# Fisk Tire: 'Time to re-tire' **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120 "2022-01-25T21:49:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/1 "2022-01-25T21:49:14Z")
Anyone else remember this? [https://media.gettyimages.com/illustrations/vintage-illustration-of-a-sleepy-young-boy-in-pajamas-holding-a-tire-illustration-id583877468](https://media.gettyimages.com/illustrations/vintage-illustration-of-a-sleepy-young-boy-in-pajamas-holding-a-tire-illustration-id583877468) ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/2 "2022-01-25T21:52:16Z")
I never seen that one. do you know what year it is from? ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/3 "2022-01-25T21:56:54Z")
> [@weekend-warrior](#): > > I never seen that one. do you know what year it is from? I never have either but it looks to be from the early 1900s. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/4 "2022-01-25T22:07:34Z")
They used that kid for a LONG time. Here’s one from '62: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/0/20cf26dd46ddfeccc2946ed5d475662505f57569.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/5 "2022-01-25T22:17:01Z")
I never even heard of Fisk. was it a good tire? it seems to have been around a long time. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/6 "2022-01-25T22:17:17Z")
Fisk might have been a regional tire brand, but I definitely remember it from my childhood. Here is another one–which was probably a regional brand, rather than a national brand. A shop in my town used to display one of these signs when I was a kid. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/f/3ffcd5f21719af08b34df003d593a331ad59ff0a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/7 "2022-01-25T22:21:10Z")
… and those of “a certain age” should recall Armstrong Tires, which–supposedly–“gripped the road” better than all other tires. In their TV ads, the announcer would declare that “Armstrong tires _GRRRRRR-I-P the road_”. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/9/f9dc9c6629d2d9e8705fe14e8dbdd828b47cbd59.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/8 "2022-01-25T22:26:09Z")
do you get a free razor with every tire? LOL ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/9 "2022-01-25T22:29:06Z")
> [@weekend-warrior](#): > > do you get a free razor with every tire? When my brother and I drove past that Gillette Tire sign, it was inevitable that one of us would say… _Those are really **sharp** tires_! ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/10 "2022-01-25T22:34:47Z")
All you might want to know about Fisk: [Fisk Rubber Company - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisk_Rubber_Company) ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/11 "2022-01-25T22:41:22Z")
I remember the Fisk ad and immediately thought of the Armstrong ad too. Can’t remember the Gillette one. I don’t remember going to Gillette Castle either. I think his first name was really King. I don’t know if he was involved in the tire business. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/12 "2022-01-25T22:54:28Z")
Here is another ad from a tire company that is (I think… ) defunct. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/2/925736b35abe9fdb6c2ff769ae772d7b3c6d545c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/13 "2022-01-25T22:56:04Z")
Another one that comes to mind is **Remington Tires** , which claimed to be “The choice of discriminating buyers”. I don’t recall if you got a typewriter or an electric shaver as a bonus with your tire purchase. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/14 "2022-01-25T22:56:35Z")
the ability to stop cuts down on accidents. go figure. so glad they told us. LOL ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/15 "2022-01-25T22:58:09Z")
> [@weekend-warrior](#): > > so glad they told us. LOL The cop in their ad was _Captain Obvious_. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/16 "2022-01-25T23:06:30Z")
Didn’t good year or Firestone I am thinking have a tire called Tiger Paw? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/17 "2022-01-25T23:14:13Z")
Firestone had Tiger Paws. If you filled your tank with Esso’s Tiger Power gasoline and also installed Tiger Paws, you could smell the cat urine from two blocks away. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/18 "2022-01-25T23:14:50Z")
Uniroyal tiger paw. they still sell them ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/19 "2022-01-25T23:16:52Z")
Whoops! Yes, they were a Uniroyal model name. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120/20 "2022-01-25T23:17:49Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Esso’s Tiger Power gasoline Yep I had the tiger tail sticking out of my tank. 😆 [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fisk-tire-time-to-re-tire/182120.md?page=2)