33 x 5
33x5 straight sided tyre, with period accurate Triple Stud pattern, produced by Blockley Tyre Co. Constructed with an 8 Ply rated sidewall, giving unparalleled handling and ride characteristics compared to anything else you will have used before. This 33x5 Blockley tyre has teh correct period diameter and is so much larger in diameter compared to Cokers "Goodrich". Suitable for a 23" wheel rim size.
Type | Straight Sided |
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Rim diameter | 23" |
Tread width | 104mm |
Overall width | 143mm |
Overall diameter | 886mm |
Rim width (min) | 2.75" |
Rim width (max) | 3.75" |
Rim width (recommended) | 3.2" |
Load index | 8 Ply rated. Load 1700lbs. (770kg.) |
The best 33x5 tyre ever made. This 33x5 tyre is perfect fitment for the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost fitted with straight sided wheel rims, using a tread pattern that these cars used in period, when new.
The Blockley 33 x 5 straight sided tyre is correct for 23" wheels with straight sided (split rim) or later well base 23" rims. Like all Blockley products, our 33x5 tyre size is of a design and build quality unsurpassed in any other brand of tyre available, resulting in perfect handling and ride. Otherwise there would have been no need to make them! Importantly our 33x5 Blockley tyre also has the correct diameter which is many inches larger than the other brands of too small 33x5 tyre available elsewhere, such as the Coker made Goodrich Silvertown. But the Blockley 33x5 has the correct dimensions that a 33x5 tyre had in period. The difference between what we produce and what else is available from all the tyre wholesalers is huge. And what looks like the low list price of these Blockley 33x5 tyres is only because we sell direct to the end user / garages and restoration shops, and not via the Classic Tyre wholesalers with their mark-ups.
Driving on this Blockley 33x5 tyre will be a total revelation, compared to whatever you have used before. These 33x5 Blockley tyres are built for road use and prototype sets were tested on an H6 Hispano Suiza in the U.S.A by Hispano authority Jules Heumann, as well as being tested on an aero engined car both on the road as well as races at Goodwood and multiple hill climbs to show they can put up with any abuse! Our 33x5 tyres have also been used on many Rallies throughout Asia, the owner of the Lanchester being highly impressed, in comparison to the Michelins he was using previously - "Simply the best tyres the Lanchester has ever crossed Continents on".
These Blockley 33x5 tyres look identical to what was available in period, the only difference being the Blockley tyres are made using more robust materials which were unavailable in period. Blockley was assisted with our 33x5 tyre project by Rolls Royce Silver Ghost historian John Fasal, who had an original unused spare tyre removed from a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost in his possesion, to help ensure our Blockley 33x5 tyre was as period correct perfect and authentic as possible.
It is important to note that Blockley are also the only manufacturer to produce a correct sized inner tube for the tyre size 33x5 ! For example, Longstone Classic Tyres and Vintage Tyres at Beaulieu (neither of whom we have dealings with) recommend fitting a Michelin 880x120 tube in a 33x5 tyre - lay one of these Michelin inner tubes over the tyre with a little air in it and just judge for yourselves! For this reason you really should fit the correct size Blockley tube when using our Blockley tyre, if you want trouble free motoring, which is the only reason why Blockley also produce a large range of "Blockley Superior" thick butyl correct dimension inner tubes, with nickel plated metal stems as they looked in period. And the Blockley tubes cost no more than the alternatives in any case, because they do not have the Classic tyre wholesaler mark up massaged into them, hence this exacting product can be sold at a realistic price.