TUBELESS TYRES
U.S. INVENTION. (Rec. 10.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov 23 The “New York Herald-Tribune’s ’ Washington correspondent states that the initial nation-wide tests of -tubeless tyres have proved successful, according to a- declaration by the chairman of the Petroleum Industry War Council; Mr. Boyd. The invention, which entails sealing the tyre, casing to the wheel rim and installing a leakproof valve-, was tested on a thou- ' sand motor cars for a week, but the experiment is -continui'ng until the end of the year. Mr. Boyd said that if the invention proves practical it will add 200.000 tons of high grade rubber in existing inner tubes to the nation’s scrap pile.
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Grey River Argus, 24 November 1942, Page 4
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