[Bob Carriere]

I am glad to report that after following the most common sense advice.... I took the darn wheel and tyre to the tire shop.....

.... for $12.84 and ten minutes of waiting the whell sections were removed from the old tire...... and to add insult to injury...he told me next time DO NOT remove the nuts we can do it for the same price.......

Told them the story about the truck..... and promised them to show them a picture next time...... they will remove the tire off the C15 rim.... give me back the rim to clean up.... remove the 9:00x16 tire off another Dodge Budd rim and re-instal on my clean C15 rim for $35 dollars .....can't beat that.

The old tire was so brittle the hydralic bead breaker actually cracked the casing...... the tube was not a thick run flat but a very smooth.... very soft and stretchy rubber... with 3 patches. On the tube was a "Dominion Rubber" logo with the 9:00x16 dim. and Made in Canada. There was a flap BUT no spacer between the beads........

I will be removing the other four tires.... 3 are dated 1943 and one is dated 1940..... I hope to find at least on original thick rubber run flat tube.......

Thanks for the good advice...