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...White Tires. A white rubber paint with which car owners can make their own "white wall" tires in 20 minutes was put on the market by Chicago's Lowenthal Manufacturing Co.The manufacturer says the white walls will last as long as the tires. The do-it-yourself kit contains one bottle of cleaner to prepare the tire surface and enough liquid rubber to paint five tires. Cost...
...guidebook was started at the turn of the century by Edouard and André Michelin, the bearded brothers who invented the first removable bicycle tire and are credited with the introduction of the pneumatic auto tire. With the advent of the horseless carriage, André Michelin figured that a reliable guidebook would give both tourism and the tire business a boost. He was right. Today the Michelin Tire Co., still family-owned, is one of the biggest in the world. Worth some $57 million, it has plants in France, Italy, Britain, Belgium, Spain and Argentina. Michelin loses about...
Tips & Onions. To gather all its detailed information, Michelin relies on 92 regional representatives, tire-company employees all over France, and five full-time inspectors who spend their days and nights eating their way through the nation. Michelin inspectors never reveal their identity until the meal is over, and woe to the chef who is having an off day. From their voluminous reports, the home office keeps up to date, even to knowing that a certain chef in a little Normandy inn may be slipping because of troubles at home...
...Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is somewhat famous for the basketball players on its staff. Until a few years ago even President Edward J. Thomas played on the Company team, and A.M.P. Marvin Huffman is no exception. Once a member of the Indians NCAA championship outfit, he joined Goodyear in 1940 and is now Assistant to the Vice president...
Good Gripper. B. F. Goodrich Co. brought out a new tread design on its puncture-sealing, tubeless tire. The tread has more than 10,000 tiny blocks of rubber (16 to the inch), approximately a quarter of an inch deep. When the brakes are applied, the blocks flatten out, giving the tires more traction. On icy pavements, said Goodrich, the tires will stop a car 15 to 30% faster than conventional tires...