Mystery Armoured Car

[Lynn Eades]

Would the possibly be aircraft tyres?

[Paul Singleton]

I am curious as to how the front wheels are mounted. I see empty wheel stud holes in the front wheels, whereas the rear wheel nuts are clearly visible.

[MarkV]

I've seen a similar tread pattern on a truck, so I suspect it is a truck wheel. Would an aircraft tire have tread like this?

That's a very good question about the attachment of the front wheels! As the back ones fit the lug pattern but the front do not, this seems to support the idea that this car was constructed from bits of other vehicles.

MarkV

[Lynn Eades]

I found this image googling aircraft tyres. The guys were working on a plane. Maybe they had access to a stock of tyres. Yes they are a sand tread. Maybe these were used on something like a C47 doing desert work? No knowledge.

[Niels V]

Potentially the tires could be 14.00x20 I had similar pattern thread on the front of my Thornycroft Amazon, and they are about 1.25m high