The Ford Barn

Deuce Man · 11-08-2011, 08:22 PM

I'm sure it's not, but I'll bet it's close! Back in June I trailered an old 29 roadster from North Dakota. It had four flats. While dragging it around with my tractor one of the tires worked its way off the rim. This was the inner tube that came out of it. I counted 23 patches on this tube! Imagine if it could only talk! Today you can hardly buy a tube at a tire store much less get one patched. Those were the days!

Anybody have one with more patches than this?

Vanspeed · 11-08-2011, 10:00 PM

Wow, wouldn't have been cheaper to buy a new tube than to fix it that many times??? They guy must have been super fast at de-mounting and mounting a tire!

hardtimes · 11-08-2011, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Deuce Man

I'm sure it's not, but I'll bet it's close! Back in June I trailered an old 29 roadster from North Dakota. It had four flats. While dragging it around with my tractor one of the tires worked its way off the rim. This was the inner tube that came out of it. I counted 23 patches on this tube! Imagine if it could only talk! Today you can hardly buy a tube at a tire store much less get one patched. Those were the days!

Anybody have one with more patches than this?

yeah, like you say...if it could only talk! thanks for sharing, brings back a lot of bad memories. hm, i don't think that an overall majority of people know and/or care what it was like having nothing back when...and making that do ! sadly, its a throw away world nowadays ...for most people.

Flathead · 11-08-2011, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by hardtimes

yeah, like you say...if it could only talk! thanks for sharing, brings back a lot of bad memories. hm, i don't think that an overall majority of people know and/or care what it was like having nothing back when...and making that do ! sadly, its a throw away world nowadays ...for most people.

Very true.

rossofozini · 11-08-2011, 11:56 PM

Maybe it only has ten punchers and the others are for balance

Christoph · 11-09-2011, 04:39 AM

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Ja - maybe they where superfast in mounting.
Looks as if they where tooo fast sometimes.
Lots of punctures in one area might be due to dirt in the tube...

Robert · 11-09-2011, 05:22 AM

A worthy addition to the Use It Up Hall of Fame.

Tom Wesenberg · 11-09-2011, 05:58 AM

Some guy told me that years ago he removed the inner tube and packed the tire full of straw. I don't see how you could pack the straw in tight enough to do any good and still reinstall the tire to the rim.

Gumpy · 11-09-2011, 09:48 AM

repairing a tube back in the day was probably alot cheaper than buying one...and I remember service stations with full service....just begging you to work or change the oil in your car!!

Deuce Man · 11-09-2011, 11:48 AM

How about bottle oil, or bringing your own can to sears and buying bulk oil? They had a dispenser, kind of like a faucet in the auto department. I had a friend with a smokey old 53 chevy in high school that ran his car on drain oil from the local garage. It went thru his motor so fast that new oil would be a waste of money. Rich.

Phil Z · 11-09-2011, 12:26 PM

Hi all:

This car might have been owned/driven by a teenager. We all remember those days....a lot more time than money. Hence you buy a patching kit and do it yourself and often and necessary.

As a teen in the late 60's I had a really bad '52 chev (cost me $50.00) with really bad tires; carcuses barely covering the tubes. I knew they were prone to go flat, so I had three spares in the trunk;....just in case. :-)

One cold winter night on a date with my wife (then just a girl friend) I had to use all three spares........quite a date. I felt like a pit man at a stock car race.

PS: She married me anyway. :-)

kp · 11-09-2011, 12:35 PM

I knew a guy that used to scrounge thru the dump ,lookin thru the tires tryin to find one that would hold air. Years ago ,most roads were gravel ,sharp rock could puncture thru to the tube,fixin a flat along the side of the road was common.Most Model A's had more than one spare.

CarlG · 11-09-2011, 12:39 PM

When I was a teenager and had a 31 fordor, it had 3 spares, one on each fender and one in the rear. Why? just 'cause! Don't ever remember having to use one in the 2 years I had the car. On my AA 280A, that was a whole nuther deal!

2935ford · 11-09-2011, 01:08 PM

Today it's a throw away society. Back then they fixed everything they could and kept it serviceable for as long as possible. Grant it, 23 patches is a lot.

Can you imagine 23 plugs in todays radial tire!

dwollam · 11-10-2011, 12:59 AM

A while back I gave a Dodge Brothers rim with an old worn out tire to a friend. It was quite heavy. I suspected concrete or something equally horrible inside. He reported back to me that there were 5 tires on that 1 rim! No tube at all, just 4 extra carcasses with the beads cut off! Tire was round, I'll give it that! Back in the old days ya did what ya had to to get by. Glad it was him and not me that dismounted that mess!

Richard/Ca · 11-10-2011, 03:17 AM

I wouldn't throw that tube away it makes some good garage art.Might even get a few funny story out of it.

ed thibodeau · 11-10-2011, 07:28 PM

I took a wheel/tire apart that had a red rubber tube in it and it still holds air thou I dont run it on the road, it has one patch in it about 2" in dia.

Rusty Homestead Fl · 11-10-2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 2935ford

Today it's a throw away society. Back then they fixed everything they could and kept it serviceable for as long as possible. Grant it, 23 patches is a lot.

Can you imagine 23 plugs in todays radial tire!

After Hurricane Andrew blew through here there were more roofing nails on the road than there was road itself.I went through 2 boxes of Nappa rope plugs before getting a set of new tires. (modern car) At the tire store we counted 11 plugs in one tire ...my personal high.lol

Stretch Cab · 11-10-2011, 08:18 PM

Having lived in third world countries I have seen tubes fixed by pinching the tube at the pucture and tying a string around the bad area. Seemed to work. Grandpa used to say, "Use it up, wear it out, use what you got or do without".

[email protected] · 11-10-2011, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Stretch Cab

Having lived in third world countries I have seen tubes fixed by pinching the tube at the pucture and tying a string around the bad area. Seemed to work. Grandpa used to say, "Use it up, wear it out, use what you got or do without".

If that's the case I think I grew up in a third world country called Northern Minnesota.

11-08-2011, 10:00 PM	#2
Vanspeed Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Suttons Bay, Mich. Posts: 3,390	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? Wow, wouldn't have been cheaper to buy a new tube than to fix it that many times??? They guy must have been super fast at de-mounting and mounting a tire! __________________ *Respecting and Resurrecting Ford Model A's.*

11-08-2011, 11:56 PM	#5
rossofozini Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: south australia Posts: 166	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? Maybe it only has ten punchers and the others are for balance

11-09-2011, 04:39 AM	#6
Christoph Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Frankfurt am Main in Germany Posts: 671	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Ja - maybe they where superfast in mounting. Looks as if they where tooo fast sometimes. Lots of punctures in one area might be due to dirt in the tube...

11-09-2011, 05:22 AM	#7
Robert Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 99	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? A worthy addition to the Use It Up Hall of Fame.

11-09-2011, 05:58 AM	#8
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? Some guy told me that years ago he removed the inner tube and packed the tire full of straw. I don't see how you could pack the straw in tight enough to do any good and still reinstall the tire to the rim.

11-09-2011, 09:48 AM	#9
Gumpy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sf bay area Posts: 1,464	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? *repairing a tube back in the day was probably alot cheaper than buying one...and I remember service stations with full service....just begging you to work or change the oil in your car!!* __________________ "I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in Charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about". Quote by Henry Ford

11-09-2011, 11:48 AM	#10
Deuce Man Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Palm City FL> Posts: 556	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? How about bottle oil, or bringing your own can to sears and buying bulk oil? They had a dispenser, kind of like a faucet in the auto department. I had a friend with a smokey old 53 chevy in high school that ran his car on drain oil from the local garage. It went thru his motor so fast that new oil would be a waste of money. Rich.

11-09-2011, 12:26 PM	#11
Phil Z Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 8	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? Hi all: This car might have been owned/driven by a teenager. We all remember those days....a lot more time than money. Hence you buy a patching kit and do it yourself and often and necessary. As a teen in the late 60's I had a really bad '52 chev (cost me $50.00) with really bad tires; carcuses barely covering the tubes. I knew they were prone to go flat, so I had three spares in the trunk;....just in case. :-) One cold winter night on a date with my wife (then just a girl friend) I had to use all three spares........quite a date. I felt like a pit man at a stock car race. PS: She married me anyway. :-)

11-09-2011, 12:35 PM	#12
kp Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wimberley ,Tx. Posts: 233	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? I knew a guy that used to scrounge thru the dump ,lookin thru the tires tryin to find one that would hold air. Years ago ,most roads were gravel ,sharp rock could puncture thru to the tube,fixin a flat along the side of the road was common.Most Model A's had more than one spare.

11-09-2011, 12:39 PM	#13
CarlG Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 9,117	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? When I was a teenager and had a 31 fordor, it had 3 spares, one on each fender and one in the rear. Why? just 'cause! Don't ever remember having to use one in the 2 years I had the car. On my AA 280A, that was a whole nuther deal!

11-09-2011, 01:08 PM	#14
2935ford Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 1,013	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? Today it's a throw away society. Back then they fixed everything they could and kept it serviceable for as long as possible. Grant it, 23 patches is a lot. Can you imagine 23 plugs in todays radial tire!

11-10-2011, 12:59 AM	#15
dwollam Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Madras Oregon Posts: 89	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? A while back I gave a Dodge Brothers rim with an old worn out tire to a friend. It was quite heavy. I suspected concrete or something equally horrible inside. He reported back to me that there were 5 tires on that 1 rim! No tube at all, just 4 extra carcasses with the beads cut off! Tire was round, I'll give it that! Back in the old days ya did what ya had to to get by. Glad it was him and not me that dismounted that mess!

11-10-2011, 03:17 AM	#16
Richard/Ca Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Manteca,Ca, Posts: 368	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? I wouldn't throw that tube away it makes some good garage art.Might even get a few funny story out of it.

11-10-2011, 07:28 PM	#17
ed thibodeau Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pinckney, Mich. Posts: 174	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? I took a wheel/tire apart that had a red rubber tube in it and it still holds air thou I dont run it on the road, it has one patch in it about 2" in dia.

11-10-2011, 08:18 PM	#19
Stretch Cab Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lexington, NC Posts: 695	Re: Model A Inner Tube World Record? Having lived in third world countries I have seen tubes fixed by pinching the tube at the pucture and tying a string around the bad area. Seemed to work. Grandpa used to say, "Use it up, wear it out, use what you got or do without".