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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22447, 17 December 1934, Page 16

How a Engineers find cause and cure of fast tread wear—build greatest Goodyear tyre that gives 43% longer non-skid mileage It just didn’t seem reasonable. We knew tyres were being made better than ever before. Yet treads on ALL MAKES of tyres were mysteriously wearing out too fast? Goodyear Accepts Challenge Something was wrong. But WHAT? The Goodyear engineers were called together to discuss the mystery. “Ferret out the cause and solve it! they were ordered. It was baffling until a peculiar fact was noticed. The trouble seemed most severe in regions of rocky terrain. Did that mean anything? We sent there and secured samples of road soil—sharp, jagged granite grit. We used this grit to make huge “grindstones” on which we tested the wearresistance of scores of new tread designs. In these cruel one tread outlasted all others—a design the engineers called, simply, G-3. At the same time the real cause of the mystery was found. It was the new modem cars! Faster starts, higher speeds, quicker stops were overburdening tyres. STOUTER TYRES WERE NEEDED! The Amazing Solution “G-3” seemed to be the answer. But factory tests were not enough. So Goodyear Test Fleet drivers were given these orders: “See how good ‘G-3’ is. Speed up to 50 miles an hour—stomp on the brakes every two miles —keep it up night and day!” Under that brutal mauling brakes burned out every 8 hours—had to be relined every 72. Cars broke down & (A under the strain—BUT THE “G-3” KEPT ON AND ON! the astonishing NEW cart "avc im 1 And V " to have I IS oU see * GRIP the centre of> ■ , he tread-” 1 V the spot countv. „ the t»»e tyr c ( road- LooU T ; re a nd a* Y^ r * \ Goodyear Vy tyre that \ sett *hy J A nd hcc P luck* * hi * cannot suelin nnind Y type ot cessluUY bu>»d QUt the Long'd of Superb**' L— durab :ords. A m “Footprints” show how pew wider tread puts more non-skid blocks on road IT OUTDISTANCED ANY PREVIOUS GOODYEAR —AND KEPT ITS GRIP TWICE AS LONG AS ANY OTHER WELL-KNOWN MAKE OF TYRE! Your Goodyear Dealer Has "G-3” See this great new “G-3” All-Weather Tread Tyre today. See the improvements that make this unparalleled wear possible. Treads were wearing ’ out too fast /ajk PROVED FOR MONTHS ON NEW ZEALAND ROADS—because months ago the first “G-3” w All-Weather tyres in some sizes were put on sale without advertisement—because they have been used as original equipment on new cars that have gone on to New Zealand roads for months past. In actual service, the new “ G-3 ” has proved itselt to be as good as our tests showed it to be. HERE’S WHAT YOU GET! Wider, flatter tread—MOßE TRACTION —More non-skid blocks—MOßE SAFETY and LONGER NON-SKID w MILEAGE 434-13 “G-3” COSTS U S MORE TO BUILD —BUT COSTS YOU NO MORE TO BUY