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Comfort of your ride can depend on your tires, so check them frequently
Comfort of your ride can depend on your tires, so check them frequently

Comfort of your ride can depend on your tires, so check them frequently

Date6/11/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Comfort of your ride can depend on your tires; so check them frequently
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0010100F
      Once a month check the pressure in all your tires
      Once a month check the pressure in all your tires
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      12/11/1980
      Marilyn Brown used to have to go downtown frequently so doctors could check the pacemaker device that keeps her heart beating regularly. Now, all she (...)
      Marilyn Brown used to have to go downtown frequently so doctors could check the pacemaker device that keeps her heart beating regularly. Now, all she (...)
      Bull, Ron
      8/19/1971
      Government inspector Roy Doherty checks fat on carcases, used in soap, tires, plastics
      Government inspector Roy Doherty checks fat on carcases, used in soap, tires, plastics
      Beaty, Keith
      10/23/1980
      Can winter be far behind? Get out the snow tires, windshield scrapers and wiper de-icing fluid
      Can winter be far behind? Get out the snow tires, windshield scrapers and wiper de-icing fluid
      McConnell, Colin
      11/4/1983
      Combing the beach clean at Sunnyside, workers from the city parks and recreation department use rakes to clean up logs, tin cans, old tires and other (...)
      Combing the beach clean at Sunnyside, workers from the city parks and recreation department use rakes to clean up logs, tin cans, old tires and other (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/20/1971
      printed advertisement with black text and an illustration on yellow background
      Your fortune depends on keeping plant machinery operating, breakdowns and slipping belts hold up production
      N. Smith Belting Works (Toronto, Ont.)
      Approximately 1940
      Toronto police have endorsed the modern method of discouraging tire thefts by branding the tires
      Toronto police have endorsed the modern method of discouraging tire thefts by branding the tires
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/20/1942
      Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
      Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
      Calleja, Frank
      6/18/1975
      Still not Tire-D of Summer, Lana, left, and Jenna, take advantage of a spot of good eather in an otherwise chilly summer to scale a wall of tires at Forest Valley Day Camp in North York
      Still not Tire-D of Summer, Lana, left, and Jenna, take advantage of a spot of good eather in an otherwise chilly summer to scale a wall of tires at Forest Valley Day Camp in North York
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/17/1992
      Car pools are a flop. You can park for just 50 cents a day in a downtown lot if there are at least three people in your car. But so far car pools are a flop, says writer Trent Frayne
      Car pools are a flop. You can park for just 50 cents a day in a downtown lot if there are at least three people in your car. But so far car pools are a flop, says writer Trent Frayne
      Lennon, Frank
      1/13/1974
      We asked Doris Anderson, ex-editor of Chatelaine magazine, to do the Sunday Star Quiz so you could compare your results with hers. She got 11 out of 15. Can you beat that?
      We asked Doris Anderson, ex-editor of Chatelaine magazine, to do the Sunday Star Quiz so you could compare your results with hers. She got 11 out of 15. Can you beat that?
      Anderson, Doris
      8/29/1977
      Conway Twitty has stumbled upon a secret the world has long sought: How to blow your horn so well you can charge admission
      Conway Twitty has stumbled upon a secret the world has long sought: How to blow your horn so well you can charge admission
      Bryant, George
      4/12/1984