keiser31 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I have heard about and even own a few wood spoked wheels, but this is the Fred Flintstone Special (1941 Dodge) from the H.A.M.B......wood TIRES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Nice legs!...................Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFranklin Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 So, how do you set the bead? Ditto on the legs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 They're perfect. Feet on one end and........................................................Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphicar BUYER Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Who wood of thought Such a thing was possible? Could this be a "4 on the tree? " I wonder of they used walnuts instead of lugnuts? OK, I quit before I branch out into something punny! .... (shrug) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Continental Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 As long as you can get a dark cherry wall set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarrsCars Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 If they made them out of birch you could simply peel off a new layer each time you wanted fresh sidewalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 How did they it be mount it on the rim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 36chev Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Perhaps they were in two pieces and then glued or somehow spliced together around the rim? Or maybe composite--ground up wood glued together and formed around the rim? I read somewhere that in WWI that the Germans supposedly used wooden tires on training aircraft to save rubber. There is a story of Cole Palen of Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome towing home a Curtiss Jenny in the 1950's only to find the tires disentragating because they were wood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 It looks like a seam in the side wall. It also looks like the tread area is seperate of the side wall or there is atleast a joint or seam. My guess is they would be like a clam shell and somehow glued or fastened togehter. The whole thing may be 6 pieces? Maybe they were military in design to be resistant to bullets so military vehicles wouldn't get flats when shot at by small arms. Many militray vehicles aren't fast moving like passenger cars so they would stay together alot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 Perhaps they were in two pieces and then glued or somehow spliced together around the rim? Or maybe composite--ground up wood glued together and formed around the rim? I read somewhere that in WWI that the Germans supposedly used wooden tires on training aircraft to save rubber. There is a story of Cole Palen of Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome towing home a Curtiss Jenny in the 1950's only to find the tires disentragating because they were wood!If you click on the photo a few times, it gets large enough to see the woodgrain, so they aren't composite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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