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Re: Tires on the roof WAS: Spitfire radiator hoses

To: "Atwell (Buff) Haines" <carbuff@scooter.net>
Subject: Re: Tires on the roof WAS: Spitfire radiator hoses
From: rob sargent <trekkie@gte.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 17:17:17 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <01BCF256.05D22A60@mhl-ca1-08.ix.netcom.com> <3.0.3.16.19971116170553.68078fc4@scooter.net>
Atwell (Buff) Haines wrote:
> 
> At 08:50 AM 11/16/97 -0800, Joe Curry wrote:
> 
>  >So
> >what do you do with the rest of the old tire?  Probably, you pay
> >somebody to dispose of it.  Ot you could throw it on the roof of your
> >Trailer house as I have seen numerous times as I have traveled in rural
> >areas.  What's up with that?
> >
> >Joe Curry   '63 Spit
> >
> Yeah, I noticed that done too, on a trip out west in '93.   Why DO they do
> that?
> 
> Atwell Haines
> '79 Spitfire  (Restoration costs include $10 to dump 5 tyres.   Should have
> strapped                    'em to the softtop)
> 
> Succasunna NJ USA
i can see you never lived in a moblehome with a metal roof.
when the wind blows the roof ripples. it gets on my nerves.the tires
help to stop the noise.
 
rob

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