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04-10-11, 17:16
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900 16 Tires Chev and Ford 15cwt
Our recent experience trying to find suitable 900 16 tires may be helpful to others. We had to replace the tires on a Chev and Ford 15cwt. Both vehicles had Dunlop run flat tires but the sidewalls were cracked. The Ontario Ministry of Transport would'nt license them without new tires.
The rims were the original British/Canadian ones and despite a lot of effort we couldnt find the proper tires. Resigned to having to trim the bead, we ordered from Wallace Wade 900 16 tires made by Specialty Tires of America. We took them to an experienced tire installer (Enns in Niagara on the Lake) and with some effort they were able to install the tires without modification. As a positive sidenote two of the tires had a manufacturering defect and were replaced easily and promptly by STA and Mr. Wade. We still have to replace other 900 16 tires on another vehicle and are hoping to find the correct ones somewhere. 
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01-08-12, 18:15
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Vrakking tyres offers some new and used 9.00-16 tyre options. I suspect these are for the standard US rim, i.e. 15 3/4" rather than the wartime British size of 16" diameter, but I thought it was worthwile to post them in this thread:
 No connection and/or experience with the company. HTH, Hanno
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01-08-12, 19:49
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And for those who are anywhere near the US/Canada border, here is another option for the 10:50-16 chevron tires from STA, or any of the other 9:00 X 16 NDT tires from STA or Firestone. Lots of other tires available through them as well. Best of all, FREE SHIPPING in the USA. They price their tires about $10 or $20 higher than some of the others, but the shipping savings more than makes up for it.
http://www.performanceplustire.com/p...zeShort=900-16 http://www.performanceplustire.com/p...eShort=1050-16 I plan to use them on my next mil tire purchase.
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01-08-12, 22:11
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Also see Milweb for the "Petlas NT3 tyre 900 X 16" (which no doubt is a 9.00-16 tyre):
http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/la...d=62160&cat=50
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01-08-12, 23:13
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In July 2012, we (the Niagara Military Vehicle Association www.nmvac.org) had to replace tires on two M37's, one M43 and one 15cwt. All the tires were manufactured by Specialty Tires of America (STA) and were ordered through Wallace Wade. They were installed without trimming the bead, although they had to be well lubricated (the tires not the installers). We used STA NDT tires for the 15cwt and STA Superlug tires for the M37s/M43. The Superlug tires look good but more importantly we get a better ride and better road grip than with the NDT's. You can see a picture of the Superlug tires on Wallace Wade's STA web site
They were shipped to a Niagara Falls New York warehouse and after paying the HST at the border we brought them into Canada without any problems or additional expense. Because they are made in the US and are for antique cars there is no duty, just HST. It is much much cheaper to pick our orders up in the US than to have them delivered into Canada. If anyone is interested in the name of our warehouse manager, feel free to send a PM.
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18-09-13, 18:44
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Looking for a new set of 900X16 tyres for my C8A I have to examine the option of the ToTec tyres in the UK. (http://www.totectyres.co.uk/military.aspx).
Hanno gave above the result of a real test fitting of a Totec tyre on a 16' inch rim. Has anyone a similar experience or something to comment?
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1943 CHEV C8A HUW (under restoration). 1943 FORD F15 cab13 (under restoration). 1940 BSA M20 1940 NORTON 16H (project waiting)
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13-05-17, 12:30
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Thus, 9.00-16 tyres for American wheels will fit perfectly on your C8A rims. So much for standardization, eh? Cheers, Hanno
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