul Parker]

Can anyone recognize this tire pattern on this new XK150 Jaguar they have some similarities to the Dunlop racing tire.

unfortunately due to the ridiculous system of uploading photos to this site pics are on my facebook page

at   https://www.facebook...?type=3

 

thanks terry

 

I think they might be are Avons but do not know the manufacturer's description.

[terry mcgrath]

will need to get pics of Avon tires from the period to compare tread pattern

[cpbell]

will need to get pics of Avon tires from the period to compare tread pattern

I did a Google image search but couldn't find anything apart from period adverts for their motorcycle tyres.

[Paul Parker]

will need to get pics of Avon tires from the period to compare tread pattern

 

Surely somebody on here will know, I'm away from my archive for a while so I have no other sources so good luck with your query.

[Vitesse2]

Not sure they're Avons. I've found some period ads in the Telegraph - the tread pattern on the tyres on the Jaguar is more pronounced than Avon's contemporaneous HM Ribbed tyre. But more importantly that centre groove isn't there on the HM Ribbed. They also had an HM Centre Grip, with a much more complicated central tread pattern.

 

[Dutchy]

They are indeed Avons.

Aston Martin used them in 1959. I've found a photo to prove it but can't upload it.

Edited by Dutchy, 08 June 2017 - 15:10.

[terry mcgrath]

exciting news you might like to sms photo to me from your phone my tel no is 61 407797003 or email to me at tmcgrath@bigpond.com.

If you advise source I might even have a copy of the item

thanks terry

They are indeed Avons.

Aston Martin used them in 1959. I've phoned to photo to prove it but can't upload it.

[Ray Bell]

Let's just for laughs put the photo Terry has linked on this page...

[Dutchy]

Terry,

 

Sent you a PM.

Edited by Dutchy, 08 June 2017 - 14:50.

[terry mcgrath]

thanks greatly for that great pic I have uploaded it to my facebook page https://www.facebook...JaguarArchives/

Terry,

 

Sent you a PM.

[Ray Bell]

For those of us whose curiosity you've aroused...

Any chance of posting the pic here?

[GMACKIE]

Looks like Dunlop RR12 to me.

 

Edit :- Actually, I think RR12s were Goodyear, not Dunlop.

Edited by GMACKIE, 09 June 2017 - 07:34.

[terry mcgrath]

thanks ray

Let's just for laughs put the photo Terry has linked on this page...

[GMACKIE]

Terry, after checking out my photos, this is the only one of the RR12 Goodyears that were on the back of my Vee [#20].

 

Unfortunately I was traveling too fast to clearly show the 4 'zig-zag' grooves...similar to those in your photo.

 

[E1pix]

Is that a static shot from a tripod? ;-)

[DCapps]

They are indeed Avons.

Aston Martin used them in 1959. I've found a photo to prove it but can't upload it.

 

Using the materials at hand, I have looked at the Goodyears and then the Avons from this era, I would tend to suggest that they certainly appear to be the latter, much like those made for the Aston Martin team.

[JtP2]

The photo is simply a enlargement with the grain coming through.

[Ray Bell]

But it clearly shows there is no straight central groove...

[Rob Miller]

The photo of Carroll Shelby's Aston Martin DBR4 on the grid at the 1959 British Grand Prix at Aintree, which is posted on Terry's Facebook page (but not that easy to find), clearly shows the tyres with the central groove and zig-zag tread pattern.

 

https://www.facebook...JaguarArchives/

 

There is another photo on the internet showing the DBR1 pit fire at Goodwood in 1959 which clearly shows (when enlarged) a spare tyre with the same pattern.

 

https://www.google.c...497194456967032

 

One could speculate that the same tyres were used in the victory at Le Mans.

Edited by Rob Miller, 10 June 2017 - 15:34.

[Ray Bell]

Once again a Fecesbook link which takes one back to the original picture...

Please, don't link Fecesbook, just post the photos here. I'd like to see them.

[Rob Miller]

Ray, under the picture is "View all 5 comments". Click on this and scroll down to the picture. Click on Carroll's head.