North Terrace Tyres is rebranding to Adelaide Tyres.

To our loyal customers, our fantastic suppliers and our hardworking staff over the decades, we say thank you.

Over the 60 years we operated in Hackney, servicing the tyre needs of Adelaide motorists, we were lucky to create fantastic, long-serving relationships with our customer base and our suppliers. Without either, we had nothing; with them, we created one of the more forward-thinking, quick-reacting tyre services in Australia.

Yes, we can tell tales of initially fitting tyres with levers and a rubber hammer, right through to our fully automatic fitting machine. We witnessed the introduction of the tubeless tyre, then the radial tyre, followed by the steel-belted version. Technology was number one and we made sure we were at the forefront. We used our exposure to motor racing to remain at the pointy end of tyre development, allowing us to inform our customer base about what was really happening and cut through all the advertising nonsense while our motto has always been “Think global, act local.”

We delivered hard facts, we gave honest advice and, more than anything else, we stood behind our advice. We celebrated our first sale to the grandson of a long-time customer—a third-generation sale—which made us very proud that we could create that bond of trust.

In those six decades of operation, we made some firm friends. Some would call them “employees”, but we like to think they were family. The collective work ethic we employed allowed the company to grow. It allowed us to create new and exciting supply chains that benefited our customers.

So, to all the people we touched, we say thank you for the support you gave us.

The McKenna Family