Sourcing Whitewalls

[Willy]

Hi Guys,

I drive a MX23 1974 Toyota Mark II Hardtop (sorry its not a holden haha)

My dad used to be affiliated with the NSW section of the club, I found some whitewalls down beside the house the other day for my Mark II... theyre 13" and they were made by Atlas, i decided to squeeze them around the hubcaps and then put the hubcaps on the rims, the results speak for themselves...



This is written on the whitewall...



Any help is greatly appreciated...

Keal

[hawk]

Keal antique tyres in Ingleburn sydney has them phone 02 96182788 or 0428282360 cheers Greg.

[Willy]

Thanks Greg, I must have been on the right track there, I called but no one picked up, I was going to call again tomorrow...

[Willy]

You dont know what the prices are do you?

Im tossing up whether to buy 14" ones and have them put onto the tyres properly or whether I should just by the 13" again and throw them under the hubcaps...

[hawk]

Keal 13 inch flappers are approx $135, 14 inch i don`t know what they are worth Cheers Greg

[RET]

Hey Willy, what's your Dad's name?  (I was tempted to ask "Who's your Daddy?"  )

Our club's turning 25 next year, always interested to hear what historical members are up to these days.

cheers
RET

[HARKO]

How do those tyres handle in the WET WILLY ?

Better watch out mate we like to cut those types of cars up around here ,Well I do and Im being Willy serious...

[Ed]

Hey Willy,

Nice MkII, I owned one just like it (minus the whitewalls).  It had a 6cyl motor etc.
for $700 and 7 months rego, it was the best car i ever bought.  Did all these have a 6 cyl motor?

The car was sold to a friend and written off in less than a week. :-/
he stopped to park it on a busy road and before he got out it was horribly rear ended.  the  boot was in line with the rear window.

harko,
Am i missing something here? what use is a humble MkII?  Is it closely related to the Crown?

Cheers

Ed

PS Willy those whitewalls make the car look very beautiful.

[customFC]

I have never seen this method used to attach the whitewalls. I would think that when you get up some speed the whitewall would want to pop the cap off.
Regards
Alex

[HARKO]

Theyre basically a crown coupe
See the similarities...