INTERESTING HISTORY ABOUT TYRES THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
there is more to tyres than the way you know it as what you use everyday to help the mobility of your car here are some 10 intresting facts

1. Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber in 1844. This was the rubber that was later used for tyres. Goodyear tyres are still thriving today!

2. In 1888, John Dunlop invented the air-filled, or pneumatic tyres, however, his were for bicycles, not cars.

3. In 1895, André Michelin was the first person to use pneumatic tyres on an automobile, however, not successfully.

4. In 1911, Philip Strauss invented the first successful tyre, which was a combination tyre and air filled inner tube. Strauss’ company, the Hardman Tire & Rubber Company, marketed the tyres.

5. In 1903, P.W. Litchfield of the Goodyear Tyre Company patented the first tubeless tyre. It wasn’t used commercially for more than 50 years, until it was used with the 1954 Packard.

6. In 1904, mountable rims were introduced that allowed drivers to fix their own flats.

7. In 1908, Frank Seiberling invented grooved tyres that improved road traction.

8. In 1910, the B.F. Goodrich Company invented longer life tyres by adding carbon to the rubber.

9. Goodrich also invented the first synthetic rubber tyres in 1937.

10. In 1947, B. F. Goodrich invented a tubeless tyre. After successful testing for the tyres, Goodrich won the patents for the tyre’s various features( 1952). By 1955 the new tubeless tyre came standard on most new automobiles.