Re: {Chrysler 300} Captiv Air tires.

You're right, they don't guarantee you won't get a flat, but for most situations it's probably ok. A long enough nail would also puncture the inner tire, the ones in the later 1960s had a much different inner tire to address that. Ultimately I'm sure they were just annoying and not worth the extra expense and hassle. I'm sure service stations may not have known what to do with them. If you had a low tire, you're supposed to over inflate the inner tire by a certain percentage.

I'm sure people might have been freaked out about not having a spare and added one. I have one classified ad from 1962 for a 300F and it mentions 5 captive air tires. Attached is another one from May of 1960 for a car with 500 miles and it mentions that it has captive air tires.

On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 10:37 AM Don Warnaar <300country@xxxxxxx> wrote:

So Captive-Air was said to eliminate the need for a spare tire. Simple nail in the tread would probably work, but how about getting a slash in the sidewall from debris on the road.

I think one would hope there was a spare tire in the trunk. I don't think AAA carried a spare rim and tire for the 300F back then.

Same is true for modern cars that don't have a spare. Even a donut spare works to be able to drive the car to get a tire repaired or replaced.

Don Warnaar

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Hi all:

Attached is a photo of a decal I had Gary Goers reproduce for my F over 25 years ago. We used the old decal as a guide. Apparently my car came with these tires.

Dan Reitz

Bell Canyon, CA

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