Vintage Manual Tire Changer!

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gearling
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Joined: October 30th, 2015, 6:59 am
Body Type: AA
Model Year: 1929

Vintage Manual Tire Changer!

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One of my friends just recently acquired a pneumatic tire machine and traded his old "Henderson Tire Changer" to me !!! Yeeeeehaaaaw!!! No more wrestling those split rims around on the shop floor like the monkey and the football !!!! Will get pics in the daylight... :D :D :D
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markp213
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Joined: October 27th, 2011, 9:31 pm
Body Type: 82B
Model Year: 1931

Re: Vintage Manual Tire Changer!

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That sounds very interesting! Post us a youtube video if you can. I'd like to see that in action!
gearling
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Got it set up. Ain't she purty?
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Rob29
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Body Type: 88-A
Model Year: 1929

Re: Vintage Manual Tire Changer!

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Cool piece of history. Nice to know where we can go to get tires mounted now. :lol:
gearling
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Re: Vintage Manual Tire Changer!

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Yes, it is. Billy is 77, he got it when he was a teenager, and it was an old machine then.
By all means, come on down! I'll stoke up the smoker, we'll have some bbq and beer!
rfj52
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Re: Vintage Manual Tire Changer!

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I have one almost exactly like it, was my father inlaws and I saved it from the dumpster . Watch out for those split rings!!!!!
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AAholic
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Model Year: 1931
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Re: Vintage Manual Tire Changer!

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Here's one on fee bay, not mine (yet anyway)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Hender ... Sw1T5Zmvtz
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