30x3.5
30x3 1/2, 31x4
A 30x3 1/2 beaded edge / Clincher type tyre designed and produced by Blockley with the perfect period correct diamond tread pattern, along with a well researched robust tyre carcass and bead construction, designed in house at Blockley. Made on brand new moulds and tooling to correct period specifications. This is the best 30x3 1/2 tyre ever made and should not to be confused with all other brands of 30x3 1/2 tyres on offer from the "old car" Tyre Wholesalers. Whenever Blockley makes a tyre size, you will find prices elsewhere get reduced with offers of free post and free tubes included - but just remember what they are selling is just their same old stuff. And if these other brands of 30x3 1/2 tyres and tubes were decent enough, there would have be no requirement for the Blockley Tyre Co to have produced this 30x3 1/2 Clincher / beaded edge tyre size!
The perfect 30x3 1/2 tyre for the Brass era Ford Model T as well as many other cars. The 30x3 1/2 tyre size is also referred to sometimes as 30x3.5
| Type | Beaded Edge |
|---|---|
| Rim diameter | 23" (beaded edge / clincher type) |
| Overall width | 3.94" , (100mm) |
| Overall diameter | 31.3" , (795mm) |
| Rim width (recommended) | 30x3.5 Rim (overall outside width 75mm). |
| Tread Pattern | Diamond |
This fantastic, well handling and superb quality tyre is the only 30 x 3 1/2 available with correct dimensions as they were in period, with a larger diameter as the 30x3 1/2 tyre was, compared to much of what else is made now which is too small, probably to save of materials. Do not be put off by our low prices, which is only because we sell direct - which means the superb Blockley 30x3 1/2 tyre costs less than a Wards Riverside tyre in the UK!
Another Blockley high quality tyre suitable for many vehicles of the Edwardian and Vintage era, and a popular fitment for the Ford model T.
This super high quality Blockley tyre with authentic tread pattern should not be confused with other brands of 30 x 3 1/2 tires available elsewhere. We were persuaded to make this 30x3.5 size by one of the best known Ford Model T specialist in the UK because the tyres being supplied were becoming even lower in quality. And because we sell our Blockley tyres direct to the end user and garages, our superb quality authentic 30x3 1/2 tyres even cost less than many of the other offerings such a Universal T-Driver, Wards Riverside, Excelsior, Firestone and whatever else. But these 30x3 1/2 Blockley tyres are perfection and in a different league to anything else available. This is what Blockley Tyre Co is all about, making only the very best of any tyre size we produce, otherwise there is no point in making them. The design of this diamond tread Blockley 30x3 1/2 tyre was made in house from scratch, with new tyre mould and tooling incorporating many improvements over the period diamond pattern design. This means these Blockley 30x3 1/2 will work so much better and last so much longer than what the owners of the cars today have been trained to think of as acceptable! Those days are now over. And remember how much more cost effective a tyre is if, apart from the other advantages of quality, looking period correct, and handling nicely or not cracking, that it lasts so much longer as well.
For the later Ford Model T, Blockley also produce a super high quality 440/450x21, while for the earlier pre 1917 Model T front wheels the beaded edge / clincher size 30x3 is also a size we produce.
Note that in period there were also beaded edge / clincher tyre sizes made 31x4 and 31x4.45 which used the identical 23" wheel rim which was used for the 30x3 1/2 tyre size (and were also offered as an alternative to a 30x3 1/2 tyre), but since these two Clincher type tyre sizes mentioned have not been available for many decades, those needing replacements for these sizes can use the Blockley 30x3 1/2 tyre in their place, fitted to the same wheels, especially so as our tyre diameter of 31.3" (795mm) is very similar.
Also note that Blockley found it necessary to manufacture our own high quality inner tubes, as we were unimpressed with the cheaper made (but expensively sold) inner tubes available elsewhere. The Blockley inner tubes are in a different league to anything Model T owners and others have had to use in the past decades! With a decent wall section, these tubes have the correct dimensions, and made from the best material for tube manufacture (butyl) to ensure they hold air. These tubes have nickel plated valve stems, with a metal cap which ensures our Blockley tubes retain the high pressure necessary for Beaded edge / Clincher use - which is important because beaded edge / clincher tyres need to be run at higher pressure to normal tyres to avoid problems, and you do not want inner tubes that need pumping up continually.
