Saturday, June 03, 2017

White wall tires were banned during the Korean war due to shortages of white rubber.


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  1. Huh, that's very interesting because tire rubber is naturally white.

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    1. yes. That's why tires were white until Firestone figured out that vulcanizing the rubber made it last longer. Now, the real question is why didn't I cite my darn source....

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  2. Yes, that is a very good question...

    ...still waiting...

    :-)

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