[David_Hayward (RIP)]

At the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, is a specialist tyre manufacturing, selling and exporting company for obsolete tyres for vintage vehicles. They use the original moulds. I wonder what their attitude is when they get approached over the subject? I remember Barum tyres from when I ran a CZ motorcycle. The rubber used was evidently recycled rubber bands, because they were so slippery. The spark plugs were PAL items...hence the message a "PAL" is no pal!

As regards an MoT the answer may be to submit a vehicle for test and then appeal over the question of the words on the tyres, and get a definitive answer accordingly.

Just a stupid thought but has anyone asked the Indian company if they can come up trumps? I used to deal with a company in Bombay that were mad keen on exporting tools, filters, anything, worldwide as copies of obsolete parts. They could arrange for anything to be cloned.