Old photo - Good Luck With That Tire!

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 11:38 am:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Cameron Whitaker on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 11:43 am:

Reminds me of a certain line from that song...

"When she blows out a tire, just wrap it up with wire and the little Ford will ramble right along."


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 12:18 pm:

Jay, don't sell that tire short. Somewhere I have an old tire repair book that shows how to peel the rubber back, stitch in layers of new cord and re-vulcanize it.

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Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rick J. Gunter on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 04:45 pm:

"Dang WalMart tires!"


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By kep on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 09:52 pm:

Somewhere i have an old book where it instructs on how to stitch in pieces of old tyres into holes like that and when i took it to the tyre shop and asked them to do this to a new tyre that cut a huge cut in it they told me "No way".


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:07 pm:

They certainly won't do that today. Back in the 10's and 20's tires were more expensive to buy than the labor to repair them. Just like body shops that replace parts on cars now that would have been pounded out and refinished years ago.
Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:29 pm:

they weren't so concerned about liability in those days either.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Treace, North FL on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:41 pm:

Just stick a liner into that boot since they have it off the rim. Good for some more miles. If the tires gives again, wrap an outer shoe on it!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By kep on Friday, September 20, 2013 - 03:15 am:

Cars go faster today and those repairs would have thrown the balance out enough to make driving at high speed uncomfortable.


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