Blockley Tyres Fitted to my Austin Allegro - Test drive to The Cotswold Motor Museum!

I've since been to the Isle of wight and back ! I'm very happy with the tyres and they look awesome x
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[@terryjacob8169]

Blockley make excellent tyres, their speciality is crossply racing tyres for veteran and vintage racing cars, which they sell worldwide.

[@mystichare8924]

Just down the road from me. You can’t beat a bit of Cotswold motoring in the sun 😎

[@dustymiller7758]

Peggy is looking good and the correct size tyres make Peggy look even better. Great investment Alex. Fantastic museum.

[@michael5089]

Thank you for this lovely video of the allegro. Subbed !!!❤☺️🫶

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Peggy looks amazing, what a lovely day.

[@SeanMadden-o8q]

Peggy is looking smart with her new shoes 👟 Seems like they are a good quality tyre and not overpriced. Great place for older classic car tyres.

[@OneFlyingLap]

Absolutely brilliant, put a smile on my face. Thank you 🙌

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Lol, I learned to drive in a classic as suggested. Mind you it was a 1968 Beetle and I did my test in it in 1972. It was just a good car then!

[@nygelmiller5293]

Snap! I took my test in a Beetle from that era, and passed my test at about the same time as you in it!

[@andyarmstrong1493]

@@nygelmiller5293 Happy days. It was my brother in law's, think it was a1500cc. I wasn't able to put it beyond 3rd gear as the speed limit was 30 mph. Long time ago, alas.

[@Stars_Falling_93]

My 1993 Xantia had tyres from 2004 and 2007 on it when I bought it. First garage visit that I made was to get four new tyres. Love how people react to Peggy! My Xantia is still a bit too modern for that.

[@paultaylor9652]

Simply the best on KZbin, personality and car suite each other, thanks for a great video Alex.

[@Alexsassets]

You making me blush 😋

[@tomwinch9107]

Lovely video Alex - great to see Peggy with new boots on! My daughter's first car was a P reg RAV4 (now my wife's ... 18 mpg and a boyfriend 30 miles away didn't work well!). Registered in Jan 97, but obviously built before, the spare tyre date code indicated 1996. Loads of tread, but a bit too much cracking to be comfortable to use!

[@CortinasAndClassics]

I am going to have to save up the pennies and get a set on TeeCee. After I get the welding done. Lovely to see Peggy again Alex x

[@PrinceJohn84]

Absolutely love Peggy! Such a cool little car. Great tyres too 😝

[@bobspeller2225]

The tyres sound good, I've been the motor museum, its great and good value. Good video. Cheers Bob (PS Have a good holiday)

[@BigPaul62]

I visited the museum about 20 years ago - lovely place and well situated in the beautiful village.

[@rustandoil]

Don't know why you popped up on my feed.... But you're in "my" area so I had to watch 👍🏻

[@Alexsassets]

I hope you enjoyed 😄

[@rustandoil]

@@Alexsassets I suggest a return trip gently travelling through all our lovely villages 😉

[@seancooke7332]

Don't four new tyres make every car feel like a new car. Gorgeous scenery. Looks like your Scenic Route to Blockley Tyres was well worth the effort in the end.🙈

[@Alexsassets]

😆

[@troygoodacre2718]

Hi alex. I bought myself a 1 owner. 29,000 mile rover 114 sli. In April this year. It still had its original tyres on it from 1997.. the first thing I did was get a full set of new ones. I drove it about locally before I realised how old they were. Drove like a different car once I got the new tyres

[@Alexsassets]

Oh i bet it did! Amazing what difference some new rubber makes x

[@stevepage5813]

@troygoodacre2718 I'm glad you did change the tyres. Apparently when tyres are just THREE years old, they are only 65% as strong as they were when new. This is due to the ultra violet in daylight. Caravanners etc... cover the tyres when not in use, but car owners don't tend to.

[@Alexsassets]

@@stevepage5813 she does live in a garage away from the sun 🙂 . X

[@emmajacobs5575]

If Peggy’s wheel studs are anything like MG Midget ones of the same period, it’s running an increased risk of the studs snapping if the torque is increased above the factory setting.

[@ghunt9146]

I think they should allow classic parking alongside the museum.

[@lucythemoggy1970]

they look awesome! have saved their site and posted on my morris minor site

[@Alexsassets]

Fantastic news! They are great tyres and a good price for a quality tyre on the Moggies 🥰

[@lucythemoggy1970]

@@Alexsassets i am in Plymouth. do they deliver? or where are they based where i can take mine to?

[@Alexsassets]

@@lucythemoggy1970 they will deliver them 🥰

[@lucythemoggy1970]

@@Alexsassets awesome saves driving up!

[@lucythemoggy1970]

@@Richard-jp8rz thats awesome

[@Vince_uk]

Hello Alex. The tyres look good but what a strange business model where they don't remove customers wheels, very strange. I am sure that if they did remove and fit customers wheels the business would develop further. Unusual video Alex but enjoyable as always, that looks an interesting place to have a sniff around and Peggy does look cool.

[@Alexsassets]

I feel most people who shop here don't "use" their clasics.... They do lots of mail order and collections are by appointment only. I did find it strange they fit to wheels, but not to cars. But i guess they would need a different insurance?

[@Vince_uk]

Ah, Interesting thought Alex.@@Alexsassets

[@RoyCousins]

One of the main sellers of Blockley Tyres is MWS (Motor Wheel Service) at Langley, near Slough, Berkshire. They have all the tyre fitting equipment on-site. They also manufacture and restore wire wheels. I think the operation at Blockley is there just to receive the tyres (from Indonesia) and distribute them to UK and worldwide sellers.

[@stevepage5813]

I felt like I was back in the seventies when you were driving us in the Allegro (Peggy) and a Capri came round the corner. If the new Blockley tyres are larger in circumference because of the increase in depth, does this alter the accuracy of the speedometer? When I bought a second hand Vauxhall Vectra rim, as a spare for my Vauxhall Zafira, I had to look up the correct tyre sizes to make sure the speedometer was ok. The Vectra rim was 16 inches and the Zafira had 18 inch rims, with fairly low profile tyres. I Googled the problem and a chart was found showing the dimensions of combination sizes to equalise things. P.S. If you use a sat nav in your car, you will be able to check that the speedo is accurate enough. As the sat nav gets its speed info from satellites, it is very accurate. Speedo's are a bit out generally (under) because manufacturers don't want you to get fined for speeding. They aren't allowed by law to over read but they can under read.

[@Alexsassets]

Speed is fine 🙂 .

[@nygelmiller5293]

You had some sort of special tyres for JESSIE, to make the steering lighter. Is that what you've put on Peggy? My Mum needed a replacement for her Marina, got our 1300 Allegro. But refused to drive it - because compared to the Marina, she found the steering heavy .(because of front wheel drive). So I bought the Allegro off her, and she replaced the Marina with an ITAL.

[@Alexsassets]

Hi! Yes same brand tyres as I got for Jessie 😀 steering is lighter 🥰

[@twizzlestickx7]

The gearbox sounds very winey on that agrow or are they like that from the factory 😁

[@Alexsassets]

That's what they are like on the A series 😄 especially the S1

[@twizzlestickx7]

@Alexsassets sounds like the thrust bearings in gearbox to me

[@I-T-S-M-E]

Great tyres, Blockley tyres are local and I have them on my mini

[@OldCarsNewVan]

made you make the tea and fit your own wheels 🤣🤣 Who said chivalry is dead 🤣🤣

[@Alexsassets]

😆

[@richardoliver6131]

Love peggy

[@pinkyn0se]

4:45 Would have affected the speedo too.

[@richardoliver6131]

My tyres last 3 years max but then they are in Hereford alot

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

A tyre dealer that doesn't remove wheels? I've never seen that anywhere ever. Are these tyres some weird impossible to get size or something that only oddball specialty places can get?

[@Alexsassets]

This is a classic car tyre specialist. Not your normal "tyre dealer" . This is a small company started by an enthusiast who wanted good looking and preforming tyres for his classics. He does many hard to find sizes for all sorts of classic and vintage cars x

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

@@Alexsassets We have boutique and vintage tyre specialists here in Au too but this is a new concept to me. It obviously works but maybe just an English thing.

[@Alexsassets]

He mostly does mail order. But you can collect the tyres from him if you wish. I did think it was strange they fit them to wheels and not to car. But i guess they would need a certain insurance to do so.

[@RoyCousins]

They're not a tyre dealer, but a tyre manufacturer (although the tyres are actually made in Indonesia to Blockley's specifications). The dealers that sell Blockley Tyres balance and fit them for you.

[@royjacques5650]

Hi Alex i used to work for ups we all said oops i dropped it .

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

The last allegro I drove landed so hard the engine fell out.

[@Alexsassets]

😱

[@nygelmiller5293]

I'm sure there's a story to that! Pray tell!

[@nygelmiller5293]

If Blockley tyres are from Indonesia , perhaps they're made from real rubber, not synthetic?

[@ST-ur7oh]

Often wondered why the steel wheels face is so convex and protruding

[@Alexsassets]

I'm sure it will be something to do with strength 😄

[@emmajacobs5575]

It’s to do with the steering and suspension geometry, in particular, the scrub radius. With the tyre closer in relative to the suspension ball joints, it reduces the tendency of front wheel drive cars like the Allegro to torque steer. (More of a problem with the bigger engined 1500/1750 Allegros)

[@nygelmiller5293]

​@emmajacobs5575 what does torque steer mean?

[@nygelmiller5293]

I've been to Bourton myself! The people in shops, etc., were the politest I have ever met.

[@nygelmiller5293]

Since I haven't had MY Allegro for 20 years, and still miss it - it has been a pleasure to see your scenic drive in Yours! It's just like being in the passenger seat!

[@roycampbell5605]

Tyres are worth mote than the car.we used to call thm all agros

[@paulhammersley4562]

knock on wheel weight's will just start rusting your rim's, i always use stick on weight's,

[@MarkTheVicar]

I probably wouldn't drive on 16 year old tyres......but apparently I will walk about wearing 25 year old shoes 🤔 Don't judge me

[@Alexsassets]

Yes but you won't be doing speeds up to 70mph in your shoes.... will you ? 😆

[@MarkTheVicar]

@@Alexsassets Fair point.....challenge accepted.

[@rustynut9uk897]

Is that metric and imperial side differs x