Grantham company provided tyres for expedition
Published: 17:00, 18 August 2020
Grantham’s Vacu-Lug Tyre Organisation was commended in a report for the quality of their remoulds.
The report came from a 1970 expedition entitled ‘Encounter Overland’ which used two ex-military Austin K9 trucks, running on Vacu-Lug’s Duramold ‘L’ pattern radial remounds, and pulling half-ton trailers.
The vehicles transported 23 young adventurers overland from London to Johannesburg, through some of the most hazardous road conditions in the world.