Whitewalls

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12" whitewall Tires were "standard equipment" (n/c) on many 1200s, including all North American 1200s.

Overview

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Blackwalls were an option on PB110 Excellent:
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Blackwalls were used in Australia:
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Whitewalls in New Zealand:
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window sales sticker:

E10's original Yokohama tire:
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ddgonzal's original Bridgestone tire
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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

Grooved Type

A special machine makes a groove in the tyres, then they put special paint in the groove. Looks great, can be done to any size tyres, not just the limited sizes avaialable as new whitewalls:

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Some suppliers are mobile, they come to your place with their van and do it. The above is a picture of Mr. Whitewall out of Adelaide, Australia.

New tires have a thicker white section so may be more durable over the long run. They can be restained several times.

Availability

Australia

In Australia, "Mr. Whitewall" can convert any tire to whitewalls (around $80-$150/set):

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Discussion: White Wall Tyres

Suppliers:

• http://www.antiquetyres.com.au
• Adelaide: Mr. Whitewall
• Canberra: classicredwalls@gmail.com Specialty is colors
• 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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