The perfect 145 R 13 tyre, with period correct and authentic tread pattern, manufactured with a high quality steel belt tyre construction. This is a full diameter 80 profile tyre (i.e. 145/80R13 ), built with new tyre moulds and tooling to the usual Blockley high standards. Perfect for cars such as Austin Healey Sprite, MG Midget, Triumph Spitfire, Austin A30, Ford Anglia and so on. At £63 plus tax these Blockley tyres work out about £100, PER TYRE, less than a equivalent Michelin XAS!  A set of these Blockley 145R13 tyres costs £248, or under £300 a set inclusive of vat, which is possible because we sell our tyres direct to the end user / garages without using a wholesaler in between. . .  yet these Blockley 145R13 tyres will be the best tyres you will have ever driven on, see guarantee below.

THESE 145R13 TYRES ARE IN STOCK.

Our Blockley 145R13 tyres is equivalent to the cross ply 5.20x13 tyre size. For cars originally fitted with a cross ply 5.20x13 size, customers today use the radial equivalent 145R13 size (also called 145/80R13) - because the cross ply tyres in general that are available today are so much lower in quality than they were in period. The result of this is that these cars now end up with smaller diameter radial tyres, compared to what they would have originally had.

As a consequence Blockley have produced the best handling steel belted 145R13 tyre on the absolute maximum diameter tolerance allowed for E marking, making the Blockley 145R13 size THE most correct equivalent tyre diameter you can get. And surprisingly, as soon as this fact became known, other tyre brands were suddenly listed on other websites with diameter similar to our Blockley 145R13 !!

Note that in period a full diameter (also called 80 profile) 145R13 tyre did not have the "/80" listed in the tyre size, because all radial tyres were 80 profile i.e. full size. It was only much later as lower profile tyres started to become more common that some tyres started having this full profile marked on the sidewall. So 145R13 would also become referred to as 145/80R13, which both mean the same thing. Our Blockley tyres are marked "145R13" on the sidewall because this is the authentic numbering as it would have been originally, on what is now a "Classic" car. For interest, the 145R13 tyre size could also be referred to in period as 145-330 , a metric numbering system often quoted in mainland Europe.

These Blockley 145R13 tyres are E Marked and DOT marked (for use in the USA). As with all Blockley radials, drive normally for 40 miles or so, then use them as hard as you want for 1,000 or so miles, and if you are not convinced these Blockleys are the best tyres you've ever driven on, we will have them back for a refund! We know the handling and ride will be perfection, hence the guarantee. The remarkably low price for this period correct looking Blockley 145R13 tyre is only possible because we sell our Blockley tyres direct to the end user, thus avoiding the mark ups of the Classic Tyre wholesalers.

Although this 145R13 tyre is produced as a tubeless type tyre, if being fitted to non tubeless type wheels we also have a thick Blockley 145x13 tube to suit, much more robust than anything you will have come across previously. And finally, when fitting, note that every one of our Blockley tyres has been inspected for balance and concentricity, and there is a small painted on yellow circle on the sidewall - if your tyre fitter aligns this with the valve stem, this is the optimum position to fit the tyre. No other Classic car tyre has this feature, because of the additional cost . . . .

Some car tyre fitments for our Blockley 145R13 tyre size includes:

Austin Healey Sprite (known also as Bugeye or Bugeye Sprite in the USA, and Frogeye Sprite in the UK)

MG Midget

Austin A30, Austin A35, Austin A40 and Austin A40 Countryman.

Fiat 750 Abarth

Ford Popular, Ford Prefect, Ford Anglia, Ford Cortina (1200 and 1300) , Ford Consul Cortina and Ford Escort Mk2 .

Ford Fiesta 1.1, Ford 1.8D

Lotus Elan 1500, Lotus Seven and Lotus Super Seven.

Triumph Spitfire (Mk1, Mk2, Mk3 and Mk 4).

Triumph Herald ( Herald S, Herald 1200, Herald 1200 Coupe and Herald 12/50)

Honda S600

Standard Eight, Standard Ten

Austin Healey Sprite 

Morris Marina

Fiat 850, Fiat 127, Fiat 128, Fiat X1/9

Renault R4, Renault 5, Renault 6, Renault 12, Renault 15

Peugeot 104, Peugeot 304

DAF 33, DAF Daffodil.

Fiat 128 , Fiat 850 Special, Fiat Panda 4x4

Trabant

DKW F11 Junior, F12.

Simca 1000 and Simca 1100 series

Simca 1200 S Coupe

Volkswagen Polo

Austin Allegro (some customers also fit 165R13 size).

145R13 tyre size was also used on the Ford Thames 1/4 Ton van, Reliant 1/4 Ton van and the Standard 1/4 Ton Courier van.