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Sitting stationary is the worst thing for tires. For long periods lift the tires off the ground. Ask any RV owner. Tires need exercised. Oxidation occurs in & out. Follow manufacturer's recommendations on care & replacement. www.michelinman.com/auto/auto-tips-and-advice/tire-buying-guide/when-do-i-need-new-tires

That is WAY too old.

Those tires had to be hard as rocks and rode just as smooth. Not to mention the traction (or lack thereof)

We just bought new tires (and wheels) for our 77. The old ones were from 1999! They looked totally fine and didn’t have many kilometres on them. Still lots of tread on them. We didn’t want to take any chances. Same goes for trailer tires as well!

Not sure if law, but tire stores will NOT even add air to tire 10 years old, from date on tire, not date installed and recommend replacement after 7 years here in Texas. Mine still look new after 5 years or more.

Most, if not all, of us that own these cars will have the tires age out long before they wear out. I once bought a set of tires for a car I was working on and was sure the car would be "back on the road" no later than the following summer. Due to unforeseen problems while working on it, like health issues, by the time the car was ready for the road the tires were too old to install, and they were brand new with zero miles on them! Now my current project will new tires when everything else is done.

After sitting mostly undriven for 2-3 years you can feel that the rubber has hardened. Push your finger nail into the sidewall of an old tire and a newish one, there's a noticeable difference. When new, there not that big a difference in rubber compounds of your average consumer road tire regardless of make and application. When you get into soecialty tires that atarts to change. I have a set of summer tires in my garage from a car I no longer have thats going on 7 years undriven (keep meaning to sell the rims). The tires feel like plastic.

mg-stuff.stlbrits.com/kb/tire-age/

Problem is the only tires sold that fit wire wheels are Vredsteins and I was quoted best part of $1,000 to install a set of 4.

I normally follow the recommended replacement but... Have 71 on 9 yr old tires that were stored covered inside( UV damages rubber). Just bought that car. 74 GT purchased with new tires that still had the nibbles on them. Problem is the tires were put on, then car sat for 20yrs in a Maine field. Those are being replaced this week. 71 tires next.

Thanks, good advice!

All 4 of mine blew out in a similar fashion. The tires had been brand new when I put them on the car. I never got to drive the car even 5 miles. Capitalism continues to deteriorate. A small bag of French fries costs me $3.40 now. How is the quality of your life now?

Looks great I won’t to do the same to mine. What year bumper did you use!

You replaced the rubber bumpers?

I see you got the back end down where it belongs. Looking good, Terry.

Found a blueprint for the offset brackets online and my brother in law made them for me.

Looking good ! I removed the bumper overriders on my ‘73B, really cleaned up the front end 😎

What method did you use to lower it?

looks much better, like a real MGB.

The rear bumper bolted right up to the brackets! Not too bad will look better with the new paint. Still about quarter less than the Moss kit! That doesn't include the cost of lowering the car though.

I don't know what this is but I will look out for it. 🤔😉