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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A neat set of tire pictures Vanapplebomb for me. Our first set of off-road tires on the Manx were Gates Commando tires followed by a set of Formula Desert Dogs. Both work well off-road and the only problem with the Desert Dogs was that they tended to howl at highway speeds. Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm still curious if a set of those Sand Command/ MT baja pro 33's would fit stock arms/spring plates due to the heavy tread crowning. I wish I had a set to try out and see if they clear the long torsion bars on stock arms with Thing drums.

Honestly though, I wish MT would just make a 9" wide version of the baja pro 30" tire. That could be run with a stock transmission. Western Auto had it down with the 913, but rims and tires in those sizes are nearly extinct...and the Western Auto tires are not as true to the original Gates tires...the MT's are dog gone close though. I have my doubts that they use the old gates molds though.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guess what I saw a couple days ago?!?!?!

Another Gates Commando replica!!! The name on the tire was Montgomery Ward!!! Sadly, the owner of the buggy let the tires sit outside in the sun and deflated...side walls weather checked so bad that they split open Sad
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another find in the classifieds with genuine Gates Commando XT's up front. Also note the flipped wide 5 smoothies up front for a wider stance...something you can only do with the factory stock wide five rims.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is kind of interesting

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Found an old picture of some Gates XT Sand Command tires, mounted on a Corvair powered Glitterbug. Picture was taken in December 1971.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fantastic picture, has to be Pismo Beach. Looks like it has a Tri-phase air cleaner and a steering brake.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Fantastic picture, has to be Pismo Beach. Looks like it has a Tri-phase air cleaner and a steering brake.


Right on all accounts Nelson. It was also a very good day for getting clams. Smile

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great pic Manx 102! Do you mind posting it up in the Vintage/ Contemporary nostalgic dune buggy pictures thread? That'd be a great addition
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roscoe wrote:
Great pic Manx 102! Do you mind posting it up in the Vintage/ Contemporary nostalgic dune buggy pictures thread? That'd be a great addition


Be happy to Roscoe.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Found an old picture of some Gates XT Sand Command tires, mounted on a Corvair powered Glitterbug. Picture was taken in December 1971.

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I thought they only made a 9.00-15 tire...this one looks smaller. Did Gates make Sand Command tires in multiple sizes? Maybe it's just me, but it sure doesn't look like a 33 inch tire.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

anyone?
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't have any literature on what sizes Gates made the Sand Command tires. I do know that Mickey Thompson currently makes the Baja Pro in both a 30 and 33 inch diameter. I suspect Mickey Thompson is using molds that were originally used by Gates for the Sand Command.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Possible. MT used to also make a larger 10.00-15 as well. They some quit making it somewhat recently...as in the past five years or so.

The 33 and 35 inch baja pros look like they could have been made in old gates molds, but the 30 inch one looks like a custom mold made from a couple different tread molds cut down and spliced together. That being said, I have only seen Gates stuff for the 9.00-15 tires.

Weird, hu?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Hmm... the white frame member looks like part of a patio lawn chair. Laughing

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, the Burro wasn't exactly mandrel bent, Hilder used a wheel rim welded to the I-beam of his shop to bend his rollbars. They also say no specific dimension was the same on any two Burros. Still, they were a fantastic off-road vehicle.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hahahaha Laughing

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Vintage Baja with commandos front and back...

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

XT Sand Commands on all four corners...Awesome.

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