Description
Dunlop's bar-tread off-the-road tyre, specified where roughly 90% of service is off road or involves cross-country towing. The T.29a pattern came in 6.50-16, 7.00-16 and 7.50-16 and the T.28 in 6.00-16, all approved by the Rover Co. for the Land-Rover.
6.00-16 on 80/86/88; 7.50-16 on 109.
Rarity. Dunlop's off-road option for Land Rovers through the Series I-III era and standard on many military vehicles; the bar-tread Trakgrip pattern is out of production but reproduced for restorations. Start and end dates not established beyond the 1960 leaflet.
Record: 1 source; designation recorded; no price recorded; production dates not established.
Specification
MAKERDunlop Rubber Company Ltd, United Kingdom
DESIGNATION / PARTT.29a (6.50-16, 7.00-16, 7.50-16); T.28 (6.00-16)
MADEdates not recorded
RARITYUncommon — Dunlop's off-road option for Land Rovers through the Series I-III era and standard on many military vehicles; the bar-tread Trakgrip pattern is out of production but reproduced for restorations. Start and end dates not established beyond the 1960 leaflet.
SIZES{"T.29a":["6.50-16","7.00-16","7.50-16"],"T.28":["6.00-16"]}
USE90% off road, cross-country towing
LEAFLET REFLE 59/24, 1960
Fitment
LAND ROVER
6.00-16 on 80/86/88; 7.50-16 on 109.
Variants
T.29a1960
6.50-16, 7.00-16, 7.50-16
T.281960
6.00-16
Imagery
Sources
landrover.vlothuizen.nl/show/list/7061-1.htmlEvery source above was fetched and read when the record was made.