cubdriver2
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The Antique Tire and Rubber Company used to make larger tundra tires too and preceded the Airstreak line I believe. They became famous for flat tires if left lonely on the ramp.
Gary
........Someone bought it, and changed the name to Bushwheels and promised to get them approved as about that time the FAA decided they needed an STC for safety. After sales went down because the promised STC never happened, a gentleman from Oregon bought them out, got them approved, and made them the best tire going!
Antique Tire and Rubber were the producers of Airstreak. Were field approved.
Someone bought it, and changed the name to Bushwheels and promised to get them approved as about that time the FAA decided they needed an STC for safety.
After sales went down because the promised STC never happened, a gentleman from Oregon bought them out, got them approved, and made them the best tire going!
Is it possible that they were really old never used military surplus which had been originally intended for another use? Those were just age cracks?...new Airstreaks. I asked why the new tires were already cracked but dad wasn't sure as he only sold tires at this point.
………...JP used to be the Ak sales rep for the Streaks. After selling untold numbers of new Streaks with cracks in them, and seeing what people were willing to give for them, the capitalist in him was awakened......
That 2000 Northern Pilot article about Bushwheels says that Antique Tire and Rubber Company
used a "nonservicable core tire scabbed to new rubber" for their 4" "multipurpose tires" and later Airstreaks.
Jim Pazsint's Bushwheels were different in that they were all new, built from scratch.
could you post a copy of that article??That 2000 Northern Pilot article about Bushwheels says that Antique Tire and Rubber Company
used a "nonservicable core tire scabbed to new rubber" for their 4" "multipurpose tires" and later Airstreaks.
Jim Pazsint's Bushwheels were different in that they were all new, built from scratch.
could you post a copy of that article??
I can scan it, not sure of the best way to post it here for consumption.
I've seen people post scans or photos of magazine pages on the forum threads,
and as I recall they're not all that reader-friendly.
I can scan it, not sure of the best way to post it here for consumption.
I've seen people post scans or photos of magazine pages on the forum threads,
and as I recall they're not all that reader-friendly.