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MikeK · 05-08-2010, 09:25 PM

OK, we've all heard jokes about 'original air' in tires.
I thought I knew it all 'till I went garage sale-ing today with the wife. I saw an old wood wheel with a tire on it in one of the garages. I was staring at it trying to figure out what it fit when the guy said to me "20's Franklin, still holds air, wanna smell it?" At that point I figured he was going to follow with the 'original air' thing, but he didn't. He pushed down the valve and said "Take a whiff." Being the cynic that I am, I figured why not- I'll bite and see what the joke is. We all know what a tire store smells like (Heaven to me!) and that is pretty much what air smells like when you let it out of a tire. But not this time. I must have had a puzzled look, and right away he said "Smells like a handful of new rubberbands, not like a tire? -There's an original red rubber inner tube in it, not one of those new black butyl things." DAMN. I learned two things today: 1) 'Original air' must not have smelled like today's tire air. 2) If you go garage sale-ing with the wife, you won't be bringing home an old useless wheel that fits nothing for "only $25".

Maybe it will be there tomorrow?

Russ/40 · 05-08-2010, 09:47 PM

Put some of today's air in there, and it'll rot in a week.

'29wagon · 05-19-2010, 01:14 AM

Ha ! oh yea the air in those days huh ? maybe up there in chicago, go on and tell us about it .

Steve Ciccalone · 05-19-2010, 07:18 AM

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I owned a beautiful low mileage '28 Indian Scout that still had the original tires on it. The guy that found it said the rear tire was flat but the front was still holding "Indian Factory air."

05-08-2010, 09:25 PM	#1
MikeK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,919	Smell of original tire air? OK, we've all heard jokes about 'original air' in tires. I thought I knew it all 'till I went garage sale-ing today with the wife. I saw an old wood wheel with a tire on it in one of the garages. I was staring at it trying to figure out what it fit when the guy said to me "20's Franklin, still holds air, wanna smell it?" At that point I figured he was going to follow with the 'original air' thing, but he didn't. He pushed down the valve and said "Take a whiff." Being the cynic that I am, I figured why not- I'll bite and see what the joke is. We all know what a tire store smells like (Heaven to me!) and that is pretty much what air smells like when you let it out of a tire. But not this time. I must have had a puzzled look, and right away he said "Smells like a handful of new rubberbands, not like a tire? -There's an original red rubber inner tube in it, not one of those new black butyl things." DAMN. I learned two things today: 1) 'Original air' must not have smelled like today's tire air. 2) If you go garage sale-ing with the wife, you won't be bringing home an old useless wheel that fits nothing for "only $25". Maybe it will be there tomorrow? Last edited by MikeK; 05-19-2010 at 08:26 AM.

05-08-2010, 09:47 PM	#2
Russ/40 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santee, California Posts: 3,505	Re: Smell of original tire air? Put some of today's air in there, and it'll rot in a week.

05-19-2010, 01:14 AM	#3
'29wagon Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: H.B. California Posts: 451	Re: Smell of original tire air? Ha ! oh yea the air in those days huh ? maybe up there in chicago, go on and tell us about it .

05-19-2010, 07:18 AM	#4
Steve Ciccalone Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: "Live Free or Die!" Posts: 510	Re: Smell of original tire air? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I owned a beautiful low mileage '28 Indian Scout that still had the original tires on it. The guy that found it said the rear tire was flat but the front was still holding "Indian Factory air."