[AT] tire brand

[Jim Becker]

Keep in mind that there are no photographs in that ad.  The treads are all artists renditions.  The tire on the tractor is a Champion Open Center.  This was years before there was a 23 degree tread.

Jim Becker

From: Cecil Bearden 
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2019 5:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] tire brand

That advertisement is very interesting as it shows the Champion Open Center tire and the Champion Spade Grip at the bottom, but the tractor in the picture is not wearing either one.  The Champion Open Center in the lower picture appears to be the 23 degree tire in the early production,  and it looks to be a multi angle tire as the lugs appear to curve.   I would guess that the Open center became the 23 deg angle tire later in their advertising campaign.  


Cecil


On 4/20/2019 10:27 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:

  On 4/18/2019 11:12 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:

    I can't pin down the date but we acquired my 1947 Farmall Cub in the late 1960's and it was wearing a "very weathered" pair of Firestone Field & Road (23 degree) tires on the back of it. It now wears a pair of turf tires and has for many many years.
    I was thinking that I started seeing the F&R's about the mid to late 1950's. That memory may be a bit slushy.  :-)


  I have this vintage ad from 1953 showing Firestone tire's selection of tractor tires. No mention of 23 degree tires. 


  Ralph in Sask. 
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