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John1956PA

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8. Ah, the days of the recaps. That is what we called them here in Western Pennsylvania.

Wed Jun 25, 2025, 03:09 PM

Jun 25

There was a company here which would attach the worn-out cord tires to spindles and use steel gouging tools to skin off the remaining tread. Then, belts of new tread would be cut to fit the skinned tires. The cut belt sections would be aligned around the circumferences of the skinned tires, and the mates of tires/treads would be cooked in pressurized chambers to wed the treads to the tires. Thus, recaps were born of those cauldrons.

In those days (the 1960s and 1970s) it would be common to see along the roadways thrown-off belts which resulted from separations of the recaps.

The coming of the steel-belted tire age ended the run of the recaps, which were spawned from worn-out cord tires, only.

Thanks for posting your essay which contains useful analogies to the current political environment.

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