Thread: Aeroplane tyres

I think Len Beadell used aircraft tyres on his Land Rovers during his desert surveying work.
Don.

These were fitted to a Series 1

Originally Posted by moparrangie

Series 1 56. My old man and uncle had this for years. It spent lots of time on the coast in east gippsland in Vic.
They put in a slant 6 to help things along

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Back many many years ago when you were allowed to have fun in Victoria

I have the remains of a 58 S1 lwb station wagon which had most of the rear and front guards cut out to fit a set of 14"wide tyres on that come from one of the Mt Gunson mines exploration land rovers. It wasn't a successful venture as the vehicle would float and could not tow the boat trailer to a depth to launch the boat.


The rims and tyres were sold to someone down Adelaide way

My first trip to Fraser Island in 1970 was in a SWB S2A with widened 15" FJ Holden rims (same PCD as Series Landies) fitted with road tyres from John Fairfax's Rolls Royce. Drove from Sydney and back plus all over Fraser without a problem.

Many of the rutile mining companies were using aircraft tyresduring the 60's and 70's. Another one of the advantages of the aircraft tyres was the rounded shoulder and lack of tread which meant that they were less prone to digging into the sand - refer to the photo in post #21 above.

Originally Posted by Don 130

I think Len Beadell used aircraft tyres on his Land Rovers during his desert surveying work.
Don.

I don't think so, but I can't lay my hands on the books right at this moment.

Perhaps one reason for aeroplane tyres having disappeared from the scene may be that the planes that used an appropriate size are no longer in common use - I think perhaps of types such as the Avro Anson, DH Heron, even Lockheed Hudson which were in common use into the fifties, aircraft near or not too far above the upper limit of "light aircraft" (12,500lbs) but designed to operate on grass - modern aircraft in this category are mostly designed to operate on sealed runways and use smaller but higher pressure tyres.

John

Originally Posted by moparrangie

They put in a slant 6 to help things along

Ah, the slant. Most beautiful of engines.

I would love to see a Landy with a running slant in it....

Originally Posted by JDNSW

I don't think so, but I can't lay my hands on the books right at this moment.
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John

Found the books - no aeroplane tyres in sight, but at least one picture showing n 80" with oversize tyres (9.00x16?) but definitely not aeroplane tyres. All the pictures I could find quickly showed conventional tyres, mostly conventional road tread, and look to be either 6.00x16 or 7.50x16.

John