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msharley said:
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That must be a 50's model with the deadly 2-piece wheels.
Had a friend that had his jaw tattooed by one.
Fortunately he wasn't purdy before:rolleyes:.
If the ring hits the forehead - instant lobotomy.
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Hey 42,

The two piece wheels you pictured (goodyear?) could well be dangerous.

The Firestone Split Rim here...........was plain DEADLY!

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Later, Mark
 
msharley said:
Hey 42,

The two piece wheels you pictured (goodyear?) could well be dangerous.

The Firestone Split Rim here...........was plain DEADLY!
Later, Mark
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I don't know who made them, but they were on just about every medium-size truck (like pictured above) before '62.
Notice the ends of lock ring in my picture don't meet?
The ring would get bent (twisted) when they were prying it off the rim.
When they put it back together, the bent ring wouldn't latch good in the groove in the rim, and when they aired it up, BOOM!
 
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threetango said:
A Flamingo Pink Bird.
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Even that one brings back memories.
1960 Thunderbird.
I got to work on one of those decades ago.
Most unusual problem; broken motor-mount.
Simple enough, right?
The throttle rod came to the carb from the lever on the firewall.
(All cars had a cable instead of a linkage after 1967).
That broken mount gave this thing a hidden secret.
It drove like a dream; until....
When you took off uphill, the engine would rock over to the right, sucking the gas-pedal to the floor, and go full-throttle:eek:.
Bearing down on the brakes only made it worse:bigeyes:.
If you weren't fast on the gear-shift or keyswitch, you were fixing to plow something, wide-open.
The new motor mounts were something called "captive mounts" so that if the rubber sheared between the two pieces, they couldn't separate, oh about 8 inches and yank the throttle open.
Driving the car before we fixed it, you'd swear it was demon-possessed feeling the gas-pedal fall away under your foot and the thing go full-throttle on it's own. :devil:
Early T-bird.
 
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