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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 18:17:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Paul Hanson writes:
> 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.
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 that's all I can confirm as all the rest of my newer one is lost.
Psi
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | 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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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