Wrongo, wrongo!! I have BMIHT certificates on all of my '63 Spridgets, and
3 of them were listed as being delivered from the factory with white side
walls.
Bob
>Jim
>I beleive that all cars were produced with Dulop black wall bias pli
>tires at the factory. Any whitewalls would have been U.S. dealer
>options.
>I had an early Mk2 which I bought used (2 yrs old) from a BMC dealer
>in 1964. It had Dunlop blackwall tires that had white wall rings
>added.
>I guess anything could have been possible.
>Sam AN5, AN8
>----- Original Message -----
>From: James Algar <JamesA@HI-TORQUE.com>
>To: <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 1:32 PM
>Subject: White wall tires
>
>
>> I was going through some old snapshots of my '69 Sprite, taken
>shortly after
>> I bought it new, and they confirmed a memory of mine; that, as
>purchased
>> from the dealer (University Imports in Riverside, California), the
>car came
>> with (thin) whitewall tires! I'm assuming they were factory Dunlops
>(can't
>> see the dealer bothering to de-mount the delivered tires) but I'm
>willing to
>> be corrected. Can anybody on the list help out with this? Not that
>many of
>> you are driving Spridgets bought new, but maybe someone has original
>ads or
>> dealer brochures?
>>
>> Wondering,
>>
>> Jim Algar
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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