Pharis Tire and Rubber snake belly tires - stock or aftermarket equipment?

[thatonejohn]

I picked up a Monark yesterday and it came with a nice set of snake belly tires on it. Probably planning on taking the tires off to use on something else. Morrow eclipse hub is dated P1, so 1946 first quarter.

Question is, did these tires only come on Monarks, or did they come with other brands? Are there ads or specs that mention these tires? Looking for some hard evidence rather than hearsay.

I found a couple ads in Boys Life, so they were available aftermarket.

Thanks

 

[morton]

These are similar and were on a 1948 Columbia I sold this spring to a fellow caber that was complete and virtually untouched but I don't know if they were factory.

The ribs don't curve like yours but the tread looks like that shown in the ad, Perhaps the companies were related in some way or one copied the other.

Posted as an FYI.

 

[Freqman1]

I believe they were factory on the '47 Hex Tube bikes. They may have been factory on this bike as well. V/r Shawn

 

[Oldbikes]

Factory.


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[CWCMAN]

I believe Carlisle bought out Pharis tire company. They continues the same style tire but changed the Pharis Mark to Carlisle.

I have a nice set of those. Definitely one of my favorite tire styles

 

[cds2323]

The Pharis snakebelly tires were shown on Monark bikes in catalogs and ads from 1946 and 1947. I haven't seen them on Monark ads after that.

Here's a 1947 Monark Hex tube ad that shows them.

 

[cds2323]

Here are some Pharis and Carlisle ads of snakebelly tires.

 

[WES PINCHOT]

NEAT!
WHERE DO YOU GUYS FIND THIS STUFF?

 

[cds2323]

The Monark ad is available in the NBJ/John Polizzi Monark book in black and white. The color one I found online.

 

[thatonejohn]

The Pharis snakebelly tires were shown on Monark bikes in catalogs and ads from 1946 and 1947. I haven't seen them on Monark ads after that.

Thanks for the info, looks like they're pretty much pegged to '46 and '47 Monarks, while still being replacement tires for other makes/models.

NEAT!
WHERE DO YOU GUYS FIND THIS STUFF?

The two Pharis ads I posted I clipped from Boys Life, available on the internet. I searched for "pharis lightning" on https://books.google.com/

In fact, searching again while typing this reply, "Consumers' research bulletin annual" from 1948 reviewed(?) a Shelby Cadillac ladies S21 with pharis lightning tires on it.