Whitewalls

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12" whitewall Tires were "standard equipment" (n/c) on most 1200s:

Blackwalls were an option on PB110 Excellent:

Blackwalls were used in Australia:

Whitewalls in New Zealand:

window sales sticker:

E10's original Yokohama tire:

ddgonzal's original Bridgestone tire

Styles

Styles:

• Complete tires
• Traditional (wide stripe) whitewall
• Modern (narrow strip) whitewall
• Dual-stripe whitewall
• Colored walls (white, red, blue, yellow, etc)

Types

• groove is cut 1mm deep, then painted
• painted without groove
• faux
• Atlas port-a-wall inserts are inserts that can be moved from car to car when changing tyres

Availability

Australia

In Australia, "Mr. Whitewall" can convert any tire to whitewalls (around $80/set):

Discussion: White Wall Tyres

Suppliers:

• http://www.antiquetyres.com.au
• Adelaide: Mr. Whitewall
• Melbourne: (Bankstown) Antique Tyre Supplies
• Perth: kue1000 stocks all antiquetyres.com.au parts
• Sydney: (mobile) Whitewall King
• Sydney: (Canterbury) Antique Tyre Supplies
• Sydney: (Fairfield) Tyre Whitewalls

United States

Diamond Back Classic Radials:

• 155/80R13

Coker Tire

• 600-12 B.F.GOODRICH BIAS
• 145SR-12 RADIAL
• 15580R-13

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