Thread: radial tires on a 55 car wheel (orig)
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Old 02-27-2021, 08:26 PM   #10
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Default Re: radial tires on a 55 car wheel (orig)
When safety rims came into wide use, the extra ridge in the tire bead area actually strengthened the rim quite a bit but they weren't in wide use till the mid 60s.
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