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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 788732" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>Cowdirt-</p><p>You bet your life I can explain! Rationed; shoes, sugar, Tires, and Gasoline <strong>"A" stamps, "B" stamps, and "C" stamps!</strong> You were alloted only a certain number of gallons of gasoline for a specific period of time (three months at a time) according to your "priority" as a War Time business. They had <strong>"T"</strong> stamps for tractors and trucks. And it was NOT because there was not enough gas. It was because of the lack of rubber coming from South America, and they didn't have the kind of tire formulas that they do now. You were lucky to get 15,000 miles from a set of tires then. And they were not "Steel Belted Radials" either. Lousy tires. And the universal speed limit was 35 miles per hour. My Model "A" Ford got 21 miles per gallon, and gas was $.18 per gallon! In order to buy tires, you had to get "Permission" from the County Ration Board. How "Politically Corrupt" do you think THAT turned out to be?? I used to kick the car out of gear and "coast" down hills to save gas. That was when "Re-capping" tires began - IF you still had a good tire casing to put it on! Wheel Balancing?? What the heck was that? Was no such thing. AND - there was no such thing as Tubeless Tires! So every tire had to have tubes inside. If your tubes were shot, you were SOL. Everybody had a bicycle tire pump in their car. You think you have it tough now? Try going back and living THEN! </p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 788732, member: 1683"] Cowdirt- You bet your life I can explain! Rationed; shoes, sugar, Tires, and Gasoline [b]"A" stamps, "B" stamps, and "C" stamps![/b] You were alloted only a certain number of gallons of gasoline for a specific period of time (three months at a time) according to your "priority" as a War Time business. They had [b]"T"[/b] stamps for tractors and trucks. And it was NOT because there was not enough gas. It was because of the lack of rubber coming from South America, and they didn't have the kind of tire formulas that they do now. You were lucky to get 15,000 miles from a set of tires then. And they were not "Steel Belted Radials" either. Lousy tires. And the universal speed limit was 35 miles per hour. My Model "A" Ford got 21 miles per gallon, and gas was $.18 per gallon! In order to buy tires, you had to get "Permission" from the County Ration Board. How "Politically Corrupt" do you think THAT turned out to be?? I used to kick the car out of gear and "coast" down hills to save gas. That was when "Re-capping" tires began - IF you still had a good tire casing to put it on! Wheel Balancing?? What the heck was that? Was no such thing. AND - there was no such thing as Tubeless Tires! So every tire had to have tubes inside. If your tubes were shot, you were SOL. Everybody had a bicycle tire pump in their car. You think you have it tough now? Try going back and living THEN! DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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