Sunday, July 19, 2015

Illuminated tires developed by Goodyear, 1961

12 comments:

Rabel said...

What the heck ever happened to spinners? They were everywhere (around here) and now they're all gone.

edutcher said...

Love that pic.

Of course today it would be rape and microaggression...

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

No tire kicking please.

chickelit said...

It must be a glow-in-the-dark pigment incorporated into the vulcanized rubber. I have some of that stuff and plan to use it in a "radioactive" drink.

AllenS said...

I see that you can still buy full and baby moon hubcaps. Those were the bomb when I was a yout.

AllenS said...

Sorry, I hope nobody had a trigger word moment.

Rabel said...

The scoop. Maybe.

Methadras said...

Rabel said...

What the heck ever happened to spinners? They were everywhere (around here) and now they're all gone.


They were as faddish as the gangstas that used them. Cause those homies are now dead.

Methadras said...

Just out of curiosity of that pic, it looks like she is pulling the power cord from her vibrator from underneath her skirt. I'll defer to Troop on that one.

chickelit said...

So it really was lights inside and not glow-in-the-dark pigment--cool!

I've often wondered why tire companies didn't make various colored tires instead of the usual black. I read up on it and the reason is because the carbon black gives a superior, longer lasting tire.

Rabel said...

Red?

Methadras said...

chickelit said...

So it really was lights inside and not glow-in-the-dark pigment--cool!

I've often wondered why tire companies didn't make various colored tires instead of the usual black. I read up on it and the reason is because the carbon black gives a superior, longer lasting tire.


Through the vulcanization process the carbon black gives the rubber very good abrasion resistance.