WWII STAFF CAR TIRES

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WWII STAFF CAR TIRES

Post by Joe Gopan » Fri Feb 23, 2018 5:37 am

Many of the WWII Sedans could be seen with 6.00 X 16 NDT tires on front and rear. This was witnessed on many surplus vehicles as well as staff cars at post WWII Dow Field.
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Re: WWII STAFF CAR TIRES

Post by Chuck Lutz » Sat Jun 09, 2018 2:32 pm

Probably parked next to the WWII jeeps with civilian tires on them....6.00 x 16 recaps.
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Re: WWII STAFF CAR TIRES

Post by Joe Gopan » Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:58 am

There is plenty of WWII documentation explaining the rubber shortage and how it affected production and availability of tires.
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Re: WWII STAFF CAR TIRES

Post by Joe Gopan » Sat Sep 26, 2020 2:14 pm

WWII Staff cars not only could be found with 6.00 x 16NDT's they used tire chains to get around snowy, roads. I used to see this at DOW Field across the road from our business.
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