Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-16 | Page 14 | Treadles Tires Will be Used on New Speed Auto

Tre Tires Tirs Will Be Used on New d Auto I BIRMINGHAM England Jan 15 Tre AP-Tre AP dIess tires here in- in will b be used on the the great great automobile built by British British Brit Brit- ish manufacturers th the hope o of doing mlles miles an hour and thus capturing the speed records now held in the United States Newspaper men and others stood with eyes glued to peepholes yesterday yesterday yes yes- while tires were tested at t varIous in an experimental her here Tires of plain rubber without treads successfully withstood withstood with with- stood the required speed of miles an hour without overheating The treading of ordinary tires however however how how- ever was off ff with a report like Ule an explosion before reaching that speed and flung red hot through the door of the shed The great racing car which it is planned to send to the United States for a speed test on some Florida beach is of an entirely new type shap shaped d like a sled sea and fItted with tire to cut down downwind downwind wind pressure It is 32 feet long 6 feet wide and weighs pounds Its two motors develop 1000 horsepower horse horse- power consuming four and one one- hat half gallons of fuel a mh minute ute It was manufactured by the Sunbeam Sunbeam Sun Sun- beam Motor Car Company Ltd in collaboration with three other tire gasoline and oil fIrms from designs by Louis A. A I A I