On Oct 29, 2011, at 22:35 , mike wilson wrote: > On 30/10/2011 01:08, Peter McIntosh wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> Spotted this tyre tread on an early-20's Ford at the Swan hill Stem >> Festival earlier this year. >> >> http://www.pbase.com/image/139239263 >> >> Comments most welcome! > > A Firestone. http://www.firestone100.com/history/first_pop2c.html > Nowadays, it would have to say "Non Roll" or "Non Burst". No excuse for it > to be such a shocking > state.http://store.cokertire.com/tire-styles/bias-ply-tires/non-skid/34x4-firestone-non-skid-all-black.html > Maybe 363 reasons... > > It doesn't look like there would be anything glaring to show if it was > inverted. It might be better upside down and more readable.
Depending on how it is mounted, you could read it better just before you were run over, or just afterward. Or the photographer could have walked around to the other side to take the picture. Irregardless, it left an impression in the snow or mud that was readable. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com "Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus..." http://tinyurl.com/ndmfhb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
