Judging by what I saw on Google images, white wall tyres must still be available somewhere because there are plenty of contemporary shots of classic cars wearing smart white-walls.

I never liked white-wall tyres when they were still to be seen on Ford Consuls, Triumph Vitesses and the like, but now that they're a rarity I think they look quite smart.

Proper white wall, or miserable little thin white circles?

Does anyone remember the ABC Bakery vans in London, which had red-wall tyres. These were just ordinary tyres but with the sidewalls painted red.

In the early days of motoring, car tyres were mostly a creamy colour. That's one feature that seems to have disappeared even from the veteran and vintage scene. I know the old natural rubber tyres were much more puncture prone, but you'd have thought that specialist tyre makers would still supply cream-coloured tyres.

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Edited by Sofa Spud on 29/03/2010 at 11:48