Longstone Tires: About Us

Telephone	+44 (0)1302 711123
Fax	+44 (0)1302 710113
Email	sales@longstonetires.com
Web	http://www.longstonetires.com
Mail	Longstone Tires, Hudson's Yard, Doncaster Road, Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK. DN10 6NX

The name Longstone Tires has been synonymous with retro, veteran, vintage tires and classic tires for over 30 years. Longstone Tires have huge supplies of all styles of retro tire, veteran tire, vintage tire and classic tires for virtually any oldtimer car ever made! The company is run by enthusiasts who are keen active members of the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) and other motoring clubs.

You are welcome to view our retro rubber selection at our Bawtry warehouse. The kettle is always on, and we offer free fitting and advice (and possibly biscuits). There are usually several retro, vintage and classic cars worth a glance in the workshop. You will also have the chance to look at our supplies of veteran tire, vintage tires and classic tires, which range from beaded edge to the millimetric Michelin TRX tire (fitting everything from the beginnings of Daimler Benz to Renault Alpine and Ferrari Testarossa).

Bawtry is situated roughly 10 miles south of Doncaster on the old Great North Road. Bawtry is reached from the Blyth roundabout of the A1. The location of Longstone Tires is shown on this map link.

Longstone Tires can be found at the following VSCC ( and some other )events during 2009. We will be fitting and balancing vintage tires, and also offering advice to competitors and public alike. This is the perfect opportunity to look at all the variations in tread patterns and sizes and speak to our vintage tires sales team.

All dates are liable to change at any moment!

April 2009
25th April	Silverstone VSCC
May 2009
16th May	Oulton Park VSCC
31st May	Curborough VSCC
June 2009
20th June	Cadwell Park VSCC
July 2009
31st July	Prescott VSCC
August 2009
1st-2nd August	Prescott VSCC
23rd August	Mallory Park VSCC
September 2009
6th September	Donington Park VSCC
26th-27th September	Loton Park VSCC

Longstone Tires has a dedicated tire sales team of five people; all knowledgable and keen to help. These five are the people you will speak to on the phone and see at the race meetings offering advice on which retro, classic, veteran or vintage tire will suit you and your car best.

Dougal is the owner of Longstone Tires, he drives, a Ford Model A roadster, a Fraser Nash/GN/Ford special ('Piglet')and of course (if its raining) a Zetec engined MkV Ford Cortina!! He has also just bought a Model A Sedan so the children don't get wet on the way to school and a ratty but fun Daimler 250 so his wife can waft along in style!

Simon is a keen driver of the nimble Lancia Beta Coupe (come rain or shine), and has been fed Castrol R from a very early age. Unfortunately he has just blown the engine up so is having to fit a supercharged version instead!As a stop gap Simon has just bought a (manky) Jensen Healey to enjoy what is left of summer. The Healey has been sold, the blown Lancia returned just long enough to get written off by a fool in a Fiesta and I now have Cassie the Clio as i am too old to handle any power!!

Often seen out and about in the Fraser Nash Super Sports or the GN. He has been a VSCC member for over 40 years! Andy has just bought a 1921 Bean (possibly a has-bean), as his collection of underpowered cars was woefully small! STOP PRESS!!! Due to the demise of his 535i BMW Andy has been forced to buy a reliable (underpowered) modern car. which hasn't lasted long as he now has a 325i BMW which seems to enjoy going sideways!!

The newest member of our retro tire sales team is Tom who has just got his driving licence ( on ebay I think )and has got a Vauxhall Astra to practise his skills in, until he can afford to insure a proper car! The Astra is now dead, so Tom is trying to break a Renault Clio instead Va Va Voom. Due to an expanding family Tom has fobbed off the Clio to me and is driving an Audi.