Re: Macdonald Drawer 3
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:42 am
You are right! The tires on mine are plastic with treads and not the smooth rubber ones later used in the Transpalite process. Sorry for the confusion. Cheers, Macdonald.GHOSTHUNTER wrote:Thank's Mac for that, 'Yesteryear' collectors are aware of the 'Transpalite' models and the fact they are not tooled for ashtray mounting, making your plated Bugatti very rare.
You say the tyres are rubber, but in fact in your picture they look like the standard Black 'Smooth' treaded tyres fitted to the normal production models which were used on the first 'Transpalite' models, but caused reaction problems with the 'Luctite' material, so rubber 'O' rings were sourced and fitted to later 'Transpalite' models.
Ghosthunter.