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!
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What an interesting product buried in obscurity. Makes me want to know it's history.
Also:
http://www.google.com/patents/US1963932
The car in the photo appears to be a 1932 Ford Victoria 2 door sedan, with a Ford flathead V8.
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
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