Denovo 3500

I wouldn't fancy driving it on tyres that old now :shock: My car was a Denovo and I think it only had the original tyres replaced about five years ago by a previous owner.
 
NickDunning said:
The Rovering Member said:
With it's original wheels? Unusual:

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Very very unusual. Am I right in thinking Denevos were discontinued/phased out in approx 1982?
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I would imagine somewhere about then. They survived on the SD1, Austin Princess & Mini Clubman's for a few years after the P6 (some Triumph's too maybe?). Discontinued mainly due to the maintenance/repair network not being set up comprehensively enough if I recall from James Taylor's P6 book.
Our Mexico car lost her wheels in the normal way somewhere along the line & I still don't know what I'll end up doing with the set of unused Denovo tyres on brand new rims, complete with two sets of NOS trims plus one set of NOS wheel nuts/washers that I bought as a result of finding out what Denovo's were after buying the car. I was going to use them as display items but would have to have the car on the road again first & when that happens the plan is to put her up for sale anyway. :(
 
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NickDunning said:
The Rovering Member said:
With it's original wheels? Unusual:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... SS:GB:1123
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Very very unusual. Am I right in thinking Denevos were discontinued/phased out in approx 1982?
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I would imagine somewhere about then. They survived on the SD1, Austin Princess & Mini Clubman's for a few years after the P6 (some Triumph's too maybe?). Discontinued mainly due to the maintenance/repair network not being set up comprehensively enough if I recall from James Taylor's P6 book.
Our Mexico car lost her wheels in the normal way somewhere along the line & I still don't know what I'll end up doing with the set of unused Denovo tyres on brand new rims, complete with two sets of NOS trims plus one set of NOS wheel nuts/washers that I bought as a result of finding out what Denovo's were after buying the car. I was going to use them as display items but would have to have the car on the road again first & when that happens the plan is to put her up for sale anyway. :(
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I've seen more than a couple of P6's with silver-painted wheels, which were fitted by dealers later when Denovos were no longer available.
Our Police car appears to have started life with Denovos, but they didn't last long in service.
 
The Rovering Member said:
NickDunning said:
The Rovering Member said:
With it's original wheels? Unusual:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... SS:GB:1123
Click to expand...

Very very unusual. Am I right in thinking Denevos were discontinued/phased out in approx 1982?
Click to expand...

I would imagine somewhere about then. They survived on the SD1, Austin Princess & Mini Clubman's for a few years after the P6 (some Triumph's too maybe?). Discontinued mainly due to the maintenance/repair network not being set up comprehensively enough if I recall from James Taylor's P6 book.
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I used to own a 1980 Princess that had Denovos fitted. The low profile tyres plus the high unsprung weight gave a very harsh ride and the tread life was short. They were soon ditched. You are right about the service network. There was only one dealer in the whole of France and if you went abroad Dunlop would hire you a spare wheel, which you had no space to store in the car. Furthermore, the much publicised "run flat" mileage was cumulative over the life of the tyre, so if you used it up in one puncture you had to buy a new tyre. Ghastly things, I can't imagine the attraction, the car isn't usable with those things fitted.
 
The Rovering Member said:
They survived on the SD1, Austin Princess & Mini Clubman's for a few years after the P6 (some Triumph's too maybe?).
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I couldn't be sure, but I don't remember them on the SD1's, Princess' and Clubmans, yes, but never on any Triumphs.
 
suffolkpete said:
so if you used it up in one puncture you had to buy a new tyre. Ghastly things, I can't imagine the attraction, the car isn't usable with those things fitted.
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Sounds much like the current situation with 'space-saving' alternatives to a spare wheel.

harveyp6 said:
I couldn't be sure, but I don't remember them on the SD1's, Princess' and Clubmans, yes, but never on any Triumphs.
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The SD1's are shown on the Denovo brochures, that's my only reason for mentioning them, likewise the other cars though I only guessed at Triumph's.
 
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The SD1's are shown on the Denovo brochures, that's my only reason for mentioning them,
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Shows how popular they were by that time then, that said, just because they're in the DENOVO brochure, that's not to say they were an option from BL. l don't ever remember seeing any SD1's shod with them, and I can't remember any special wheeltrims either. I tend to remember them because they were so bloody heavy. So are they shown in the brochure with the P6B trims then?
 
DaveHerns said:
If they are Denovos , the car is a bargain for someone
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Only as a curiosity or a museum exhibit. Those tyres are probably at least thirty years old and they were crap when new.
 
suffolkpete said:
Those tyres are probably at least thirty years old and they were crap when new.
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Plod thought they would be great for them when they first came out, get a puncture on a pursuit and just keep going. Blaggers apprehended, and back to the Nick for tea and medals. Unfortunately the few they had on test just shredded the tread clean off the carcass on the first bit of hard driving they encountered.....
 
harveyp6 said:
The Rovering Member said:
The SD1's are shown on the Denovo brochures, that's my only reason for mentioning them,
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Shows how popular they were by that time then, that said, just because they're in the DENOVO brochure, that's not to say they were an option from BL. l don't ever remember seeing any SD1's shod with them, and I can't remember any special wheeltrims either. I tend to remember them because they were so bloody heavy. So are they shown in the brochure with the P6B trims then?
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