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The first car tires were made in 1895 and they were WHITE. proxy.duckduckgo.jpg

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But the all white rubber wore down quickly, losing traction on the road. So Black Carbon was added to the rubber to increase the life of the tire treads. The treads were now Black with the rest of the tire White.

That is how White sidewall tires started. The White sidewalls reached their peek in the early 1950's.

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By 1962 wide white wall tires were completely out of favor.

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motofotostudio.com
proctorcars.com
carfromjapan.com
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post note: Rainbow tires from China ....

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Tough to keep those whitewalls "white", "LOL" Great nostalgia story down memory lane.

Interesting info. I love antique cars. I hope to buy an antique truck some day. They just don't make things like they used to! :-)

Yes somethings just can't be made better. :-)

True classics.

How soon till they make tie dyed rainbow and/or confetti tires!? How cool would that be? Visualizing Rainbow Man cruising down the road in his Sovereign Mobile that has private plates, no drivers license, and rainbow tires. Life is good :-)

It's coming. :-)proxy.duckduckgo.jpg Lamborghini Aventador Roadster is waiting for you.

In the mean time I will just jack the keys to the Further Bus and take off with it.

The VW I haven't seen. If it wasn't associated with Nazi's and Hitler it would so be mine :-). Still though, the tires aren't colored. The Further Bus at least had the rims painted rainbow.

I had no idea! I thought it was just a fad, but, thank you. Another fact to tuck away and keep!

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The last time I felt good was 1959.. But thanks for asking. :-)

Oh, my!!! :-)

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Yup yup going to get me this here lambo

And some of them Yellow tires.

You will certainly make heads turn. :-)

Yea hopefully....

LOL

that was something I didn't know so thanks for sharing but those whitewalled tired looks so cool on the classic cars

Guess the would be expensive today.

No don’t it would be and I am not so sure they would look cool on modern cars

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That is some cool info on the tires mike. I used to have white wall tires years ago. They were tough to keep clean but looked Fab!

Hit the curb once with WW's and your day is ruined.

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