500/525 - 21 Tyres
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Our recommended 500/525 - 21 vintage tyre is the 5.25 x 21 Lucas.
Bentley 3 Litre on 5.25 x 21 Firestone Tyres at Longstone HQ
5.00/5.25 X 21
- Longstone recommends the 5.25 x 21 Lucas as the best 500/525 - 21 vintage tyre.
- Another very popular tyre in the 500/525 - 21 size is the 5.25 x 21 Firestone.
- The recommended offset valve innertube for European vintage cars fitted with 500/525 - 21 tyres is the Michelin 19/20H Offset Valve tube.
- The best central valve innertube suitable for American vintage cars using 500/525 - 21 tyres is the Michelin 20/21CD Offset Valve tube.
- The recommended rim tape for 500/525 - 21 tyres on wire wheels is the Rim Tape for Wire Wheel 18" - 21".
- Vintage tyres marked as 500/525 - 21 can also appear as: 500 - 21, 525 - 21, or 5¼ X 21.
- Today, vintage tyres manufactured in the size 500/525 - 21 typically carry this dual size marking as standard: 500/525 - 21.
- The 500/525 - 21 tyre size was commonly used during the 1920s by classic models such as the Bentley 3 Litre and 4½ Litre Bentley, Austin 12, and Rolls Royce 20HP.
- The 500/525 - 21 tyres commonly served as replacements for earlier Beaded edge tyre sizes such as 820 - 120 and 815 - 105.
500/525 - 21 Vintage Tyres
500/525 - 21 Inner Tubes
What are the best 500/525 – 21 tyres for a vintage 3 Litre Bentley?
The 3L Bentley originally fitted 820X120 Beaded edge tyres in the early 1920s. However by the middle of the 1920 vintage cars were changing to well based wheels, so the later Bentley 3 Litre fitted 31”X4¼“ tyres. We would suggest the best tyre in that size now, assuming you have 21” well based wheels is the 5.25X21 Firestone.