Show FOOd Ford Fold News I which do- do de One of the careful T study f and e ex- ex mantled ni ded A most n In the build I thIn Model ep of the wg ing and car car equipping equipping was was that that u of tires tires j I A Ford entirely nc new w The new Ford with was powers power an speed and ai I car to in its class also new to were acceleration that priced the field of I light ht st moderate test moc mol Is g of cars The very tires which could the car proved hat stand the gaff be count d upon to Ford must be larg- larg larger larger with the Iodel A In in every and better abbe from er tougher wear heat from way to withstand ordinarily damaging damaging roal friction and ruts and nd other action of bumps tread ing road surfaces of upon ion the thc uneven the tire and the sidewall n of these WI U begin To Fords are equip equip- A which all Model as in I designated while designated equal to toan effect give an e size actually when i measuring of or tires m that center cemer steel special drop fitted filled to the of the car I spoke wheels designers of th the Model A AFord AFord i The would go that this car Ford realized world and find of the thc into many parts conditions So the road many varied the first few test which tires with equipped models of the new car were type gi to every possible were subjected I of and antI from these these tests Ford engineers were able to determine specifications that would v produce truly the modern modem balloon tire with all aU a excellence of design workman workman- ship and Al material to insure its giving ing a service on a par with that of the Model A Acar car itself Tires e em for the Model A Ford m made deby by several of the best manu manu- arc manufacturers of the country but every eVer tire must meet those specifications The rubber which goes into each of these tires must be of the finest grade new live rubber that has be been properly cured n Just so much of this rubber to within a fraction of an ounce and and no less must less must be used The I cotton from which the cord i is must be of the fine lon long fibre fibre variety tou tough h hand and durr dur- dur able And each lot of tires received at the Par t Ford i 1 assembly lines must first be carefully inspected ins and test test- tested ed to see that they meet these specifications and that there are no flaw or er cr shoulder defects in tre tread sidewall or should II I I i In testing sample tires from lots 1011 delivered to the assembly lines the Ford Motor Company subjects them in many instances to treatment they will never receive at the hands of the the average owner One of the testing devices drops the tir down n from a height of nf cova-ai cova s t L several feet un under er a wei weight ht equivalent to that of ofa a fully loaded car r n upon a section of lar similar steel rail simi simi simi- to those at a a railroad lIar crossing I Tir Tr are also placed on test cars and aruL an operated over rough at beld bel f normal crushed pressures over gravel crush crush- ed stone and through sand and mud For Ford engineers have determined there should b ba be no chronic troubles in the tires of the Model M A Ford |