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Show PRESERVE SHAPE OF STORED AUTO TIRES i i Illustration Shows Satisfactory j Type of Hanger. Device Is Made of Few Boards and Mounted on Brackets Constructed of Strips of Wood How It Is Put Together. There are very few public or private garages that have not at least one tire not in use. The usual method of storing stor-ing these spares is to hang them on large nails or hooks. This may do for a day or two, but if left for any length of time the tire will assume an Irregu- INSIDE RADIUS & '-- K of the 7i Rt 8aHIirpn Tires Simply Can't Get Out of Shape if Stored on This Rack. lar shape and a weak spot will develop where the nail has been when the tire is put into use. The illustration shows a type of hanger that may be made wide enough to accommodate a pair of tires, or even more, and will keep them in their original shape. It is made of a few boards and mounted on brackets constructed con-structed of 3-in. strips of wood. The sides are curved to fit the inside of the tire and short pieces of board are nailed across their upper edges. The tire is thus supported on about a third of its circumference and so held in shape. Charles R. Fisher, in Popular Science Monthly. |