Tires in Ricks' RC ad

freddyg · Post by **freddyg** » April 13th, 2005, 9:46 pm

does anyone have any info or knowledge about the 8" offroad stadium tires Rick has listed in his ads?

Post by **Mike Casey** » April 15th, 2005, 6:06 pm

I have them on my stadium truck. They can kinda still be found every once in a while. They run $200 for the set of tires and then about $100 for the 2 piece foam inserts. The foam inserts are about impossible to find, but rick hooked me up!!!!

freddyg · Post by **freddyg** » April 15th, 2005, 6:29 pm

lucky dog, were they manufactured by rick or for him specifically for rc use?

Post by **Mike Casey** » April 15th, 2005, 6:55 pm

I believe he had someone make them for him. He then sold the stuff to make them to someone else? I dont remember.

I will ask again.

sprintcarmark · Post by **sprintcarmark** » June 27th, 2005, 2:42 pm

HI I HAVE A SET OF RICKS WHEELS FOR MY SPRINT CAR ALL ODD BUT NEVER MIND THE QUALITY OF THIS GUYS IS FANTASTIC ,I ALSO HAVE ONE STADIUM TRUCK WHEEL AND TYRE

hemifreak · Post by **hemifreak** » July 3rd, 2005, 11:26 am

freddyg wrote:does anyone have any info or knowledge about the 8" offroad stadium tires Rick has listed in his ads?

I just bought a complete set of the Ricks 8" off road tires with custom wheels. And there are possibly 2 to 3 sets left where I got these.

Post by **Mike Casey** » July 4th, 2005, 7:56 am

well stop holding out. Where did you get them?

hemifreak · Post by **hemifreak** » July 4th, 2005, 11:03 am

The tires and wheels came from the same man who has all of Rick's original drawings and prints. Michael has e-mailed him 3 times reguarding a pulling truck? go to this link for the last remaining sets available:http://www.dwlmotorsportsinc.com/ Talk to Don about the tires and custom wheels, He will take care of you and is the front man for the man who has the parts. WWJD

Big Trev · Post by **Big Trev** » September 6th, 2005, 8:33 am

Guys, I would like to buy 2 sets of these tires if somebody can help me out. No inserts needed. Just to confirm they are the one's pictured at the bottom of the Rick's RC photo page on this site. The real knobbly ones!
Speaking of tyres, what are those mounted on your New Era model on your garage floor Mike? I was scouting around on the site and saw a close up of them in the background of another pic, damned if I can find it again, but they also looked different to normal treaded kart tires?
And also, what is happening over there ?. People seem to buy the ability to manufacture old parts and they are never seen again. Food for thought, form a syndicate to hold onto the tools to enable resupply for future. I have a personal interest in this and it would be nice to make things available again. Fortunately people like Todd Bishop still does the fantastic Goodyear range. If these moulds are available and nobody wants to do it I will!
I don't have to make a profit to be happy!
P.S, This may sound silly , but why are the goodyears not run as race tires, I know from BRP site that they are not intended for it, but I have some interesting test results on them! and don't they look the business too

Post by **Mike Casey** » September 6th, 2005, 10:22 am

Thanks for the post! For your tires give larry cross with quarterscale motorsports a call. He has one set upstairs. You will want some kinda foam though. If you put tubes in them you will need 2 or it will look funny. The tires on my MT are Rototiller tires for garden use. As far as the old molds go and such... I have thought of making some of the stuff and selling it as replacements. There is a couple problems with that. First of all either this stuff was given to me or sold to me for real cheap. The original owners gave me such good deals because they knew I was a collector and they did not anticipate me selling parts and making money off their artwork. So as you can see it would not be in good taste for me to do so. The second problem would be the investment to make the parts. To make any of the stuff I would have to run 100pcs at a time and that would tie up thousands of dollars. One day I may go back and get permission to make parts off these molds and offer replacements, but it wont be soon.

Big Trev · Post by **Big Trev** » September 7th, 2005, 1:28 am

Thanks for that info, will give Larry a shout.
Very fair points on the re-supply issue. It would certainly need to be done above board with the original artists permission as far as possible, or at least in recognition of them depending on circumstances, ie ...passed on, or parts changed hands a few times.
From a collectors point of view I would not be too concerned, but if I put my purists hat on, then I would like to see the industry come full circle. Retrace the roots and build on it, make what was good about the past revive the future. I would think that true collectors items would become even more valuable then too. Keep in mind I have only ever followed the industry movements from afar, and MY feelings and thoughts are just that.
In an ideal world it would be easy, but I know realistically it would take a lot of time to reintroduce, if thats what was wanted anyway? Maybe nowadays people are happy with where it's all at, and don't want to bring something old forward? I refer to the 1/4 scale community as a whole.
Mike, could I trouble you for a closer pic of your MT wheels as I may be able to find a local source, otherwise I would like info on a supplier there please. Sorry for the bother.
Cheers
Trevor

jackman · Post by **jackman** » December 12th, 2005, 6:37 pm

hi all i'm new to the forum, there was a guy building cars in 2002. he built what he called the hurrican and a monster truck with ricks tires on it. i called to see if i could get a set but would not sell just tires he wanted to sell the trucks.we all need to get Todd at brp to get something close to those tires.

Post by **Mike Casey** » December 13th, 2005, 2:08 pm

do you have more info? Who was it? The tires are not the best in the world. They are too wide and you need drag rims for them to fit. Then you have problems with the steering linkage. Dont get me wrong, I sure am glad to own a set and they are sweet... just not the most pratical. I dont think todd is interested in doing such work

jackman · Post by **jackman** » December 14th, 2005, 8:02 pm

i'll try to find out his address i had it when i built my cup car.i believe i have it some where with the rule book from three years ago.your right i talked to him about making some paddle tires for some rail buggys.i am working on mold fab.and compound ideas with a buddy a work.i don't know if we are on the right track but we are workin gat it.any how the guy called his car a hurricane it showed up around june of 2002.

Post by **Mike Casey** » December 14th, 2005, 8:07 pm

where in CA are you? I also see that you are in fuel transport.... I run a hose shop and we sell bayco drop elbows and kanaflex, kuriyama and pacific echo drop hoses to a lot of the local guys from long beach to bakersfield.

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