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

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/

Tires of Old and Toys

Tires were not very reliable, in the early years of motoring tire punctures were regular, and tire replacement difficult as they often were nailed to the rim.   

But there were alternatives, if you had to avoid accidents, there was the wheel that had a bunch of coil springs instead of rubber. These strange tires sit on a German Prototypes of 1916, then a staff vehicle for the Army where accessibility was vital.

But the resilient rim was not new even then, the patent had already been submitted for horse cabs in 1870, and it is used today in Michelin's " Tweel "in heavy construction equipment.

This truck made by Turgan & Foy who really focused on service and production of railway carriages and cable cars helped to deliver the mail in France at the beginning of 1900's.  They closed down production in 1906 and made no further impact.  

Stirling Moss, Dan Gurney, Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill

Even "big boys" enjoy playing with miniature race cars.

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?

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

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

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