Bicycle Tire Patch Repairs

Help me out here, Folks who remember vulcanizing of flat bicycle tires. Rex Cross, my cousin, and I were talking about fixing our bikes when we were little.

The tube was removed from the tire, a metal hasp was rubbed back and forth at the site of the puncture, a glue was brushed around the site of the puncture, a diamond shaped vulcanizing patch was clamped into place about 1/8 inch thick and bigger than a 50 cent piece, clamped down, the orange surface was punctured by a sharp object, a match was lit at the punctured site, a blast of smoke poured out as the patch burned and vulcanized the rubber patch to the intertube surface. Alas, the puncture site was repaired!

Is that a pretty acurate description??

Then testing the tube with a small amount of air pressure into the tube and dunking it under water in the test tank for leaks.

I later learned that I could take a worn out bicycle tire and double up, two tires on the same rim, to escape so many punctures from those sticker burrs that always caused the flat tires. That did work pretty good for me. Then came the tube of No Leak that was put inside the tube to prevent flat tires.

I remember several businesses in Haigler that did the vulcanizing patch repair, even to car tire intertubes and even bigger tire intertubes. Even tires could have a boot put into place which is now outlawed.

What does anyone else remember about tire repairs??

-- Submitted by Dallas Adams

Class of 1942

Reposted from a previous comment

From the Class of '42:
Laverna Reed Mizner
Jenette Havlik Keeney lives in Boise, Id.
Marty Neville lives in Chelalis, Wa.
Dorothy Peterson Blecha lives in Wray, Co.
Lillian Zuege Kruse lives in Lincoln, Ne.
and Dorothy Zuege Walker lives in Brighton, Co.

Cal Freehling
Mar 24, 2007 5:57:00 AM

Who Owned a Kaiser?

We had two Kaisers purchased from Vic Stasser. A brand new 1950 maroon and grey two tone Kaiser and another new 1951 Kaiser after Mamma wrecked the first one. Actually, it was only partly her fault... It was a cloudy, cold and icey day and we were trying to go home. The roads were covered with ice and Mamma was trying to get up the hill south of Haigler on the old Highway 27, which is now named Logan Avenue. We were just above the cemetery entrance over the center line, slipping and sliding with wheels spinning trying to climb that hill when Charlie Chartier came over the hill on his way to town. He slammed on the brakes, but couldn't avoid hitting us. We were lucky he was driving slowly because of the icey conditions. In those days, there weren't seat belts and we were probably leaning forward with our arms hanging over the back seat as we usually did. It seemed like the accident happened in slow motion as the cars collided and slid to a halt. I don't remember how we got home, but I do remember the car was not in any shape to drive. The insurance company totaled it and Daddy went back and got a new one.

Here is a picture of the 1951 Kaiser we had.
Below is a picture of my mamma and Floy Ruggles's Uncle Lute and Aunt Georgie Stafford standing behind their green Kaiser.
These pictures were taken in the 1950s by Floy, who had a camera that would take colored slides. These pictures are from her slide collection.

Anyone else remember having a Kaiser?

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wikipedia.org/kaiser motors has quite an article on the kaiser/frazer motors.
dallas adams

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My first car was a 1951 Kaiser. I was not yet old enough to drive. But my Dad (Vic Stasser) had traded for one that one of our customers had totaled in a head-on collision. He gave me the remains with the understanding that any parts in the junk yard were fair game. But anything that came out of the parts room, I had to pay for.

Francis Neville was working for us at the time and he and I worked nights to pull the engine and rebuild it (the crankshaft was snapped in the wreck). The engine was finally reinstalled and the work on replacing body parts complete.

At that time Boyd DeGarmo had the body shop in the south-west corner of town. I traded him my bicycle for a paint job and by the time I had my license it was on the road.

I also had 4 other Kaisers by the time I was in college. The most impressive was the 1954 Manhattan that I had while a freshman at CSU. It had a factory installed McCullough supercharger. It was very fast and got me in more trouble than recommended. Not many 1954 models existed and I never saw a 1955 model, although I think they made some.

I also had 2 Henry J's and 2 Willys aero series that were produced after Kaiser bought Willys (I think in 1954). The last time I saw my last Willys it was being used on a rural mail route and had over 300,000 miles on it and had had never had any major engine work.

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Cal & Susan Freehling

Here's a picture of Cal and Susan in front of their home.

(Click on picture to see enlarged version)

Alumni Pages from 1960 Yearbook

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Alumni Pages from the 1957 Yearbook

Alumni Pages from Haigler Yearbooks

The following pages were taken from the 1955 Yearbook. (Click on the image to see an enlarged version)

Haigler High School Seniors

To view the senior pictures from the yearbooks, use the following links:

1927 - Haigler Class of 1927
1936 - Haigler Class of 1936
1946 - Haigler Class of 1946
1948 - Haigler Arickaree - Seniors
1949 - Haigler Arickaree - Seniors
1950 - Haigler Arickaree - Seniors
1951 - Haigler Arickaree - Seniors
1952 - Haigler Eagle Memories - Seniors
1953 - Haigler Eagle Memories - Seniors
1954 - Haigler Arickaree - Seniors
1955 - Haigler Arickaree - Seniors
1956 - Haigler The Arickaree - Seniors
1957 - Haigler The Eagle - Seniors
1958 - Haigler The Eagle - Seniors
1959 - Haigler The Eagle - Seniors
1960 - Haigler The Eagle - Seniors