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 at 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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