Weird private-label tire names

Anybody remember Fisk tires?
I bought some at Discount Tire around 30 years ago but I remember seeing Fisk Tires signs on gas stations in New Jersey back in the '60's.

Found this
Who made Fisk tires?



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The Fisk enterprise, as a whole, was acquired by United States Rubber (later Uniroyal) in 1940. After having been dormant since the [1970s], the Fisk brand was revived by Discount Tire in 1996 under an agreement with Michelin, which had purchased Uniroyal in 1990.

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measureman said:
Anybody remember Fisk tires?
I bought some at Discount Tire around 30 years ago but I remember seeing Fisk Tires signs on gas stations in New Jersey back in the '60's.

Found this
Who made Fisk tires?



Image result for Fisk Tires
The Fisk enterprise, as a whole, was acquired by United States Rubber (later Uniroyal) in 1940. After having been dormant since the [1970s], the Fisk brand was revived by Discount Tire in 1996 under an agreement with Michelin, which had purchased Uniroyal in 1990.

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Related to Fisk of Gould and Fisk infamy? :ROFLMAO:
 
The tires that replaced my rotted trailer tires are Greenballs. I can’t recall where they were made but I remember it’s not China or USA.
 

FIRESTONE FIREHAWK WIDE OVAL INDY 500 ​

I think firestone was influenced by the influx of chinese tire brands when it chose this name? ​

 
Trolling or not, I personally think "Firehawk" is a silly name. I cringe whenever I happen to see that word on the sidewalls of my FRS.

While this thread is about weird sounding obscure tire brands, I think there's a good amount strange names among established tire brands. Michelin X-Ice Xi3 is a bit a of a tongue twister. And I have no idea what Continental was thinking of with their ContiEcoProForceSportContact DWS06+Sport 02 naming scheme nonsense.
 
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