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Subject:Re: new Michelin x tires ( r or w?)
From:pierre a. lachance
Date:Mon, 6 Nov 2000 08:24:27 -0500

Hi volks!

Am I right or wrong? It is a guy named Alexis Neon ( spelled Nehon?) from
Montreal that invented the radial tire...Nobody in america cared about this
new structure, so he sold it to Michelin ??? Back in 72, I bought a used
volvo from a friend that had Michelin X with 110000 miles on them...they
lasted another 50000 miles and they were still good on ice, but not in the
snow...I almost kept one as a souvenir...this list always has subject to
bring me old souvenirs!
pierre a. lachance
lac beauport, quebec
www.geocities.com/lachancepa/
> Absolutely right. Michelin invented the radial tyre in the 1940s, (robin)
> David Marshall could be right too.