155HR15 White Wall
155/80R15 White Wall
A highest quality Whitewall type 155 R 15 tyre, with period correct tread pattern, built with a steel belted construction, with excellent speed and load rating. A superb quality tyre that will transform the handling - guaranteed! Whitewall type tyres are as a rule pretty low quality products, hence our making a superior quality Blockley 155R15. No tyre available in whitewall is anything like as good as our Blockley 155R15 tyre. Original fitment size for Alfa Rome Giulietta, Saab, VW Beetle, Lancia etc.
| 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 155 R 15 is a modern designed full size "80 profile" steel belt Radial tyre, with a good speed rating and period correct tread pattern, designed in house. Originally produced to fit Alfa Romeo Giulietta, 101and 105 as factory fitted (although many owners fit our 165 VR 15 ). This 155 R 15 tyre size is also perfect for the original Volkswagen Beetle where the owner wants something a lot better than what they are used to! Our Volkswagen customers were amazed that a tyre with such a good load rating was finally available for their cars.
We also produce this tyre in a standard black wall version. These Whitewall Blockley 155R15 tyres are E Marked and DOT marked (for use in the USA). As with all Blockley radials, drive normally for 30 miles to scrub in (as with any tyre) and over the next 1,000 miles or so if they are not the best tyres you've ever driven on, we will refund.
This Blockley 155HR15 tyre is the radial equivalent of the old cross ply tyre size 5.50x15.
Every one of these 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.
Note that in period a full diameter (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 tyres 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.
The 155R15 tyre size is the original fitment for the vehicles listed below. Blockley make the 155HR15 tyre size in standard as well as whitewall versions.
- 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.
