13169_10684_tire_fixing2
Subjects
1950s
B&W
Part 2 of 2New York: motorist arrives at the Orleley re-treading center for tires, in Monsey. Piles of tires shown in the workshop at Muncie New York. Man tests tires. Views of buffing machine (prepares tire for re treading). Tire rotating on a wheel and being buffed. Tire now sprayed with liquid cement. Process of applying new rubber to tire (also called ‘camel backing’). Worker trims excess from the strip. Tire put into a vulcanizing mold. Employee returns the re treaded tire to the motorist outside the workshop.