205/80R14 tyres on a T25?
Posted: 02 Nov 2010, 15:12
I used to own a 1968 T2 bay Dormobile to which I fitted some newish 8ply 205/80R14 tyres from a LT35 van which was being scrapped as it had died. (I got the tyres in exchange for towing the van to the scrapyard and weighing it in - I took the wheels off the van while it was in the air on the crane before being dropped into the crusher - the crane driver was bemused by the performance!) Being a hard-up kid (in 1984) running the camper on a shoestring, I was not too fussy about the niceties and technical subtleties - all I knew was that the tyres fitted on my standard steel rims and did not rub the bodywork or suspension. I ran them at 55 psi all round and they worked fine.
My question is this as I am contemplating the purchase of a rather gorgeous T25 Holdsworth Vision (Almost a certainty now) in the near future (and not off fleabay either!) I would like feedback from any technical types reading this as to whether or not this tyre arrangement would also work on the T25 since I do not wish to go the route of messing around with alloy wheels and spacers and other nonsense but I would feel happier with some decent van rubber under me.
My question is this as I am contemplating the purchase of a rather gorgeous T25 Holdsworth Vision (Almost a certainty now) in the near future (and not off fleabay either!) I would like feedback from any technical types reading this as to whether or not this tyre arrangement would also work on the T25 since I do not wish to go the route of messing around with alloy wheels and spacers and other nonsense but I would feel happier with some decent van rubber under me.