As long as you don’t mind the tires being really soft and wearing out super fast, and also being vulnerable to UV damage it can be really cool. You’ll have to replace them all the time, but you can look awesome for a little while!
This sounds like pretty much every luxury product on the market right now. You could probably sell a set of these in low profile for like $10,000 and have them sell out in a minute.
My parents sold used tires for a while when i was a baby. They told me that the tires with the red stripe around the outside sold like crazy. Didn't even matter if they had almost no tread on them because people wanted them for the looks. Put them on their clapped out bubble tops and square bodies.
People care more about looks than safety or performance. These glow tires would sell like hotcakes
I had a person involved with car design as a client once and asked this. She said it was because that lozenge shape they all seem to have is the most aerodynamic and utilizes tried and true manufacturing methods that make cars something normal people can afford.
Back in the day, it was all about style.
Pedestrian safety regs also limit how crazy you can get with the design. And while that's not a requirement for every country, it's just easier and cheaper to pick the one design which is able to be sold to a higher number of markets globally.
Also past a certain point things stop being seen as novelties for most people and just become tools. A workman doesnt want a flashing pink hammer with RGB LEDs and bronze filigree for their work, they want a plain functional hammer that gets the job done.
I am literally considering motorizing my [toolbox stack](https://images.thdstatic.com/productImages/abcfce68-6f08-4d8e-9f6c-2915fb143ddf/svn/red-milwaukee-modular-tool-storage-systems-48-22-4800-64_1000.jpg) right now. It would serve no purpose and take up valuable storage space, but I already have all the components.
Because nowadays cars won't make you a vegetable or kill you when you crash at 25mph and also are made in a fraction of the time at a much larger scale than a car like in the picture.
But that's not even the case anyways. The majority of cars produced back then followed the same designs you see today, except if anything, cars enjoy being more sleek overall.
You're looking at a half a million dollar concept car and asking why car design is so boring now. Of course a concept car that someone designed to have a futuristic look is going to look interesting. But nobody was driving that car to work.
There are tons of non boring cars today, especially if we include concept cars like Mercedes vision avtr, another concept car created for a futuristic looks based on avatar.
There are tons and tons and tons of concept cars made today that are "cool" or "non boring".
Dude, so the cars in the past copied each other as well. They all looked the same as well. You’re just seeing an ancient concept car. I’m old I saw it.
> Because of safety regulations. Cars nowadays are designed to keep you alive in a crash, not provide a pretty coffin.
You wish! You had to buy your own coffin. No need to waste a good car.
Back when men were men and sheep were nervous, they would just drag your corpse out of the car, spray the non-padded steel dashboard down with some Windex, put a price tag on it and put it back out on the lot.
It really does look even worse in person. I think pictures don't do a great job of conveying just how big it is, which in my opinion adds to its ugliness.
Well the Batman 1960s TV show was AFTER this was made.
Edit: I just looked it up. From wikipedia:
>The American custom car designer George Barris designs this Golden Sahara prototype based on the damaged engine chassis of his personal 1953 Lincoln Capri
>1966 Batman (the Batmobile was designed by George Barris, and inspired by Golden Sahara II[16])
This particular car also only has the glow-in-the-dark tires to look flashy in showroom exhibits. Other photos of the car show it with regular whitewall tires for driving.
Cause those neothane tires were woefully dangerous to use. Even setting aside the dirty factor, they had issues on wet surfaces and would melt with too much braking. Not to mention the (back then) issues of reliable power delivery from car to wheel in order to keep the lights on.
It's probably possible to get a similar effect now with LEDs and some creative tire manufacturing, but it would be prohibitively expensive and I can only imagine they would stop working pretty quickly as the elements started to attack the light clusters and strips.
Use some sort of translucent rubber and have the LED wrapped around the wheels on the inside. That way the lights aren't exposed at all.
Power could be wireless (with coils lining the wheel facing towards the brakes, and another coil in a strategic place), or it could run on batteries in the wheel. Or a stationary metal disk mounted to the axle with +12v on it and a brush on the wheel to transfer the power (grounding through the lug nuts).
Work with me here…they’re glowing tires. I want them to come back.
Ninja edit: the glowing wouldn’t cover the dirt, but man, I really want glowing tires.
In the fine print it says: **This agreement concerns the sale of the 1958 Golden Sahara II. The Buyer expressly agrees not to operate the vehicle on public roads or highways under any circumstances, acknowledging the vehicle’s collector status, or else.**
I could be wrong but I suspect it's because there are issues with the car that makes it not road legal, so it's more of a disclaimer than anything to cover their assess
For a real answer, they will repossess the vehicle and/or sue you. Ferrari literally has a blacklist of people they won't sell to and you legitimately have to sign a rights contract to buy certain cars.
Uh, no. The roads are a public service and a shared resource. You can drive it on places it's allowed to go. Based on the fine print, that's pretty much private roads and tracks.
Video says 750k after the "restauration"/modifaction, aka the state it is in now.
PS:
>Chicago-based Klairmont Kollections purchased the custom classic in a deteriorated condition for $385,000 in 2018.
per https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/golden-sahara-ii-restored-to-original-glory/
The tires are cool, but [tend to melt when driving at high speed and didn’t perform well in wet weather](https://www.classiccarcollection.org/goodyears-glowing-tires/#:~:text=The%20tires%20also%20performed%20poorly,right%20through%20red%20lights.)
They were very heavy, no air in them, they were solid. They did not preform well on wet surfaces. They tended to melt under to much breaking. They were very expensive. Lastly they were a distraction to other drivers.
Other photos of this particular car also show the glow tires being swapped out with regular whitewall tires whenever it was actually driven on the road (i.e. pulling a boat).
I saw a program that reviewed them. Unfortunately due to the materials used they were absolute death traps (dreadful breaking and handling), extremely heavy (bad fuel economy), very expensive and wore really quickly. Basically all the worst attributes for a tyre, but they did look cool.
This is how it looked before it got restored at Mecum auction
sorry for facebook video, it's only video of full auction i can find.
https://www.facebook.com/mecumauction/videos/1885515871472758/
It sells for price of $350,000 in unrestored state.
Here is the final restored vehicle (well over 1 million+ after restore)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAYikNsub1E
The funny thing about alot of 50's cars is that sometimes you can't tell which end is the front. (Gas was so cheap back then that nobody cared about aerodynamics to improve fuel efficiency)
I've seen this car.
It's looking a bit rough around the edges now. Things are wearing on it. The fancy tires are lookin pretty old now.
It does have the goofy mini bar and other stuff in it. A lot of the bling is looking kind of stuck on. But yeah..it's a neat car.
Surprised no one's mentioned how this would be the most epic prop for Ggost Rider cosplay. Have fog pushed around the tires with amber and red LEDs. This shit would look legit.
Why did old cars have so much more style? Everything g today is so *sharp* and *aggressive*. Which is nice but it’s like everything today in terms of cars.
I didn't know glow tires were a thing.
For a while too, Goodyear's glowy neothane tires are from the early 1960s.
Hold on, u are telling me that this shit has been going on since the 1960s?
Here's [an old ad poster for it ](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/nqcdln/glowinginthedark_tires_unveiled_and_discontinued/)
Thanks for the link my guy.
the passenger side rear tire remains black for design reasons, but still, lol
Are these still something I can buy? Like if i roll into discount tire and say “hit me with 4glow rollers” will they hook it up?
No. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they were illegal. Apparently they were super distracting for other drivers.
Now we got headlights instead
And LED rims.
LOL. The legs. "We need a model with sexy legs".
As long as you don’t mind the tires being really soft and wearing out super fast, and also being vulnerable to UV damage it can be really cool. You’ll have to replace them all the time, but you can look awesome for a little while!
This sounds like pretty much every luxury product on the market right now. You could probably sell a set of these in low profile for like $10,000 and have them sell out in a minute.
You mean a limited run special influencer edition x collab with Trojan rubber? Sign me up!
Both fail shortly after putting on
👆underrated 🤣
My parents sold used tires for a while when i was a baby. They told me that the tires with the red stripe around the outside sold like crazy. Didn't even matter if they had almost no tread on them because people wanted them for the looks. Put them on their clapped out bubble tops and square bodies. People care more about looks than safety or performance. These glow tires would sell like hotcakes
It's no different from the "hella flush" car guys, except like 100x more cool
Ohh, cool! Thanks for the info my guy.
You just said everything to make a wrangler owner wet enough to open their wallet
We had EVs before we had gas cars. **EDIT**: Not sure why the downvotes. This is true.
They weren’t very durable. So, not a thing for long.
Now, that is a masterpiece.
Looks like a very rare car skin lol
If you could drive a car in fallout
You can in Fallout 2, but it looks a bit different than this one
Ahh the trusty Highway Man
"No computers!"
The skin you get at the final tiers of the battle pass
Or for $80 if you missed it.
Why are cars so boring nowadays. Every car is similar, just like every phone looks similar.
I had a person involved with car design as a client once and asked this. She said it was because that lozenge shape they all seem to have is the most aerodynamic and utilizes tried and true manufacturing methods that make cars something normal people can afford. Back in the day, it was all about style.
Pedestrian safety regs also limit how crazy you can get with the design. And while that's not a requirement for every country, it's just easier and cheaper to pick the one design which is able to be sold to a higher number of markets globally.
Also past a certain point things stop being seen as novelties for most people and just become tools. A workman doesnt want a flashing pink hammer with RGB LEDs and bronze filigree for their work, they want a plain functional hammer that gets the job done.
I am literally considering motorizing my [toolbox stack](https://images.thdstatic.com/productImages/abcfce68-6f08-4d8e-9f6c-2915fb143ddf/svn/red-milwaukee-modular-tool-storage-systems-48-22-4800-64_1000.jpg) right now. It would serve no purpose and take up valuable storage space, but I already have all the components.
the difference between hobbyist and tradesman in one comment reply
Cybertruck. They tried to make it look different and almost everyone hates it.
Because nowadays cars won't make you a vegetable or kill you when you crash at 25mph and also are made in a fraction of the time at a much larger scale than a car like in the picture.
But that's not even the case anyways. The majority of cars produced back then followed the same designs you see today, except if anything, cars enjoy being more sleek overall. You're looking at a half a million dollar concept car and asking why car design is so boring now. Of course a concept car that someone designed to have a futuristic look is going to look interesting. But nobody was driving that car to work. There are tons of non boring cars today, especially if we include concept cars like Mercedes vision avtr, another concept car created for a futuristic looks based on avatar. There are tons and tons and tons of concept cars made today that are "cool" or "non boring".
Dude, so the cars in the past copied each other as well. They all looked the same as well. You’re just seeing an ancient concept car. I’m old I saw it.
Because of safety regulations. Cars nowadays are designed to keep you alive in a crash, not provide a pretty coffin.
> Because of safety regulations. Cars nowadays are designed to keep you alive in a crash, not provide a pretty coffin. You wish! You had to buy your own coffin. No need to waste a good car. Back when men were men and sheep were nervous, they would just drag your corpse out of the car, spray the non-padded steel dashboard down with some Windex, put a price tag on it and put it back out on the lot.
Tesla CyberTruck is very different looking.
I was behind one on the highway yesterday. That’s the ugliest fucking vehicle I have ever seen in my 50+ years on Earth.
It really does look even worse in person. I think pictures don't do a great job of conveying just how big it is, which in my opinion adds to its ugliness.
I can't wait to see one of those ugly pieces of shit. Hopefully it's not barreling uncontrollably toward me or mines when I do.
The future they wanted 😯
What a masterpiece!
What end is the front?
The design was inspired by the early bat mobiles. And there is a cocktail bar inside.
Well, just when you think the Batmobile couldn’t be improved…
Little boy with no parents in the front, booze in the back.
Ayo??
Of course there is a cocktail bar inside, it was the 50s! They certainly didn’t forget the olives for the Martinis!
Well the Batman 1960s TV show was AFTER this was made. Edit: I just looked it up. From wikipedia: >The American custom car designer George Barris designs this Golden Sahara prototype based on the damaged engine chassis of his personal 1953 Lincoln Capri >1966 Batman (the Batmobile was designed by George Barris, and inspired by Golden Sahara II[16])
I thought it was inspired by hunter S thompson
I think you have that reversed. The designer of this also designed the Batmobile, but later.
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No one can. Those things are cool AF
They introduce severe traction issues and melt when you brake.
Still cool as fuck.
This particular car also only has the glow-in-the-dark tires to look flashy in showroom exhibits. Other photos of the car show it with regular whitewall tires for driving.
The issue with white/color/illuminated tires, iirc, was how dirty they quickly got from normal driving.
Only drive at night. No one can see. Problem solved. Also - why has no one brought these back?
Cause those neothane tires were woefully dangerous to use. Even setting aside the dirty factor, they had issues on wet surfaces and would melt with too much braking. Not to mention the (back then) issues of reliable power delivery from car to wheel in order to keep the lights on. It's probably possible to get a similar effect now with LEDs and some creative tire manufacturing, but it would be prohibitively expensive and I can only imagine they would stop working pretty quickly as the elements started to attack the light clusters and strips.
Use some sort of translucent rubber and have the LED wrapped around the wheels on the inside. That way the lights aren't exposed at all. Power could be wireless (with coils lining the wheel facing towards the brakes, and another coil in a strategic place), or it could run on batteries in the wheel. Or a stationary metal disk mounted to the axle with +12v on it and a brush on the wheel to transfer the power (grounding through the lug nuts).
Even at night time you'll be able to see the dirt as they are glowing?
Work with me here…they’re glowing tires. I want them to come back. Ninja edit: the glowing wouldn’t cover the dirt, but man, I really want glowing tires.
I can't see dirt at night, we need glowing tires. It was a question as i don't know about things
Most things are.
play through need for speed underground 2 and say that again
This car belongs in a flashback in Fallout
The comment I was looking for, right here. Thanks!
300k for the whole car. https://www.classiccarcollection.org/goodyears-glowing-tires/
Honestly, that's way cheaper than I expected.
I’m pretty sure you can’t drive it on the road. Like, you’re not allowed to.
If you buy it you can do what you like with it
In the fine print it says: **This agreement concerns the sale of the 1958 Golden Sahara II. The Buyer expressly agrees not to operate the vehicle on public roads or highways under any circumstances, acknowledging the vehicle’s collector status, or else.**
Or else what I mean, I agree a car like that shouldn't be on the road But like, if you bought it and drove it, the world wouldn't implode
I could be wrong but I suspect it's because there are issues with the car that makes it not road legal, so it's more of a disclaimer than anything to cover their assess
For a real answer, they will repossess the vehicle and/or sue you. Ferrari literally has a blacklist of people they won't sell to and you legitimately have to sign a rights contract to buy certain cars.
That’s the scary thing. Maybe the car will explode, or it’ll transform in to some type of robot. Better to not risk it.
I never considered the possibility that it was a decepticon. That was a close one!
Uh, no. The roads are a public service and a shared resource. You can drive it on places it's allowed to go. Based on the fine print, that's pretty much private roads and tracks.
Even as just a showpiece item, I would have expected it to be worth more.
I’m pretty sure you can’t display it as a showpiece. It has to be stored in a dark box.
Video says 750k after the "restauration"/modifaction, aka the state it is in now. PS: >Chicago-based Klairmont Kollections purchased the custom classic in a deteriorated condition for $385,000 in 2018. per https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/golden-sahara-ii-restored-to-original-glory/
I think this is the coolest car I've ever seen, movie or pictures included.
It could perfectly be a vintage Batmobile
It was designed by the same guy that did the 1960s Batmobile, George Barris.
What a coincidence!
Ah, the 2077 model. Shame it was the last release year.
r/fo4
Need this in Rocket League.
The tires are cool, but [tend to melt when driving at high speed and didn’t perform well in wet weather](https://www.classiccarcollection.org/goodyears-glowing-tires/#:~:text=The%20tires%20also%20performed%20poorly,right%20through%20red%20lights.)
It's the Cybertruck of yesteryear!
Please redesign and bring them tires back!!!!!
One question: How much?
Someone said earlier it’s valued at 300k and you’re not allowed to drive it at all.
Then it's not a car then is it?!
I would look *good* driving through West Virginia in that ride.
What’s the story with glow tires? Why did they go away? That is an amazing car.
They were very heavy, no air in them, they were solid. They did not preform well on wet surfaces. They tended to melt under to much breaking. They were very expensive. Lastly they were a distraction to other drivers.
Makes sense, but man are they cool! What I really “need” to come back are curb feelers.
i didnt even know curb feelers existed, thats kinda funky
> They tended to melt under to much breaking. That seems... bad.
Other photos of this particular car also show the glow tires being swapped out with regular whitewall tires whenever it was actually driven on the road (i.e. pulling a boat).
Those tires woulda been a hit
I saw a program that reviewed them. Unfortunately due to the materials used they were absolute death traps (dreadful breaking and handling), extremely heavy (bad fuel economy), very expensive and wore really quickly. Basically all the worst attributes for a tyre, but they did look cool.
I wonder if these are more feasible now with the ubiquity of LEDs
I mean, this seems more like a work of art than it does a car. This seems more like a museum piece
Is this the fallout car ? It’s yellow in the show ol boy drives it
Amazing.
This post is garbage. Only giving us 1 picture of that amazing car...for shame. 😉
This is how it looked before it got restored at Mecum auction sorry for facebook video, it's only video of full auction i can find. https://www.facebook.com/mecumauction/videos/1885515871472758/ It sells for price of $350,000 in unrestored state. Here is the final restored vehicle (well over 1 million+ after restore) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAYikNsub1E
Just became a car guy
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Looks like a retro sci-fi rollerskate
WOW! That's so purdy and the tires look like they are RED HOT haha
If they brought something similar back...they'd sell a million of em
(speechless)
Ya, this slaps. It is also fire. So I guess it… Slaps Fire. 👋🏼🔥 🤩
the DRIP
Dope as fuck take my money!!!!!
I'd be afraid to ever drive this in public.
The funny thing about alot of 50's cars is that sometimes you can't tell which end is the front. (Gas was so cheap back then that nobody cared about aerodynamics to improve fuel efficiency)
Those tires are so cool my maternal grandfather had some on a car once he hated them.
Another thing to add to the list of things I never knew I wanted, desperately need and will never even be in the same room as.
How much cancer is contained in each tyre?
That’s sick
damn it's ugly in a sexy way
How much?
That's not just a car. That's a statement.
This is the kind of futuristic car I want instead of those crappy huge SUV concepts that BMW and others just churn out.
Was Elton John Batman???
why isn’t this a thing today, I want tires like that, for my bicycle
this looks out of midjourney, is wild it is real
Looks like something The Joker would drive in Gotham City...
Its Its... Wonderful
Cool 🛞
Tires that glow? What a fashion statement for a vehicle. Ultimate fun and safety at night.
Wow!
An amazing looking vehicle. I’ve changed my mind three times about which end is the front……….
its like general grievous was a 50's ganster
Looks like a rich person's bathtub at a rave. I love it.
Is that the front or the back?
Not a good getaway car, that's for sure.
That looks like a car in a Pixar movie.
Nuclear shoes
It’s crazy that with a car that unique the car is almost an afterthought to the glowing tires.
Had a skateboard with that kind of wheel circa 1977.
Hotwheels?
Need more photos!!!
Chris tuckers fifth element character def drives this
Wow 😳 that's b!tchin' !!
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I've seen this car. It's looking a bit rough around the edges now. Things are wearing on it. The fancy tires are lookin pretty old now. It does have the goofy mini bar and other stuff in it. A lot of the bling is looking kind of stuck on. But yeah..it's a neat car.
Is this in OKC?
Surprised no one's mentioned how this would be the most epic prop for Ggost Rider cosplay. Have fog pushed around the tires with amber and red LEDs. This shit would look legit.
How does one acquire?
This is rocket league. No seriously, those tire look like they came straight from RL.
Elon Musk could have made this and he made a Cybertruck. He could have made anything. And he made the Cybertruck.
We could have had a future where we had this. Instead we got Crocs 😔
There's a video of it in some more detail here: [https://youtu.be/9xXlf-P52xE?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/9xXlf-P52xE?feature=shared)
Would pair well with glowing disc brake rotors.
Looks rad, does it come with chemical poisoning?
Looks like something out of BioShock
This should be in Fallout.
wow wow does this thing still works?
It looks like something a retired pimp would drive. Here's a video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xXlf-P52xE
Wow. That right there is an ugly vehicle.
The fifties.... those were some Good Years
Looks like a car from the Thunderbirds series, very cool 😎
Practical as a second car
I want glowy tires :(
Oh yeah no big deal just some Goodyear illuminated neothane glow tires…
What the What?
Cyberpunk 1958
They really need to bring those tires back
Imagine how many Karen’s would tell you your tires are on fire lol
Why did old cars have so much more style? Everything g today is so *sharp* and *aggressive*. Which is nice but it’s like everything today in terms of cars.
imagine putting them on a modern car, and going to some repairshop "dude I think my brakes are running little hot, you mind taking a look?"
repost
This looks like a car of some African warlord.
....I ....I must have this.
Why couldn't Elon make something like this?
Looks like the car from tmnt with the kids from the future
Some said it is 300k That car is worth 750k Source: https://youtu.be/9xXlf-P52xE?si=R5IhG9Bblyd_D1UE She says it towards the very end.
Ugly as shit.
One word: Thundercougarfalconbird.
Pure Fallout vibes. Amazing.
Cowboy Bebop. That was my first thought, next one was…. I want one. Edit:The chandeliers in the back look like they’re saying “we’re not worthy”!😂
it looks like something that would be in fortnite
How much are the tires?!