Gutta Percha tyres (tires)

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited is/was a very common name for tires (tyres) here in Canada.

Interesting subject! Pete, quick! Call Nigel Dawe!

Seems gutta percha is the "Malay name for what probably is the whole residue from the latex, dried after collection from whichever tree was its source" - read the whole story at bouncing-balls.com

H.