Phil P Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Just joined this forum so I am not too sure what to do, but one thing I do know I am looking for a pair of 1400x20 bar treads. Same pattern as fitted to Stolly's for my 1944 Leyland Hippo MK II. I bought 4 a couple of years ago for the rears now I need 2 for the front. I have rung/e mailed the dealers I can think of and Withams suggested I join this forum. So anybody got a good pair. I have had my Hippo 25 years and clocked up 40,000 miles so it ain't no 'hanger queen'. Phil P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 You could try Jacksons, they are showing some 22ply Goodyears as used on Militants. Stollies used 14 ply, Explorer had 18 ply. http://www.ljacksonandco.com/ Click on misc and then tyres. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Hi Phil, Try Hamptons, they had a Hippo and some Stalwarts in the yard, so may have some tyres. 01782614456. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Welcome to the Friendliest Forum on the Web. Nice choice of Historic Military Vehicle ! Big and Green and every thing else on the road gives way ...... Watch out for the verious smaller vehicles in and around the club house car park ther is always room you just need to find it sometimes . Come on in most of the others are at the bar , a number of others at down by the Club Pond watching races between the Stollies the Seep's and Catweazels Boat ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi Phil, welcome to the forum,always enjoy reading your ramblings in Windscreen.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi Phil, just will you big bullies mind my bike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil P Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Well what can I say, not often stuck for words and this is no exception! Me write in Windscreen? could it be the same Phil P with a Hippo with power steering and a Cummins hidden up front? Hmmm. I digress. Cheers Degsy for that and Tony B and infact everybody who has acted so quickly. I will ring/e mail the contacts and get the 'Big 'un' sorted out. Thank you. See told you I am never stuck for words. I could make War and Peace (the book not Wrecks Cadmans bit of a do) look like a pamphlet!! Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 How's the Dodge by the way? Goran is often around as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil P Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Hi Tony. I didn't think I could mention Dodge on this Forum. The Grey 'un is going fine. 800 miles since mid April. Almost destroyed the ozone. Just another 100 miles should do the trick! Over the winter the rebuilt and warmed over T214 will go in. Lightened and balanced and a gentle bit of porting. NO 4-71 'Jimmy huffer' like on some other forum to make it go and no chipping. Jus' good ol' fashion toonin' like it used ta be. Thanks to this forum I have sourced some 1400x20 tyres just 35 miles from home so on Saturday morning it's a trip in the 'Grey 'un' to buy rubber. I have cleaned up and painted one rim and just got to split another and take the tyre off. I hope the next one comes apart as easily as the first one and not have to use the JCB back hoe and jack leg like one of the rears needed. Ooh that was fun. Not. Thank you to everybody who posted. I was starting think I would never find any. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil P Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 I forgot to say my daughters partner prefers the Hippo to the Dodge he says it commands respect. What a shame the Ford Focus driver who tried to dive up the inside of the Hippo as we turned left off a traffic island didn't realise that. Oops mucho crumple!! First time I knew he was there was when I was pushing him broadside down the road. He got quite upset. So did I, it put a scratch on my front bumper. Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 :rofl::rofl::rofl::clap:Another smart ass bites the dust. I love it when moving off from a stop and some idiot belts out from behind, so close they can't see and trys to over take. I know where the traffic islands are. :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Typical bus driver , pulls out first and looks in the mirror after to see what he's (nearly) hit:n00b::-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Look in mirrors first, as my old instructor always said the mirrors are the second driver. Trouble is as we all know when the idiots come steaming up to close to large vehicles and are in the blind spot. If you can't see the mirrors we can't see you. I think some people are missing the gene that allows them to see a bus. Mind you I'll agree some bus drivers seem to be missing the gene that allows them to see low bridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil P Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Yipee I've got 6 wheels and tyres on the Hippo. Thank's Sirhc I got them from Hamptons. Nice folks. It's just the hernia on a hernia on a..... Chucking wheels around that weigh 350lbs at my age. Anyway they are sorted. By the way they laid flat in the back of my WC51 with an inch to spare. 70 mile round trip on Saturday into North Staffs MVT Area. Did the old Hippo tyres come off the rims easily after 25 years? Did they ........!! Thanks everybody. Phil P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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