155HR15
155/80R15,155x380, 480x15
155R15 tyre size with authentic period correct tread pattern, with steel belt carcass construction. This 155HR15 tyre has an excellent speed rate H (130mph / 210kph) and good load rating. Nothing you can buy elsewhere is this good, or handle as well. And what may appear the reasonable price of this high quality 155HR15 tyre is possible because we sell direct to the end user and garages / restoration shops and not through the Classic car tyre wholesalers, which avoids their mark-ups.
| Type | Radial |
|---|---|
| Rim diameter | 15" |
| Tread width | 156mm |
| Overall width | 160mm |
| Overall diameter | 630mm |
| Rim width (min) | 3.5" |
| Rim width (max) | 5" |
| Load index | 82 (475kg.) |
| Speed rating | H (130mph / 210kph ) |
| Tread Pattern | BR1 |
This Blockley 155HR15 tyre is the radial equivalent of the 5.50x15, and the later numbered 4.80x15 cross ply sizes. The 155R15 size was also referred to in period as 155x380 (380mm being 15 inches), and in more modern times as 155/80R15. The Blockley 155 R 15 is a full diameter size "80 profile" steel belted Radial ply tyre, with a good speed rating (to ensure excellent roundness and concentricity and needing little to balance) along with a period correct tread pattern from the era. The 155R15 tyre size was the fitment for the Alfa Romeo Giulietta 750 / 101 series - we have a number of Giuliettas (Sprint, SS and SZ) which is why we made this 155HR15 size, as we wanted something perfect and wholesome, while some Alfa owners also fit our slightly larger 165 VR 15 tyre size. This 155 R 15 tyre size is also perfect for the original Volkswagen Beetle and Karmann Ghias where the owner wants something better than what they are used to. Volkswagen customers were surprised to find a tyre with authentic tread and such a good load rating of 82 (475kg.) available for their cars. We suggest you do 30 miles or so to scrub in the tyres (as you should any tyre) and drive 1,000 or so miles and if these 155HR15 Blockley tyres are not the best tyres you have ever driven on we will refund. These exceptional Blockley 155R15 tyres are E Marked and DOT marked (for use in the USA).
Note that in addition we produce this 155R15 tyre size with a white wall version, for those wanting a whitewall tyre.
In period a full diameter size (also called 80 profile) tyre did not have the "/80" listed in the tyre size, because all radial tyres were full size. It was only much later as lower profile tyres started to become more common that many tyre makers started having the full profile marked on the sidewall. So 155R15 would also be referred to as 155/80R15, which both mean the same thing. Our Blockley tyres are marked 155R15 on the sidewall because this is the authentic numbering as it would have been originally, on what is now a "Classic" car.
Every one of these 155HR15 Blockley tyres is inspected and checked for dynamic balance - The small painted yellow circle on the side wall can be aligned with the valve stem by the tyre fitter so they know the optimum place to put it. We perform this additional inspection process as we are determined to supply the best possible no-compromise product.
155R15 tyre size was fitment for:
- Alfa Romeo Giulietta 750 & 101
- Alfa Romeo Giulietta Ti, 1600Ti,
- Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint & Sprint Veloce, Giulietta Spider & Spider Veloce
- Alfa Romeo Giulia pre 1969
- Alfa Romeo Giulia Ti,Super, Sprint, Spider, Super, GTV, GTC
- Alfa Romeo Spider Junior 1300, Spider Junior 1600
- Austin Cambridge A40 and Austin Cambridge A50.
- DKW 1000 and DKW 3=6.
- Fiat 1500S Cabriolet and Fiat 1600S Cabriolet.
- Hillman Minx (produced 1954-1963), Hillman Husky.
- Lancia Appia
- Lancia Flavia
- Lotus Elite
- MGA 1500, MGTD and MGTF (although many owners also fit the larger 165R15 tyre size).
- MG Magnette ZA and ZB
- Morris Cowley and Cowley 1500
- Morris Oxford (produced 1948-1960)
- Panhard 17
- Peugeot 203, Peugeot 403/7 and Peugeot 404/8.
- Reliant Scimitar Sabre4
- Renault Estafette
- Saab 93, Saab 95, Saab 96, Saab 99 and Saab Sonnet (original fitment).
- Saab 96GL, Saab 95GL (original fitment)
- Singer Gazelle (produced 1956 - 1963), also Gazelle Estate.
- Sunbeam Rapier (Series 1,2,3 and 3A).
- Triumph TR2 standard car, although many people fit 165R15 size
- Vauxhall Wyvern.
- Volkswagen VW Beetle 1200, 1300, 1500 and the earlier V.W. Karmann Ghia.
- Volkswagen 411
- Wolseley 4/44 and 4/50.
