Sunday, August 26, 2018

WW II 1943 TIRE RECAPPING.



1943 RECAPPING AUTO TIRES


The Thursday, August 26, 1943, Wilminhton Morning News , gave thr report of the OPA

in Washington, D.C. authorizing the use of higher grade “C' camel back for the

recapping of civilian passenger car tires.

This action will permit any motorist to have his tires recapped without a rationing

certificate with the higher grade synthetic camel back.

Heretofore, civilian motorest were limited to grade “F” reclaimed rubber for recaps.

Today, this newspaper article is somewhat 'not all of that interseting”, but, during the

WW II, recapped tires is what kept American's 'on the road'.

Folowing are some facts about camel back synthetic rubber.

Camelback is made up of natural or synthetic, carbon black from burning a petroleum

product, waxes and oils.

Retreading is a process to estend the life of a tire and can be done by two methods ,

pe-cure and multi-cure.

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