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New boots for the 1914 Cartercar...


keiser31

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A friend of mine and I took his 1914 Cartercar in to the tire shop to mount some new NON SKIDS today. Ross Johnston was the guy to see at his shop in Ashland, Oregon. He had an old Weaver tire machine and it made fast work (6 hours) of changing those absolutely petrified original tires. Here are some shots....

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Yes, The Cartercar has split rims. The tires had to be chiseled so that the forks on the machine could grip the rim. The strange thing about the rims is the fact that the valve stem is right at the diagonal split and VERY hard to get the right geometry to get the stem straight when the rim is re-seated.

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