C15A Progress

[Rob MacDonald]

Originally Posted by Don Dingwall

Thanks for the comments gentlemen.

Alex: yes they're original tires, but they've seen better days and do need to be replaced.

Rob: Your comment about the tires is technically accurate....'by the book' maybe. Ever wonder why you never see a farm tractor with the the chevron open-end down?

Fills with mud in 2 seconds. Then they become slicks and quite useless. Same for directional cross country. The guy who designed them thought it'd be neat and efficient I suppose, theoretically better traction etc. But obviously he never drove directionals in dirt or mud. Troops figured it out faster than the designers did.

You'd also be hard pressed to find a pic of a CMP min service that had tires mounted as prescribed for very long, if at all.

Yet another example of the fact that 'No plan survives contact with the enemy'!

now that you mention it, one 'barn-find' Model A I bought had that style of tire on the back wheels - mounted in the same way yours are.

I wish I still had those tires - I like to drive the A in the snow!

[Don Dingwall]

Rob:
That's even more lucky than my find.
A local near here has a similar car...28 Ford Model T (??) I think. As found, he was able to get it on the road. He has NOT restored it yet....it's very cool to see it with all it's original paint still on it, though wearing off.

I meant to mention that there is a pic somewhere of the stuck 3 tonner in the mud somewhere in Europe---the driver is laying a board down and the tire tread is so full of mud, it looks like a racing slick.

[Rob MacDonald]

It's taking a great effort on my part not to hijack this thread by rabbiting on about the 3 barn find 'A's I've made over the last 20-odd years!