Morris antenna base

[motto]

The tyre on the 25pdr has a most unusual looking tread.
Either that or it picked up some parquetry flooring somehow.

David

[Lang]

David

I have a tyre care manual somewhere from early war period that has that pattern tread. It would certainly have been a lot better in the mud than the non-directionals and definately a lot safer on wet sealed roads. A bit wasted as a tyre on a trailed unit.

Lang

[Ron Pier]

Lang
As far as I know. The denim uniform was exactly the same style as the BD. Here is mine that I wear..... if I have to! It's just more comfortable than BD. Although the wind can whip through it when riding on a chilly morning.

Sorry Mike if we're going off topic a bit! Ron

[Lang]

Ron,

Sure looks the same pattern as the BD - you could well be spot-on. Still an Australian in a British uniform, it would be interesting to find out why. His jacket has the contrasting lining around the collar like the BD, does the cotton style have a lining like this?

*Just answered my own question by blowing up your photo - yes it does.

I don't think it is far off topic as it is trying to trace why the Australians had British equipment to fit their aerials to.

Lang

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by motto

The tyre on the 25pdr has a most unusual looking tread.
Either that or it picked up some parquetry flooring somehow.

David

Hi David,
That tyre looks like a Firestone Ground Grip, one of the WD supplied tyres at the time.

[Lang]

Richard

I have looked eveywhere for Firestone Ground Grip of that period and all I can find is a couple of variations on directional and non-directional bearing the Ground Grip badging. I suspect it might be another brand.

What other makers apart from Firestone and Dunlop were supplying in UK at that time? Maybe a bit early for imported tyres?

Lang

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lang

Richard

I have looked eveywhere for Firestone Ground Grip of that period and all I can find is a couple of variations on directional and non-directional bearing the Ground Grip badging. I suspect it might be another brand.

What other makers apart from Firestone and Dunlop were supplying in UK at that time? Maybe a bit early for imported tyres?

Lang

Lang,
The tyre treads are shown in an official WD data book on army transport vehicles, wartime dated.. The Firestone tread is unlike the others, which include Dunlop Goodyear and India

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lang

Richard

I have looked eveywhere for Firestone Ground Grip of that period and all I can find is a couple of variations on directional and non-directional bearing the Ground Grip badging. I suspect it might be another brand.

Here is the picture from the official WD data book,

[Lang]

Richard

That is what I found but it is not the one on the 25 pounder in the photo. Mystery continues?

Lang

[Mike K]

This thread is going all over the place..I think its great

Re: tyre treads ... Ive seen a few different tread patterns on British WD tyres from WW2 . Having been mixed up with quite a few WOT2's and Morris CS8's , the brands and treads found on these vehicles can be rather odd . I've got a Morris CS8 wreck with INDIA branded tyres (mentioned by Richard F ) and the W/I\D markings .

Getting back to the antenna base. Another one is seen on this Ford ? van

http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/127803/

[Lang]

These are French tyres - getting close. Different size but very close pattern.

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by motto

The tyre on the 25pdr has a most unusual looking tread.
Either that or it picked up some parquetry flooring somehow.

David

A close-up of the tyre.


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[Richard Farrant]

Ah .... one tyre make not listed in the WD data book ........... could be Michelin. I have seen odd fitments of these tread patterns on WW2 vehicles. They had a plant in Stoke on Trent but not sure if it was working during the war.

[John A. Rippingham]

Hello,

I would agree with Richard, definatley a British tyre tread, there were lots of different manufactures during the war, Pirelli, Indian tyre co, Dunlop etc. I saw one of these exact tyres a couple of weeks back, but didn't look who made it, was far to busy counting rivets at the time.


John