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The 1929 Leyland Lion

A British transportation museum may have just purchased the world’s most expensive tires.

The Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum’s premier exhibit, a 1929 Leyland Lion bus, required new tires to make it roadworthy for the museum’s 50th anniversary. In order to replace the old and significantly cracked tires, the museum was eventually forced to order specialty tiles from America.

The Leyland Lion is the only surviving example of its model, the other three having been scrapped after serving as transport during World War II. This particular bus was used as a snowplow until it became the museum’s first acquisition around 1954.

The most expensive tires in the world cost the museum over $800 each. In comparison, normal bus tires cost around $250.