I emailed them too as they have the older LR pattern tyres and for the range of sizes in their "Sand-Grip" since we have LR101 people interested. These in 14.00 x 20 interest me too!!!!!!

We have exhausted the UK arm of Olympic, this came up a little while ago and I think they were getting exasperated by the MV people calling them about 9.00 x 13 "Grassland" tyres which have been out of production in that size for ages. They really should take them off their web site but I expect that costs money with an IT firm.

Young Ballard was right in gathering every 9.00 x 13 Olympic he saw, there are 5 almost new ones on the PU and another 5 carefully stored. Definitely not for sale this side of hell freezing over.

We did latch onto some of those original chevron patterned 9.00 x 13s being sold off from unused French mil stock. These were on Bofors rims too, but regretabbly having bought 10 unseen and shipped the car to France for collection, these were new once but had been stored in the damp and were now on very rusty rims and quite badly perished; even carefully removing them showed the original fitting to be careless with the bead covering torn in many places. They were fit only for the walking pace showground use and I think he's let them all go.

When I got the T24 Simex for OF Ballard I understood from the dealer who placed the special order with Sime UK that the implement marking was the only cop-out they had to side-step the cold clammy hand of the EU bumf generating fun stopper. They would be well outside the centrally enforced law that road tyres from a commercial outlet must be EU approved, a desperately expensive process.

I don't know how you go on for a private, personal import though, our friend "The Baron Paulus von Hocking" had to bring Stoewer 18" tyres back from Poland, and they are instantly recognisable as 2WD tractor fronts!!

Try Dave at Tanvic Tyres, (01476 561699) they are amenable to odd ball tyre supplies and have some knowledge of the old mil stuff.

I will also check with Collins tyres here in Portsmouth; last time Rory and I were there getting new 9.00 x 13 tubes they had some quite odd tyres around (possibly the MRFs) and seemed to be unfazed by enquiries for strange patterns in strange sizes.
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Oh, Mike K; signal just in from young Ballard; he will check his stock on M-C steering wheels, probably has a spare and, would you like a OH engine waterpump too? We can smash the impeller getting it off or you can do it, what do you prefer?

Whilst I'm at it, may I just say that I appreciate the stuff seen in the left hand column from the Davids H and C, I think I know where you are coming from. . . . . . . . . . .

R.