Re: Packard Bikes

Posted by Leeedy On 2023/6/2 21:47:35

Now we showed you a bit about Packard Tires earlier in this thread. These were for bicycles and cars and we bet that Packard fans didn't know about them.

So here from our extensive collection of Western Auto catalogues (and we have hundreds) is an interesting cover featuring what else?

You got it. Packard tires again. Ask and we'll post the year.

Western Auto stores sold Peerless brand bicycles and later, famous Western Flyer bicycles.

While most tires for Western Flyer bicycles were Davis brand, yes, some Peerless and Western Flyer bicycles got Packard tires!

So. It was possible to have Packard tires on your Peerless or Western Flyer OR your Packard bicycle!

And while bicycle people online will swear to you that the 1980s Carlisle bicycle tires with Indian heads on them are somehow"prewar"you know this is absurd. That is... IF you know about Packard Tires and Pharis Rubber Company. Why? How?

Hmmmmm...

Oh... as often in this thread, original literature supplied from the files of National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com).

Attach file:

---

  PackardTiresTooNBHAA.jpeg (265.19 KB)