July- August issue of AACA's Antique Automobile magazine, page 100, has a photo of a slant-windshield steelback Vicky with accessory Goodyear Airwheels.
I've had similar Cleveweld wheels, and (my favorite, because I liked the name) a set of General Jumbos, which came originally with General Jumbo tires(which had a sine-wave-like tread). Another brand, which I can't recall, had a tread with checkerboard motif that extended up into the sidewalls.
These wheels had a 14", 15"and 16" diameter , a wider rim, cast artillery centers with propriet,ary hubcaps and used what we called a balloon, or airplane, tire, giving a softer ride and other advantages. They were offered for various makes of cars, I've seen Ford, Chevy, and Chrysler bolt patterns. When I was running the Jumbos, my father drove my Model A tudor and said all the suspension was in the tires, and the car was uncontrollable ( he demonstrated "uncontrollable", scared the crap out of me, and threatened to pull that set of registration plates off).
Later in life, I had a set of Clevewelds, with the wide five bolt pattern, on my 37 Ford stake-bodied pickup. I ran 6-8 ply,now called load range 'E', 7.50-16 truck tires and was happy with the handling. Also I could carry HUGE loads of firewood, straightening the rear spring right out. I can't find the pictures (of course) or the exact width sizes of the rims yet.
A well known photo, of Cherokee Auto Parts, shows a doorless 29 ford pickup with I believe Clevewelds on the rear. Issues of the Marc and /or MAFCA magazines about 1972-5(can't find THAT, either) had detailed articles on the wheels and tires.
These stories are what I remember, now open for comments, corrections, and exact rivet counts (polite LOL). More details and stories really are welcome.
I've had similar Cleveweld wheels, and (my favorite, because I liked the name) a set of General Jumbos, which came originally with General Jumbo tires(which had a sine-wave-like tread). Another brand, which I can't recall, had a tread with checkerboard motif that extended up into the sidewalls.
These wheels had a 14", 15"and 16" diameter , a wider rim, cast artillery centers with propriet,ary hubcaps and used what we called a balloon, or airplane, tire, giving a softer ride and other advantages. They were offered for various makes of cars, I've seen Ford, Chevy, and Chrysler bolt patterns. When I was running the Jumbos, my father drove my Model A tudor and said all the suspension was in the tires, and the car was uncontrollable ( he demonstrated "uncontrollable", scared the crap out of me, and threatened to pull that set of registration plates off).
Later in life, I had a set of Clevewelds, with the wide five bolt pattern, on my 37 Ford stake-bodied pickup. I ran 6-8 ply,now called load range 'E', 7.50-16 truck tires and was happy with the handling. Also I could carry HUGE loads of firewood, straightening the rear spring right out. I can't find the pictures (of course) or the exact width sizes of the rims yet.
A well known photo, of Cherokee Auto Parts, shows a doorless 29 ford pickup with I believe Clevewelds on the rear. Issues of the Marc and /or MAFCA magazines about 1972-5(can't find THAT, either) had detailed articles on the wheels and tires.
These stories are what I remember, now open for comments, corrections, and exact rivet counts (polite LOL). More details and stories really are welcome.
