Friday, June 6, 2014

Rail Tires

Our friend Walt Stafa found this picture of an earlier automobile equipped with Firestone Rail Tires.  From what I can make out, they appear to have the same sort of flange, and certainly the same diagonal tread pattern.  This is just so much classier than a speeder!

4 comments:

Bruce Duensing said...

What an interesting product buried in obscurity. Makes me want to know it's history.

Bruce Duensing said...

Also:
http://www.google.com/patents/US1963932

David Wilkins said...

The car in the photo appears to be a 1932 Ford Victoria 2 door sedan, with a Ford flathead V8.

Anonymous said...

Back to the Old Motor for a close up of a Firestone flanged tire at the bottom of the post. Firestone (Bridgestone) still makes air springs for the rail market.

...and chasing trains on down the information super railway...a Galesburg & Great Eastern site with a '35 Chevy labeled Baby Zephyr.

Steve