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06-06-2015, 12:15 PM | #1 |
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Firestone GUM DIPPED ??
I always wondered what "Gum Dipped" referred to on old Firestone tires.
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06-06-2015, 12:29 PM | #2 |
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Re: Firestone GUM DIPPED ??
Thanks I always wondered what that meant too
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06-06-2015, 12:58 PM | #3 |
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Re: Firestone GUM DIPPED ??
I have a set of Firestone Gum-Dipped whitewalls on my '28 Tudor. They are from the mid '80s and they have no signs of splitting or cracking. They were made in New Zealand.
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06-06-2015, 03:25 PM | #4 |
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Re: Firestone GUM DIPPED ??
I imagine this process helped protect the cotton cords from exposure to the elements so they wouldn't rot as quick.
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06-06-2015, 05:27 PM | #5 |
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Re: Firestone GUM DIPPED ??
MikeK, thanks for the posting that very special post card. I like Firestones and have them on my Model A. When my new tires arrived a year ago they had a tag attached proclaiming that they were "Gum Dipped". The tradition continues into the 21st Century.
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06-06-2015, 05:51 PM | #6 |
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Thanks for posting that Mike. -DAN |
06-06-2015, 06:25 PM | #7 |
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Re: Firestone GUM DIPPED ??
Interesting. Thanks Mike.
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06-06-2015, 06:53 PM | #8 |
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Re: Firestone GUM DIPPED ??
I have an OOOOLD Lester 6:00 X 16 for a spare. It has raised lettering, "NOT TO BE USED ON CARS MANUFACTURED AFTER 1948"
It is smooth, supple, beautiful beads, about 2/3 tread left! It looks like a 6 months old tire. SEE, them bastards COULD make us some GOOD tires, if they were willing to do it!!! Just for fun, I'll try mounting it TUBELESS & SEE IF IT WILL HOLD AIR. (Yes, I have a new tube for it, just in case??) Bill W.
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06-06-2015, 09:58 PM | #9 |
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06-07-2015, 04:45 PM | #10 |
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Terrific Mike, Ty
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06-07-2015, 05:10 PM | #11 |
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Re: Firestone GUM DIPPED ??
I hope I'm not the only one who visualized an old B western sidekick like Fuzzy St. James saying "Gosh golly! I'll be gum-dipped and hornswaggled!"
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