This is Florence, our 1971 S2A SWB that we have owned for just over one year now. She has a good sense of humour, and we are gradually discovering and ironing out the problems, including wiring, brakes, and all the usual things.
One thing that we want to do is upgrade the tyres to a good set of road tyres, since we will most likely do no off roading, but we will use her as a road vehicle. I understand that presently she has original rims, and is running fairly rugged 750/R16 tyres with inner tubes. We have had some problems with slow punctures, and yesterday a very fast puncture whilst driving along. The bang was quite spectacular! It is therefore time to take action.
We have been told that its is safest and best to upgrade the rims as well, and fit tubeless tyres, but does anyone have any views on that? Also, any recommendations as to what to go for, and good suppliers?
Thanks, Matthew and Sarah