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Old 11-01-2008, 02:49 PM
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wikipedia.

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* 1843 – Charles Goodyear announces vulcanization
* 1846 – Robert William Thomson invented and patented the pneumatic tire
* 1888 – First commercial pneumatic bicycle tire produced by Dunlop
* 1889 – John Boyd Dunlop patented the pneumatic tire in the UK
* 1890 – Dunlop, and William Harvey Du Cros began production of pneumatic tires in Ireland
* 1890 – Bartlett Clincher rim introduced
* 1891 – Dunlop's patent invalidated in favor of Thomson’s patent
* 1892 – Beaded edge tires introduced in the U.S.
* 1894 – E.J. Pennington invents the first balloon tire
* 1895 – Michelin introduced pneumatic automobile tires
* 1898 – Schrader valve stem patented
* 1900 – Cord Tires introduced by Palmer (England) and BFGoodrich (U.S.)
* 1903 – Goodyear Tire Company patented the first tubeless tire, however it was not introduced until 1954
* 1904 – Goodyear and Firestone started producing cord reinforced tires
* 1904 – Mountable rims were introduced that allowed drivers to fix their own flats
* 1906 – First pneumatic aircraft tire
* 1908 – Frank Seiberling invented grooved tires with improved road traction
* 1910 – BFGoodrich Company invented longer life tires by adding carbon to the rubber
* 1919 – Goodyear and Dunlop announced pneumatic truck tires[2]
* 1938 – Goodyear introduced the rayon cord tire
* 1940 – BFGoodrich introduced the first commercial synthetic rubber tire
* 1946 – Michelin introduced the radial tire
* 1947 – Goodyear introduced first nylon tires
* 1947 – BFGoodrich introduced the tubeless tire
* 1963 – Use of polyester cord introduced by Goodyear
* 1965 – Armstrong Rubber introduced the bias belted fiberglass tire
* 1965 – BFGoodrich offered the first radial available in North America
* 1967 – Poly/glass tires introduced by Firestone and Goodyear
* 1968 – United States Department of Transportation (DOT) numbers required on new tires in USA
* 1974 – Pirelli introduced the wide radial tire


and for your question, they never stopped making inner tube tires.
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Old 11-01-2008, 03:09 PM
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my first car about 11 years ago had a tube in the tire. They did know what the heck it was doing in there since it was wrong type tire for a tube. The car was purchased from in a old farm community.
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Old 11-01-2008, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by kain
wikipedia.

idiots.

* 1843 – Charles Goodyear announces vulcanization
* 1846 – Robert William Thomson invented and patented the pneumatic tire
* 1888 – First commercial pneumatic bicycle tire produced by Dunlop
* 1889 – John Boyd Dunlop patented the pneumatic tire in the UK
* 1890 – Dunlop, and William Harvey Du Cros began production of pneumatic tires in Ireland
* 1890 – Bartlett Clincher rim introduced
* 1891 – Dunlop's patent invalidated in favor of Thomson’s patent
* 1892 – Beaded edge tires introduced in the U.S.
* 1894 – E.J. Pennington invents the first balloon tire
* 1895 – Michelin introduced pneumatic automobile tires
* 1898 – Schrader valve stem patented
* 1900 – Cord Tires introduced by Palmer (England) and BFGoodrich (U.S.)
* 1903 – Goodyear Tire Company patented the first tubeless tire, however it was not introduced until 1954
* 1904 – Goodyear and Firestone started producing cord reinforced tires
* 1904 – Mountable rims were introduced that allowed drivers to fix their own flats
* 1906 – First pneumatic aircraft tire
* 1908 – Frank Seiberling invented grooved tires with improved road traction
* 1910 – BFGoodrich Company invented longer life tires by adding carbon to the rubber
* 1919 – Goodyear and Dunlop announced pneumatic truck tires[2]
* 1938 – Goodyear introduced the rayon cord tire
* 1940 – BFGoodrich introduced the first commercial synthetic rubber tire
* 1946 – Michelin introduced the radial tire
* 1947 – Goodyear introduced first nylon tires
* 1947 – BFGoodrich introduced the tubeless tire
* 1963 – Use of polyester cord introduced by Goodyear
* 1965 – Armstrong Rubber introduced the bias belted fiberglass tire
* 1965 – BFGoodrich offered the first radial available in North America
* 1967 – Poly/glass tires introduced by Firestone and Goodyear
* 1968 – United States Department of Transportation (DOT) numbers required on new tires in USA
* 1974 – Pirelli introduced the wide radial tire


and for your question, they never stopped making inner tube tires.
i guess a better way to phrase my question would be

when did non tube tires become standard on cars in the us?
i got my answer already jeffsciv23 answered it perfect
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Old 11-01-2008, 08:20 PM
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when was the first non-tubed (radial or bias) or is it when were tube tires NO LONGER OEM EQUIPMENT because i have a OEM spare from a '88 toyota pickup. it's a tubeless bias ply

ill take pictures tomorrow when it isnt raining
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:47 AM
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i like turtles.
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