175/70VR13
175/70R13
A Classic 175/70R13 tyre size by Blockley. A steel belt construction tyre with a superb looking period correct tread pattern - fantastic in the wet and dry with an excellent speed rating. This 175/70VR13 tyre is sold at a seemingly low list price only because we sell these high quality tyres that we produce direct to the end user and garages / restoration shops, avoiding the services of the Classic tyre wholesalers and their commissions.
| Type | Radial |
|---|---|
| Rim diameter | 13" |
| Overall width | 172mm |
| Overall diameter | 578mm |
| Rim width (min) | 4.5" |
| Rim width (max) | 6" |
| Rim width (recommended) | 4.5 , 5.5 |
| Load index | 82 (475kg) |
| Speed rating | V 149mph / 240kph |
| Tread Pattern | BR1 |
The 175/70VR13 tyre size is a wider version of a full profile 155R13 tyre size, so this 175/70R13 size is often fitted to cars that originally had the narrower 155R13 size fitted, such as Triumph GT6, Triumph Spitfire or Triumph Dolomite, although the Triumph Dolomite Sprint was fitted with this 175/70R13 tyre size as standard factory fitment. The 175/70R13 tyre size was also the factory fitment for the Ford Escort from 1975 onwards which includes the 1600cc RS Mexico, RS1800 and RS2000, as well as also being used today as a wider alternative on many other Ford models. With the high speed rating of our 175/70R13 tyre it is also ideal for any of the higher performance cars.
These 175/70VR13 Blockley tyres will transform the handling of your car, and we guarantee that if they are not the best tyres you have driven on we will give a refund. Drive normally / scrub them in for about 30 miles, as any tyre should be, and use them for 1,000 miles or so and if they are not the best tyres you have driven on we will refund!
If you align the yellow painted on dot on the sidewall in the vicinity of the valve stem, that is the optimum fitment position for balancing, something you don't see done with classic car tyres . .
Tyre fitment for the 175/70R13 size is typically:
- Ford Escort Mk1 Mexico
- Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800 & RS2000
- Ford Escort Mk3
- Audi 80
- Bond 2 litre GT
- Lotus Europa
- Triumph Spitfire ( and was option on last 2 years of production).
- Triumph Dolomite Sprint
- Triumph TR7 (early cars - later fitted 185/70VR13)
- Vauxhall Astra, Chevette, Firenza, Viva.
- VW Golf MK1 GTi, Scirocco, Jetta
- Opel Kadette
- 175/70R13 tyre size is also often used as a wider option to cars originally fitting 155R13:
- Triumph Vitesse and Spitfire
- the wider non standard tyre fitted to Austin Healey Sprite & MG Midget