500 - 21 Tyres

The best tyre for vintage cars originally fitting 500 - 21 tyres is the 5.25 x 21 Lucas.

Bentley 3 Litre on new 5.25 x 21 Firestone Tyres

5.00 x 21

• Our recommended vintage tyre in the 500 – 21 or 525 - 21 size is the 5.25 x 21 Lucas.
• There is also the 5.25 x 21 Firestone tyre that is very popular.
• Offset valve innertube for European cars with 500 – 21 tyres: Michelin 19/20H Offset Valve tube.
• A Central valve innertube for 500 – 21 tyres on American cars: Michelin 20/21CD Offset Valve tube.
• Rim tape (for Wire Wheel) for 500 – 21 tyres: Rim Tape for Wire Wheel 18" - 21".
• The 500 - 21 vintage tyre size can also be described as: 500 x 21 or 5 ¼ X 21.
• Many of the 500 – 21 tyres produced today are dual marked as 500/525 - 21.
• The size 500 -21 was popular in the 1920s with Sunbeam, Austin 12, Rolls Royce 20HP, and Bentley 3 Litre and 4½ Litre Bentleys among other vintage cars.
• 500 – 21 tyres were often a later replacements for vintage cars where earlier models fitted 820 - 120 or 815 - 105 Beaded edge tyres.
• 500 - 21 can also be described as: 500 x 21.