JAYBEE KNOWS

UNIQUE CARS' Past Blasts master, John Bowe, has spent a lifetime getting the most from his tyres on the track and over the years has owned several desirable collectibles, including an E-Type Jaguar. When he bought the Jag, he reckoned it handled like a dog on a lino floor.

He then replaced the ageing cross-plies for a set of radials with a tread pattern close to the originals and according to Bowe, this transformed the car. “I know the original look is very important with Classic cars”, said Bowe, “but putting them on radials makes them so much sweeter and safer to drive. “While modern tread patterns are nothing like the ones of the past, due to technology, lower sidewall profiles and generally wider tyres, it is still possible to get a tyre in many sizes with a relatively plain tread pattern, so it doesn’t look out of place on your collectible”.