Thread: series 1 tyres

Originally Posted by 123rover50

These are new 700x16 I bought last year from our local Continental dealer.
About $200.00 I recall.

Thanks, are you sure they are Continental? They have one tyre like yours but not in that size. Can't seem to find anything that looks similar.

Mine are 7.00x16 LT 8-ply Grand Tour distributed by GT radial (listed as X-Grip)and should be available through your local tyre dealer.I believe these are the same tyres as 123rover50 has got on his truck ,only mine are about 80% worn..I think the only other similar tyres available in this size are MRF 14 ply.If you want more information send me a pm.

Thanks B.S.F Nut

after googling X Grip I finally found them, they look the part. I have found it quite hard to get any info on 7, or 7.5x16 from suppliers web sites.

That's a swell looking truck you have there. I love that lived look old Series have in good nick.

Don't have a spare fairlead lying around by chance?

Originally Posted by JDNSW

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As to tread pattern, original would, I think, have probably been something like the RoadTrak Major or RoadTrak, possibly bar tread, less likely on a 107, almost certainly one of the Australian made tyres.

John

The Grenville books abbreviate the tyres to:

• Oly Bar (Olympic bar tread)
• Oly APL (Olympic All Purpose Lug)
• Dun Bar (Dunlop bar tread)
• Dun RTM (Dunlop Road Track Major)

Other brands and patterns are listed later in SIIa but the above are the only ones listed in S1.

Unfortunately none of those brand/patterns have been available for years, but some similar patterns are available in Korean, Chinese and Indian tyres.

Jason, here is a link to the MRF agent , Australian Tyre Traders - Wholesalers, importers & manufacturers of Tyres
There is no agent in Brisbane , but they say that one is comming soon.

I saw an 86" at the RACQ motorfest this year and it had MRF 6.00-16 Bar tread on it, looked good .

Cheers Jeff

Unfortunately a lot of companies list tyres the factory produces and not the tyres available in Australia.

Cheers
W.

I got my 6.00 X 16's via Zulu Delta somewhere in Logan. They're an order item. Took all of a week. PM him for bloke to talk to. They are the go. Mine will still pull 95 km/h on 'em and they are and look correct. $150 each with tubes and fitted.

My 107 has 7.50's on it and I run 205/16's on the 88 (actually too wide for the rim, but have been fine for a few years now fine). I have a set of 6.50's which will be going on the 88 and these are basically the same overall dia as the 205's.