CMP tyre manufacturers

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Thanks Mike,

Not trying to be an anorak, but I presume the tyre sizes were denominated with an "-" rather than an "x"? A tyre specialist once told me a 9.00x16 is not the same as a 9.00-16, and that is was I see printed on the sidewall of tyres.

Just trying to get it right, especially if the information comes from primary sources.

Thanks,
Hanno

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

During WW2, the Australian Government purchased from several tyre manufacturers:

Dominion Rubber Co. - 9.00x16 and 10.50x20 cross country
Dunlop Tyre and Rubber Co: 10.50x20 cross country
Firestone Tyre Co cross country - size not specified
B F Goodrich Rubber Co
Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co, including 9.00x16 RF and 10.50x20 cross country
Seiberling Rubber Co: 10.50x20 12 ply cross country

Most orders specified 'casings, flaps, tubes', casings being the tyre. The tyre sizes listed above are most probably not the only sizes supplied by these companies, not are they the only companies from which tyres were purchased - these are just the ones I have ordering data on.