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Re: History of wheel and tire designs
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 31 Mar 2001 02:01:02 GMT
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"paul hanson" <pghanson@mindspring.com> writes:
> In lugnet.general, William R. Ward writes:
> > [...] When the electric set came out, it included red hubs with a
> > Technic axle hole, and two white 8x axles. It also included a
> > "caterpillar" tread that would span two of these wheels spaced several
> > studs apart. I still have this, though my motor is burned out.
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> My motor didn't have the holes for Technic axles (though I often wished it
> had) - just four tiny holes where the metal pin of the hubs got inserted.
That's odd. The big black motor that's like a stack of bricks 4x8,
4x12, and 4x8x1.33? Mine has one axle hole offset 2 studs from one of
the paris of metal-pin-holes. The other axle would go in a grey 2x4
brick that was riddled with axle-holes. It was intended for use with
the tracks to make a bulldozer or tank.
> I have a couple of wheelsets that are the 2x2 brick with a metal axle, and
> the tires permanantly attached - but the tires are the treaded variety we
> know today. I also have quite a lot of 2x2 plates with the metal axle and
> tires (treaded) permanantly attached. I got most of these from the earliest
> classic space sets ('79-'80).
Tires permanently attached, or wheel hubs permanently attached? As
far as I know, all Lego rubber tires were capable of coming off their
hubs. It's possible that some of the early Town sets had 2x2 black
bricks with the metal axle, but I thought the change of tires went
along with the change from brick to plate. In any case the tires are
interchangeable between those two types.
--Bill.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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| (...) There definitely was an earlier motor, which didnt have the hole for the technic axles. Compare (URL) and (URL) think set 901 only came in black, but 900 came in both blue and black (Gary can probably tell you for sure) - mine's blue, but no (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: History of wheel and tire designs
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| (...) Yep, the big oddly-brick shaped motor. No holes for Technic axles (though I could press a medium Technic gear onto the studs of one of the 2x2 red hubs to get it to drive a Technic creation). (...) You're right - HUBS permanantly attached. But (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: History of wheel and tire designs
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| (...) My early Lego years were just about the same time. My earliest wheels are just like you describe (smooth black tires, red hubs w/metal pin, black 2x4 brick with holes). I still have these tires, and they aren't brittle at all. None have ever (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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