What the...Nokia tyres ???

[M2M]

So is anyone running these Nokia tyres? Are they any good?


I don't know whether he was joking but a dude on Facebook wrote that Atari is also making 19" tyres

 

[Ak Sourdough]

Haha, Can't imagine there are too many rubber trees in Finland?:

Pretty doubtful that anybody has used the sap from a rubber tree in automotive parts for over 60 years.


My dad used to tell about a time when he was a kid in the mid 1920's. They had a big family gathering at the farm one summer weekend and there were probably a half dozen of his cousins there about his age. They were playing around over by the barn and one of them grabbed up an old inner tube that grand dad had just patched. One of the older boys said , "I'll bet if we pumped that full of water and poked it with a pin it would shoot water in the air 50 feet."



They all thought that was a fine idea and something they had to see. My dad knew where there was a hand pump and somehow they got it hooked up to the tube. He said, "We must have pumped more water in that old tube than would fit in a wheelbarrow. When we finally decided it was full enough, it was stretched so damned thin you could almost see through it."


He went in the house and got one of grandma's hat pins and all the boys gathered around to see the jet of water squirt 50 feet in the air.



When he bent over and poked that pin in the tube they all got a big surprise. It didn't shoot a stream of water in the air, it blew up and drenched everything and everyone within 15 feet.



There wasn't a piece of that tube left big enough to cover the palm of your hand. They all had a big laugh about it, but he wasn't laughing so hard when grand dad went looking for his only good inner tube. Said he couldn't sit comfortably for a couple days.

 

[David R.]

I bought 600-20 Lucas tires for my AA. Same tread. They had stickers on them, made in Vietnam. Don’t have truck running yet so can’t review performance, but they look nice.

 

[M2M]

Pretty doubtful that anybody has used the sap from a rubber tree in automotive parts for over 60 years.

My dad used to tell about a time when he was a kid in the mid 1920's. They had a big family gathering at the farm one summer weekend and there were probably a half dozen of his cousins there about his age. They were playing around over by the barn and one of them grabbed up an old inner tube that grand dad had just patched. One of the older boys said , "I'll bet if we pumped that full of water and poked it with a pin it would shoot water in the air 50 feet."

They all thought that was a fine idea and something they had to see. My dad knew where there was a hand pump and somehow they got it hooked up to the tube. He said, "We must have pumped more water in that old tube than would fit in a wheelbarrow. When we finally decided it was full enough, it was stretched so damned thin you could almost see through it."

He went in the house and got one of grandma's hat pins and all the boys gathered around to see the jet of water squirt 50 feet in the air.

When he bent over and poked that pin in the tube they all got a big surprise. It didn't shoot a stream of water in the air, it blew up and drenched everything and everyone within 15 feet.

There wasn't a piece of that tube left big enough to cover the palm of your hand. They all had a big laugh about it, but he wasn't laughing so hard when grand dad went looking for his only good inner tube. Said he couldn't sit comfortably for a couple days.

Thanks for sharing, great story.

I bought 600-20 Lucas tires for my AA. Same tread. They had stickers on them, made in Vietnam. Don’t have truck running yet so can’t review performance, but they look nice.

Let us know how quiet they run and how well they grip.

 

[M2M]

At $129 each there's no way these are made in Finland. These are branded as Lucas and my guess is they are made in Vietnam. Lucas says there are made using the original Nokia molds.

For the price they are a good nylon economy tyre. Nearest rival in the 5.50-19 size is the $204 BF Goodrich Silvertown which are poly (not nylon) and USA made.

Nobody seems to be using these yet...so the jury still out if they are any good or not.

Price is now $179 !!!

 

[ronn]

believe summit has similar quality for 112. each with free shipping.


ecklers has 99. but you must pay shipping

 

[SoCal_Alden]

You may want to take a look at the European Classic tires. Just put 2 on the front and really like how they look and a short drive around the neighborhood ran smooth. Also used a Delrin sleeved lug nut socket from HF to protect the freshly powder coated rims.