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Re: History of wheel and tire designs
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:56:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, William R. Ward writes:
>"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.
> >
> > 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.
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).
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> > 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).
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> 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.
You're right - HUBS permanantly attached. But I'm 99% certain about it being
a treaded tire on a 2x2 BRICK. Odd, I know - I'll see if I can dig up the
instructions and find out what set it was.
- Paul
>
> --Bill.
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| (...) In case it helps I had one of each. In fact I thought I still had them both but it turns out I've only got the one without the 'Technical' axle hole. Another difference was that the lid to the battery box on the newer one was thinner but (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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