2,379 mile road trip to Mexico and around

[al's28/33]

WOW!!!!!.....W O W !!!!!!!!!!!................God Bless you! What a FANTASTIC trip!!!! I'm glad you made it home with ONLY the tube issue...........WOW!!!!!!

[47COE]

Originally Posted by Old Henry

so Pepe and I decided to check off another item on our bucket list

Good thing Pepe said yes. Otherwise you would have missed out on a great adventure.

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by 47COE

Good thing Pepe said yes. Otherwise you would have missed out on a great adventure.

Pepe's pretty agreeable when I have him loaded with doggy Valium.

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by hook00pad

I can identify with your car as well as I have a 1948 Ford Super Deluxe Tudor with an O.T. Olds engine and T-5 trans. that is a work in progress.

Here's a picture from our Death Valley trip of my car with my neighbor's tudor. His had just blown the differential because it had no oil in it (he'd counted on a local lube shop to check and fill it) and we were waiting for the tow truck to haul his back home. We carried on without him. https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62705

[Planojc]

Henry, love the videos and was wondering how you have the camera mounted. If you are just holding it you sure have a steady hand, especially while steering around a corner.

[Old Henry]

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Originally Posted by Planojc

Henry, love the videos and was wondering how you have the camera mounted. If you are just holding it you sure have a steady hand, especially while steering around a corner.

The camera is mounted on a monopod that is just standing on the floor held against the dashboard to stabilize. With it there I can swivel it easily with my right hand or move it to the left window for side views. Steering is with my left hand on the steering knob. For the driving through the blizzard scene I wanted a wider shot to get the whole windshield to show the snow on it and the action of the wipers so collapsed the monopod and rested it on my thigh.

[Johnnydidd]

Did you change oil, filter and lube it. How many miles?

[Old Henry]

Did all that just before I left and when I got back. Not during the trip.

[Bertha]

Prof. Henry,

Great travelog as usual, really enjoyed it. Glad the rebuild was trouble free.

TIRES…

Like you, I have no desire to swap for radials. Fine for all our other stuff, but not for the Ford.

Just what I did…..…we also had ongoing problems with ‘Bertha’s’ tubed WW’s. Got fed up with the frequent tube repairs.

During the last tire swap I inspected the wheels, had them media blasted,(they are not riveted), and powder-coated black inside and out.
Got tubeless Firestone bias WW’s from Coker and have never looked back.

Bias ply tubeless, best of both worlds.


Bob

[Old Henry]

Now there's something I haven't heard of - tubeless bias ply tires. I'll have to think on that one.

Thanks for the idea.

[bobH]

I bought a new car in the mid-50's... bias-ply tubeless is what it came with. Radials weren't yet on the market.

[Lanny]

I coppied this from a tire blog.


BIAS-PLY HISTORY. In 1898, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (GT) discovered the process of vulcanizing rubber. To strengthen and mold the rubber, a number of layers or "plies" of fabric cords are embedded into it. Each layer is laid in an alternating diagonal pattern on the bias of the bead cord. The degree of the bias varied between manufactures, running between 30 degrees to 55 degrees to the bead cord.
For the next 60 years, bias-ply tires ruled the roads of America and gradually evolved from cotton cord belts in 1915, to rayon cord in the 1930s, and then to nylon cords in 1943. Improve technology was applied to bias-ply designs in 1954 with the advent of tubeless tires on Packards. The tire fast became the standard on all automobiles thereafter.
In 1959, steel-corded tires were introduced, followed by fiberglass-corded tires in 1963, still based on the bias-ply design. The level of bias-ply tire design has remained pretty much unchanged since around 1965 when radial tires started showing up in dealer showrooms.
The main advantage of bias-ply tires is in its load-carrying capabilities in relation to tire size. A smaller bias-ply tire can carry more load than a radial tire of similar size. A major drawback is higher friction, which creates higher tire temperatures and results in faster wear. Another problem: The tread contact area (the area were tread meets pavement) is smaller, and since the sidewall and tread area are constructed of one material, cornering affects the contact area more than on radial designed tires.










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[TomT/Williamsburg]

Great trip and wonderful pics and videos as usual. As far as your tire problems or any problem(s) with an old car on a long trip, it just keeps you on your toes and enhances the adventure!

[66f100]

Thanks for the story and pictures!