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Re: History of wheel and tire designs
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:13:47 GMT
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"David Lewis" <dlewis@seanet.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:GAy8s3.BJ1@lugnet.com...
> Can anyone (who didn't have a twenty-five year dark age) point me to info or
> give me a quick history of Lego wheels and tires?
Unfortunately I don't have any facts about this...
> How well did these older wheels and grey tires hold up? If I bought some • today,
> is there any possibility that the grey tires are in decent shape?
...but looking in my shoe box with old Lego (ca: 1960-67) I still have one
tire for each wheel. Some of the wheels are broken in the center, and the
brass axle is gone. The tires feel a bit dry, but can still be taken off and
put on again without apparent damage.
Some of the tires are not gray but beige (very off-white) - I think these are
the oldest.
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery/index.htm
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| Can anyone (who didn't have a twenty-five year dark age) point me to info or give me a quick history of Lego wheels and tires? The wheels I remember from childhood (late sixties, early seventies) had a short brass colored axle that was inserted into (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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