Enjoy this great Fisk Tire promotional film from 1939. The set up is a Hollywood stuntman asked to run Fisk Safety-Flight tires on one side of the car, and some inferior brand on the other side, doing a wet spin-out test. Check out his personal Duese... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
I watched the entire video, THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Thanx for sharing , I love the old Hollywood stuff!!!! His crushed fedora after the roll was hilarious!!!!
Ah, that explains why we're all running Fisk Safety-Flight tires on our cars today. Wait, Fisk? What ever happened to them?
I wonder if the NHRA would consider my Fedora safety equipment??The Duesenberg is worth more now than those actors made in their entire careers.And the cute little blonde is probably 100 by now.
"No coupes or roadsters were harmed in the making of this film." I love use of public roads, police officers, total lack of planning and safety measures, as well the use of two totally dissimilar cars to test the tires. Great propaganda. The Gee-Bee type plane at the beginning was the best. A fun view, J-B, thanks.
Fantastic Vintage Stuff Jive-Bomber; thanks for sharing! Whenever I see films or even photos from this era or earlier I always wonder when and why did men stop wearing hats? Look at any pre-1960 outdoor photograph, film or even television and you will rarely see a man without a hat outdoors. Some believe that the hat-less man era began when JFK became the first president to be sworn in as President without wearing a hat..."the torch has been passed to a new generation" type of symbolism...that sort of thought I suppose but anyone has any other suggestions as to when & why men stopped wearing hats outdoors, I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks again Jive-Bomber! -Mark
good stuff. it is nice to know that just making shit up when advertising your product is traditional. what I learned here is that if you go down a wet street and hit the brakes while turning the wheel the car will go in that direction. pretty fake advertisement, no wonder they went out of business. cool stuff.
Yea, you'd think that a professional stunt man would know about "turning in the direction of the skid"... Can you imagine telling someone you just met to go ahead and jump in your Duesenberg and slide it down a wet street!
Darn! Hollywood city limit is field, Eddy Duchin is playing down the street and you drive a Duesy! Oh then there is the cute little blonde. Fisk Tires are now part of Cooper Tire Co - perhaps you can still get them! Wonderful old Movie - thanks.
Great video! I was just on a site earlier today and seen some advertisements for Fisk tires. Then I log on here to see the feature post. Funny. Thanks for posting.
One of the big "finds" on last nights American Pickers was a Fisk tire sign. I remember that they were one of the big brands of early motoring. Thanks for the infomercial, Cat
You gotta remember that in those days, fedoras were made out of 1/8" steel, not that floppy Chinese shit like the new "repros" today.
Never mind the fedora and lack of seat belts, what about the fact that there is 4 or 5 people standing on the road while the tests take place. Sure love old footage like that. Neat seeing how things were. Thanks for sharing Jive-Bomber!
I wonder how these tires actually held up in real world use? I'd be surprised if those white separators stayed stuck to the tread blocks. Neat video and tires - thanks.
IMO the "new" '50's demographic the Teenager didn't want to look like Dad (read not hep). By the time they grew-up, hats were for the most part done.
I've got a Fedora, but the only place I ever lived that "got it" was NYC. In Houston, only a cowboy hat or a baseball cap passes.
Love the way you get into an older 30's sedan, you open the door and duck your head and walk in like you're walking in your front door. Love it!!
Wait! So, tire performance is based in pencil-science? So, that means.... Black Rubber=Lead White Rubber=Eraser Things sure were a heck of a lot simpler back then!
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