Back on good terms with Goodyear?

[ZachTheZip]

Goodyear to donate $1.1 million photo collection to UA.I hope that some of these will go on display around campus.I thought Goodyear and UA weren't on the best terms anymore, but this seems like a good step forwards to me.

[zen]

I don't think you can quantify a monetary value on those materials... and I don't think that Goodyear was even looking at it that way.I think that they felt that there was a historical value, and that they should be properly cataloged and handled because of that. It's not the kind of thing that you say, "hmm, we could get 1.1mill for these on ebay". It's more important than money. They could have donated them to another institution capable of handling them in the proper way, but it makes sense to keep them in Akron. Another institution, Smithsonian for example, would have picked and chosen only those things they found of interest.Props to Goodyear

[zipseuph]

Goodyear to donate $1.1 million photo collection to UA.I hope that some of these will go on display around campus.I thought Goodyear and UA weren't on the best terms anymore, but this seems like a good step forwards to me.

so does this mean the band will bring back the tire drum? I sure hope so

[Zipsrifle]

Goodyear to donate $1.1 million photo collection to UA.I hope that some of these will go on display around campus.I thought Goodyear and UA weren't on the best terms anymore, but this seems like a good step forwards to me.

so does this mean the band will bring back the tire drum? I sure hope so

I hear THAT! That is definately a great idea. We need to establish some traditions, and this is something we can bring back from the past! We could get the biggest tire we could find, have the engineering students rig up some type of motorized drive for the thing and have it ready for opening day at ICS! The crowd would go WILD!!!

[zen]

The larger the diameter of the drum, the better high-tension material you need.It would be a good research project for some polymer wiz-kids

[Zipsrifle]

The larger the diameter of the drum, the better high-tension material you need.It would be a good research project for some polymer wiz-kids

Yea, the only problem is the larger the tire, the heavier it will be. Some of the really big tires probably weigh several TONS! This would pose a problem if the tire tipped over. I'm sure the engineering dept. could come up with something. Low tech (an outrigger) or high tech (a gyroscopic balancing device). After our $1.5 million dollar investment to get a tire to become a drum, we could boast that it is the most advanced drum in the world!

[zipseuph]

The larger the diameter of the drum, the better high-tension material you need.It would be a good research project for some polymer wiz-kids

Yea, the only problem is the larger the tire, the heavier it will be. Some of the really big tires probably weigh several TONS! This would pose a problem if the tire tipped over. I'm sure the engineering dept. could come up with something. Low tech (an outrigger) or high tech (a gyroscopic balancing device). After our $1.5 million dollar investment to get a tire to become a drum, we could boast that it is the most advanced drum in the world!

I think making a tire drum would actually be easyer that that. just go out into the country and get an old tractor tire spray paint it black to give it that fresh from the factory look and mount a drum in it.of course you could get a monster truck tire but it would probably be impracticle and far too heavy wich is exactly why we got rid of the old one