The RICHARD CARROLL TIRE SET

[Greg Myers]

[Doughnut]

Sweet find! I can think of lots of uses for them - especially in the show rod category.

[jas1957]

Ditto what Mark said, I have a set just in a bag. Richard was a guest at a Toledo NNL in the 80's I think, & he donated several sets as door prizes. A neat historical item but I don't know what I'd do with them.

[Junkman]

They are beautifully retro-futuristic. I love them.

[Marc @ MPC Motorsports]

Ditto what Mark said, I have a set just in a bag. Richard was a guest at a Toledo NNL in the 80's I think, & he donated several sets as door prizes. A neat historical item but I don't know what I'd do with them.

You could give them to me.

I was a kid when they were available and could not afford them. But I loved seeing them on builds in Car Modeler magazine.

Edited September 24, 2010 by Marc @ MPC Motorsports

[58 Impala]

I bought a set of those almost 40 yrs. ago from the car model bible,the Auto World catalog. I recently found them in a box I'd forgotten about, unfortunately they got brittle and crumbled (bummer) . I used to swap them from model to model trying crazy custom ideas. They looked pretty cool on some kits especially gassers.

[george 53]

WOW! I haven't seen THOSE in a million years! I remember them being advertised in the old Car Modeler magazine. Those are cool if nothing else, just to look at! What ever happened to Richard Carrol? I remember seein alot of his builds in those days.

[Scale-Master]

I read they were actually rubber seals used in the aerospace industry that were "re-purposed". Anyone know if that is true?

[Draggon]

I read they were actually rubber seals used in the aerospace industry that were "re-purposed". Anyone know if that is true?

I seem to remember reading at the time that he turned these on a lathe, and bugging my Dad to buy a knurling tool for his lathe so I could make my own.

[Modelmartin]

I read they were actually rubber seals used in the aerospace industry that were "re-purposed". Anyone know if that is true?

That is highly doubtful. They are very obviously made from masters turned on a lathe. The knurling is very nice. I have a set I got at the auction at GSL '07 ( $20.00! ). They are very cool but I don't know when I will have time to build some sort of Richard Carroll-esque type custom. As a kid I so drooled over his models in Car Model magazine.

[crazyjim]

Maybe a guy like Al Raab from Ma's Resin would be interested in molding & casting some of puppies?

[Greg Myers]

Maybe a guy like Al Raab from Ma's Resin would be interested in molding & casting some of puppies?

He has a set as we speak:P.

[crazyjim]

Hope Al ships my order before he starts playing with those new tires.

[Guest Johnny]

I bought a set of those almost 40 yrs. ago from the car model bible,the Auto World catalog. I recently found them in a box I'd forgotten about, unfortunately they got brittle and crumbled (bummer) . I used to swap them from model to model trying crazy custom ideas. They looked pretty cool on some kits especially gassers.

Auto World is where I ordered them from to! Put them on a mile high Revell 57 Nomad!

Years later opend the box and the tires had split on the wheels!