[Happy_dan]

Just a quick update.
I had the tires removed from the rim. The shop wouldn't allow me to watch.

I also bought 5 tubes and now I need flaps. Hope I can find them and also a shop to install them if I decide to do that. I may just leave well enough alone and save them for future reference or get one mounted and use it as a spare.

Haven't decided yet, but I now see how they were one. There is the ring, all one piece. It has a slot in it and also tapers. If anyone is interested in any of this, I can take pictures.

Now to call a truck tire shop in the area and see if they will do it. The shop that broke them down tells me no one is going to do them because they are trying to get people to stop using them for safety reasons. I don't think he understands the mindset of some of us who care about originality.

Let me know if anyone wants pictures or this will be the last post I bother you with on this.