And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The tubeless tire wasn't invented until the '50s. The constant rubbing of the inner tube against the tire will eventually wear a hole in the tube causing a blowout. The faster and the heavier the car the higher the temperature generated and the higher the risk of a blowout. Talcum powder and chalk dust were used to reduce the friction. Al_in_Ottawa
Class.... pure Class!
ReplyDeletedef commute in that
ReplyDeleteFor a fraction of a second, I thought I was looking at an Iron Man mask.
ReplyDeleteThe roads were terrible, they needed two spare tires.
ReplyDeleteNah. The spares were functional art, to support the rear-view mirrors.
DeleteBesides, no complaints here. This was a time when drivers knew how to change a tire without calling Tripple-A.
The tubeless tire wasn't invented until the '50s. The constant rubbing of the inner tube against the tire will eventually wear a hole in the tube causing a blowout. The faster and the heavier the car the higher the temperature generated and the higher the risk of a blowout. Talcum powder and chalk dust were used to reduce the friction.
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Rolling art
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