Showing posts with label tires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tires. Show all posts

Monday, May 30, 2011

photos found at a car show

Tires sold that got over a thousand miles made it to the wall of fame... doesn't that say a lot about the short life span expectancy of tires in the 1930's
T C Ryan flying school in San Diego, Howard Hughes on the far left
Must have been great at parades

1936's getting stuffed into a boxcar for delivery
The Marx brothers
Amelia Earhart

17 were made, company founder Gary Davis served out a two year sentence for grand theft and fraud in North County Correctional Facility near Castaic, California. Built in Van Nuys, most were powered by four cylinder Continental engines, although at least one was fitted with a Ford V8-60.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

TireVan, sell, mount, and balance a set of tires for you when and where you like, no more going to the tire shop unless you like their waiting room

So this an option if you live near Washington DC, or Philadelphia metro area
Like the photos suggest, a wide, flat, clear area (about the size of two parking spaces) is needed so the tires can be worked on
The vans carry the Hunter mounting/breakdown machine to get the old tires off and install the new tires on the rim, plus tires, plus a Hunter balancer, and a compressor to get them inflated.


Tire price comparison, as that is half of what it takes to get my business, the price for the least expensive 215 60/15 is $85 plus costs of $30a tire ($25 per tire for installation, 5 for TPMS). That would be $230 total cost.


My go-to tire shop, Discount Tire has their low cost tires at $250 out the door, road hazard warranty included. I compared prices in 2007 at 6 tire shops around San Diego, and Discount Tire was the least expensive, and best service too: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-much-for-pair-of-tires-heres-what-i.html

Right now they carry 85 brands and models available in my example size, so you have options in prices and brands, I go for the least expensive when buying for my daily commuter.

http://www.tirevan.com/

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Would you want a new Jeep, if they could only have the military tread pattern? It's disconcerting to view a new vehicle with WW2 era military tires


What do you think... pretty weird to look at? Or a cool idea no one has thought of doing to a new car?

Monday, November 29, 2010

The tires and rims display area at SEMA, the stuff that captured my attention




Hands free tire mounting! This isn't the only one on the market, but it was the first I've sever seen


This tire seat is comfortable too!

The yellow and red rims are interesting, I haven't seen any 2 spoke rim before... I wonder about the balance

The above was particularly impressive, good concept for a display




If you have balanced tires, like I have, you'll probably appreciate the full range of all the weights this company http://www.cnblueocean.com/ displayed. Myself, I'm impressed.


This is one bitchin display wall


The lever in the below photo has a nail welded to it, and any passerby gets to puncture the tire as many times as they want to prove to themselves how perfectly inflated the tire remains.



Clever advertising from Pirelli

Thursday, November 25, 2010

I don't know why it has dually front tires, but it's an attention grabber


Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Pink hot rod dualie... ya won't see another one of these


I don't remember seeing front leaf springs over each side of the front axle







I love the tire and rim combination

A close up from the photo below.. .it isn't often that people point and laugh at a custom



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