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Old 08-04-08, 09:08
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Originally Posted by Bob Carriere View Post
Older casing may be fine for a local parade or they may be more historically accurate..... BUT .... don't trust them for any kind of highway driving.

I have used an original 1943 bar thread mounted on a 900x16 battle wheel on a Dodge M43 ambulance.......something went bang like a shotgun..... we ran outside and half the tube had come out of a perfectly exploded rosette on the side wall..... never again.

I kept that old battle wheel with the tire carcass still mounted on it....

Boob
Dodge tires can be dangerous, stick to CMPs!

Oh, actually, the same can happen to CMP tyres. Perfectly good tread, sound-looking carcass, slow speeds ...... and Ka-blooey! The rule is: If it don't bounce or if it draws black lines like chalk, static display only!
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