From: Everette (194cbteng@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sun Dec 11 2005 - 05:28:38 PST
December 11
1941 Spare Tires Outlawed
. Widespread shortages caused by World War II had led to many quotas and
laws designed to conserve America's resources. One of these laws prohibited
spare tires on new cars. Rubber, produced overseas, had become almost
impossible to get. People didn't mind the spare-tire law too much, though.
They were too busy dealing with quotas for gasoline, meat, butter, shoes,
and other essentials.
On this day in 1941, Buick lowered its prices to reflect the absence of
spare tires or inner tubes from its new cars. Not long after this civilian
auto production ceased completely.
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