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Old 09-14-2012, 11:24 AM   #1
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Question What's All This Nonsense About Tubes?

I keep hearing that there are no good tubes for Model A tires being made today? Why? We have so many good dealers in the reproduction business like Bratton and Snyder. We also have good tire makers like Coker dedicated to the hobby and no one is interested in making decent tubes? I don't get it. It seems that whenever there was something really missing and needed in the past someone took the challenge....
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Old 09-14-2012, 11:48 AM   #2
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leo .......................
It is just SO much cheaper to order them from China, than to set up shop to make them yourself.
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Old 09-14-2012, 12:29 PM   #3
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We know that they can be made cheaply somewhere else but if they are no good what does it matter that they are cheap?
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Old 09-14-2012, 12:35 PM   #4
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So Leo, now is your chance to start a needed business. I'll buy some if they are a good product.
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Old 09-14-2012, 12:45 PM   #5
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This tube problem is even bigger in the motorcycle hobby
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Old 09-14-2012, 12:48 PM   #6
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Thank you for that vote of approval, but I do not have the resources to do that, however, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I believe that people in the collector tire business should be able to do it.
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Old 09-14-2012, 01:03 PM   #7
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The tube problem is worst in Australia we are paying 40 dollars for the same tube .
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Old 09-14-2012, 03:24 PM   #8
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Wow, that's robery! Can't be the shipping, your closer to China! lol
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Old 09-15-2012, 09:56 PM   #9
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I guess the next time I change tires I'll reuse the old tubes that have been fine for several years.
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Old 09-15-2012, 09:58 PM   #10
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I thought motorcycle tubes would be a good option but It sounds like they have the same problems.
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Old 09-16-2012, 04:30 PM   #11
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One solution is to run tubeless with one of the Coker radials. The look like stock tires. I had to gather up lots of courage to try.
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Old 09-16-2012, 04:35 PM   #12
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Buy them from summit racing and have them shipped over,WAY cheaper,on tyres as well.
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Old 09-16-2012, 05:48 PM   #13
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I bought some from Snyders and they have been just fine. Didn't look where they were made.
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Old 09-16-2012, 06:11 PM   #14
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The tubes from Bert's are great. Thick and sturdy, inexpensive. So I'm not sure what the issue is.
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Old 09-16-2012, 07:53 PM   #15
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I think the issue with the US manufactured tubes has been that the valves stick/leak when new. During install I removed the schrader valves and exercised them extensively, then re-installed. No problems.
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Old 09-19-2012, 11:06 PM   #16
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I had 7 new tubes from Coker distributor fail on a round the country tour. I replaced them with Snyder and Bratton tubes along the way and they are still on the car 4 years later. I think they were from China.

I made a point of stopping at Coker and he wouldn't even shake my hand or discuss my problem. The tubes were made in Denmark.

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Old 09-20-2012, 12:47 AM   #17
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If you do make them, make them red with metal stems for old times sake. Some people would pay extra for that.
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:02 AM   #18
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That is for sure. Lost a good friend a couple of years ago from a blown tube on a motorcycle. Her and her husband were on their honeymoon. I knew both very well working with them for about 12 years. Her husband is now permanately dissabled. Rod
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