Dunlop SPR3's

[ian2144]

Back in the late 70's early 80's if you had a Mexico or RS2000, you had SPR3's on it. They were a heavy block tread intermediate tyre used by the raod rallying guys. Do thet still exsist or is there a modern equivalent?.

[aeropilot]

SPR3's..........wow, that's blast from the past.

IIRC they stopped making them way back in the mid 1980's.

I used to nav for a mate with a Mex on road rallies, and remember at the time he needed a new pair and found he could no longer get them. I still had my AVO RS2000 at the time so that must have been mid-80's era, probably about the same time as Goodyear stopped doing the 195/60 RallySpecials (?) which were another popular tyre choice on Mk1's.

[lowdrag]

I suggest you contact Vintage tyres and discuss it with them They don't do the SPR3 but they'll suggest something equivalent

www.vintagetyres.com/index.asp?TAG=&CID=&DBM=&PGE=

[aeropilot]

lowdrag said:

I suggest you contact Vintage tyres and discuss it with them They don't do the SPR3 but they'll suggest something equivalent

www.vintagetyres.com/index.asp?TAG=&CID=&DBM=&PGE=

Don't think they be able to help much with old road rally tyres, not really their field.

I reckon the Yokohama A032R is a close modern quivilent.
www.polleymotorsport.co.uk/tyres/msport/A032.htm