Word: tubeless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...severe winter slump had persuaded tiremakers that they were up against a postwar decline,* and they had gone after customers with talk of new styles and promises of greater comfort. Firestone brought out a low-pressure "super balloon tire", U.S. Rubber an "Innacush" (industrial solid tire), and Goodrich a tubeless tire. But buyers hardly noticed the new offerings; they just needed tires all of a sudden, and standard models were plenty good enough...
Bulletproofed? The first tubeless, puncture-sealing automobile tire was put on the market. The tire, made by B. F. Goodrich Co., fits tightly enough to the rim to hold air. A gummy layer under the tread, similar to the material in bulletproof aircraft fuel tanks, instantly seals up punctures. Price: $21.95 for a standard-size (6.00 by 16) tire, slightly more than an ordinary tire & tube...
...time to try his pet idea-eliminate the tube and use the inflated casing alone. He told his repairman just how he thought it should be done. It worked. Since then, in cahoots with Victor F. Barnett, associate editor of the Tulsa Tribune, he has tirelessly preached his tubeless-tire recipe to everybody who would listen...
When Tulsa car owners, adopting the McGay method, got satisfaction from some 600 tubeless tires the city commissioners followed suit. Now all city-owned cars with drop-center rims are tubeless. Plant cars and trucks at Tulsa's Douglas Aircraft plant are being changed over...
Tire companies look a bit askance at the tubeless idea. They admit that it will work in a pinch, but they warn against its hazards in the event of a blowout-they say it would give the car a far worse wrench than usual...