Cool tire

[Willowbilly3]

I was scoping out my 62 Raneroo yesterday, forgot this cool tire came with the trade. I think I'll clean it up, mount it on a wide 5 and bring it in the house.

 

[smallfoot]

Oh heck yea!

 

[IronRat]

If you going to make it an Art pc. Take it to the next level.

Tire Clock

 

[Old Iron]

That is a neat tire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IronRat's idea rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[05snopro440]

Cool stuff!

If you have trouble coming up with ideas, send it to me and I'll find something to do with it. [ddd

 

[Bamamav]

Back from the days when Ford built the whole car themselves, with materials they owned, built in the USA with pride!

 

[IronRat]

Back from the days when Ford built the whole car themselves, with materials they owned, built in the USA with pride!

Did Ford actually have a Tire plant? I would think they had a special run done with there Logo?

 

[dutch]

way cool... I`d turn that into a one leg table with glass on top of it. Awesome in the mancave... or living when not married... lol

 

[mdlahotrod]

That IS a very cool tire. I too like Ironrat's idea of makin a cool clock out of it.

 

[Willowbilly3]

way cool... I`d turn that into a one leg table with glass on top of it. Awesome in the mancave... or living when not married... lol

great idea. I can get a plate glass cut for about $25

 

[Bamamav]

Did Ford actually have a Tire plant? I would think they had a special run done with there Logo?

I don't know for sure, but wouldn't doubt it if they did. I do know they had their own rubber plantations in South America. Ole Henry wanted to control every inch of the production of everything that went into his cars. His vision of the River Rouge plant was raw materials coming in one end, new Ford cars coming out the other end. He owned the coal used in the furnaces, the iron ore used in the steel, and the wood used in the bodies came from Ford owned forests. A side note, the leftover wood scraps were turned into charcoal, which is still sold under the Kingsford name. He didn't believe in wasting anything.

Ford was good friends with Harvey Firestone, so it's possible that Ford tires were actually produced by Firestone for Ford, using Ford's raw rubber.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Ford had their own plant I guess. From about 46-47 to 42

 

[Todd]

Maybe a tire mirror

 

[R Pope]

Re: Henry's rubber plants in S. America...He tried to impose his own morals and customs on the locals he employed, with the result that his project fell flat on its face. The town he built is still there, abandoned in the jungle.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Fordlandia in Brazil, a pretty interesting read on old Henry's failed attempt at creating his own civilization.

 

[05snopro440]

Fordlandia in Brazil, a pretty interesting read on old Henry's failed attempt at creating his own civilization.

That's really neat, I hadn't heard of that before.