Author: Ben Field
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Firestone Deluxe Champion tyres back in stock now.
Custom bike builders love the Firestone Deluxe Champion. The mixture of zig-zag tread and statement-making chunkiness means it’s on brats, bobbers, café racers and many bikes creating their own categories the world over... -
Vintage Tyres’ Bicester Heritage branch is now open five days a week
Vintage Tyres’ Bicester Heritage branch is opening five days a week from July 1. This new branch at central England’s premier classic car location is the perfect compliment to our long-standing main base at Beaulieu’s National Motor Museum... -
Now showing: How to remove the blue film from your new whitewalls
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YouTube car restorer Matt Green dropped in for some Dunlop Aquajets…
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Classic Dunlop tyre care film featuring talking tyres!
Two cars, two very different owners and tyre-care tips that hold true today. A very high classic vehicle count throughout. How many can you name... -
At last, the right tyre for the Renault 5 GT Turbo
Vintage Tyres now has stocks of the first high-quality, high-performance tyre for the Renault 5 GT Turbo to be available in years... -
Dunlop SP Aquajet — original-equipment on E-type and XJ6. The proof’s in the sales brochures…
You’ll read a lot about what tyres you should and shouldn’t fit to an E-type or XJ6. And if you believe all you read there are apparently a number of contenders for the original-equipment crown. These extracts from the equipment section of the sales brochures for both cars prove that if you want to stay O/E the Dunlop Aquajet is the way to go... -
Classic Cars’ Malcolm McKay fits Dunlop Sport Classic on his E-type.
It was great to catch up with Ben and the team at Vintage Tyres again today – I’ve been coming to Beaulieu for tyres for at least 25 years but hadn’t been down for far too long. This was an extra special visit, because it marked the fulfilment of a dream... -
Taming a supercharged Midget with the right tyres.
I’ve spent years trying to hone my MG Midget into a fast-road, occasional hill-climb car. It’s been a bit of a journey. I’ve been through three engine specs, including the once-popular Rover K-series, but I’ve now settled with a 1293cc A-series engine and an Eaton M-45 supercharger...