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Buying, Selling, and Trading => Buying, Selling, and Trading => Topic started by: amertrac on August 09, 2011, 06:00:07 AM

Title: the 50's when men were men and tires needed tubes SOLD
Post by: amertrac on August 09, 2011, 06:00:07 AM

for sale
four oul cans
 two fire extinguishers
three tube kits
4 different shape hand oil cans
from left to right
electro-lite magic fire chief fire extinguisher in a can still full
whizrubber tube repair kit metal can made by r, m. hollingshead corp camden nj
wards tube jit cardboard can  dist by montbgomery ward
gross original bevel cut tupe patches gross mfg cal.
and another full fire extinguisher
4 50.00 FOR ALLPLUS SHIPPING  11.00 SOLD

Title: Re: the 50's when men were men and tires needed tubes
Post by: amertrac on August 09, 2011, 06:02:12 AM

MORE PICS

Title: Re: the 50's when men were men and tires needed tubes
Post by: Fins/413 on August 09, 2011, 09:31:21 AM

Nothing like the smell of burning glue in the morning.

Title: Re: the 50's when men were men and tires needed tubes
Post by: Papaw on August 09, 2011, 09:58:23 AM

You should have seen the eyes of young folks when I would light the glue on fire before placing the patch on bike tubes back in the day!

Title: Re: the 50's when men were men and tires needed tubes
Post by: mrchuck on August 09, 2011, 08:01:43 PM

Remember the SMELL of the smoke as the patch was lit on fire? I sure do!
And the HOT orange patch on the tube. A camel was the trademark, and weall said that must be what a camel smelled like.
I patched literally hundreds of tubes in high school while working in the gas station!

Title: Re: the 50's when men were men and tires needed tubes
Post by: bonneyman on August 12, 2011, 09:49:03 PM

Quote from: mrchuck on August 09, 2011, 08:01:43 PM

Remember the SMELL of the smoke as the patch was lit on fire? I sure do!
And the HOT orange patch on the tube. A camel was the trademark, and weall said that must be what a camel smelled like....

Ha, ha. Too funny!
Guess they don't make this glue anymore 'cause PETA would be screaming about the mistreatment of the camels!

Title: Re: the 50's when men were men and tires needed tubes
Post by: oldtoolman on August 27, 2011, 09:49:09 PM

Good old hot patches were great.I remember putting 20 cold patches on my 1956 Triumph 20" front tyre [british spelling] also had a rim lock to keep the tire from spinning on the rim.shortly after this I learned how to do it right using hot patches.I also installed a new tube...

Title: Re: the 50's when men were men and tires needed tubes
Post by: Papaw on August 27, 2011, 09:54:21 PM

Man, those rim locks were a PITA!
(http://www.cyclegear.com/images/replacementmaintenance/mpro_rim-lock_MD.jpg)

(http://www.dual-star.com/index2/Images%20JPG/Rim_Lock_Install_2.jpg)

Title: Re: the 50's when men were men and tires needed tubes
Post by: bird on August 27, 2011, 11:44:57 PM

Quote from: Papaw on August 09, 2011, 09:58:23 AM

You should have seen the eyes of young folks when I would light the glue on fire before placing the patch on bike tubes back in the day!

Did you do that to "ignite the annoying folks on fire?"  HAHAHA
cheers, bird