Cheers guys.
The tyres on the car had perished really baddly but all the spare ones kept in boxes were absolutely fine. However I have fitted new tyres to some wheels also. Had some new "12 year old" yellow mini's and there was no difference between brand new ones
Looks like i'll need new rims though
. Notice Proline dished rims for the B4 are cheeper - but are these as good as the AE ones?