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GOODRICH Tyres circa 1925 - Rare single-sided enamelled plaq…
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Lot no. 270
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GOODRICH Tyres circa 1925 -
Rare single-sided enamelled plaque. Signed "Geo HAM" (Georges Hamel).
Good condition, very good colours (especially the face), nice shine. Chips in the corners and few in the image, very fine superficial scratches.
80 x 60 cm. "Emaillo - engraving / Émaillerie Alsacienne de Strasbourg". Illustration of the garage owner.
In 1870, Dr Benjamin Franklin Goodrich founded a rubber factory in Akron, Ohio, in the United States.
At first, the factory manufactured bicycle tyres, then car tyres and aeronautics.
In 1927, BFGoodrich supplied tyres for the Spirit of St-Louis, the aircraft in which Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in history.
In 1968 Steve McQueen (in the film Bullitt) rode in a green Ford Mustang fitted with Goodrich tyres.
Key innovations: - First tubeless tyre for American cars (1947)
- First radial tyre on the US market (1965)
- First run-flat tyre (1967)
- First all-terrain tyre (1976)
- First range of truck/utility vehicle tyres (1996). source(bfgoodrich.co.uk)
GÉO HAM: (Georges Hamel) French painter, poster artist and illustrator, but also a rally, Grand Prix and endurance racing driver. His drawings so accurately conveyed the impression of speed he felt that publishers and specialised newspapers had only one desire: to get hold of him. He drew a great many advertising posters, notably for the major car and motorbike brands, as well as tyres.
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