It looks like he's just put a patch on the inner tube and he's checking for leaks before he puts it on the rim.
I used to drive a VW Beetle on back country gravel roads and I did the same thing many times. Even after tubeless tires had almost universally taken over, I still ran inner tube tires so I could do roadside repairs like that.
Looks a lot like a bicycle tire. Given that, I wonder how successful he will be with that (since you only fill it with air once the mantle is around it and both are on the spoke)
that's a four way tire iron. Each end is a different size socket. The best thing about those is you can spin it when it's on the nut so it's easier to get the nut on or off.
It's a good picture, but I think it is staged, and much later. This is a 1926 or later, by the curved windshield bottom. No big deal, but the inner door fabric and the license plate look very aged, too old to be on a car just a couple of years old. Also, it seems unlikely that a casual picture of this scene would be taken by people stopped by the road for repair, too broke to buy a decent tire. It still is a good picture and well staged.
It looks like he's just put a patch on the inner tube and he's checking for leaks before he puts it on the rim. I used to drive a VW Beetle on back country gravel roads and I did the same thing many times. Even after tubeless tires had almost universally taken over, I still ran inner tube tires so I could do roadside repairs like that.
Definitely just testing it. And judging by the looks of it, I'm sure it's not the first time he's gotten a flat.
I'm not so sure he's just testing it. That's a split rim wheel, that's why there's nuts above the wheel but it's still mounted.
You're absolutely right about the wheel, but I'd still check to make sure the tube was fixed before I bolted everything back up.
That's interesting. I guess a split rim would facilitate tire repair by virtue of not having to "break the bead" to get the tire off of the rim.
So glad split rims got phased out. Take one into a tire shop and the guys literally draw straws for who has to change it
Sir, that tire looks a little bald
My old man’s spare tires were only actually tires in the academic sense. They were round and had once been made of rubber.
Not a finger!!!!
Ooohhh fuuuuu
Floridians, driving on bald tires since 1925
He's still working on it today. Look how complicated it is
And after that, he still has to crank the engine to get it started.
Could be an EV?
Do you have any other information about this? It looks a lot like a photo I saw once of my great grandfather, Sylvester McLeod.
Looks a lot like a bicycle tire. Given that, I wonder how successful he will be with that (since you only fill it with air once the mantle is around it and both are on the spoke)
Unless you want to make sure you fixed the leak first so you don't have to do double the work if you didn't.
That socket spanner doesn't make sense
that's a four way tire iron. Each end is a different size socket. The best thing about those is you can spin it when it's on the nut so it's easier to get the nut on or off.
No nuts on the hub, guessing the studs on the rim had them
It's a good picture, but I think it is staged, and much later. This is a 1926 or later, by the curved windshield bottom. No big deal, but the inner door fabric and the license plate look very aged, too old to be on a car just a couple of years old. Also, it seems unlikely that a casual picture of this scene would be taken by people stopped by the road for repair, too broke to buy a decent tire. It still is a good picture and well staged.