Wouldn't have had rubber 'tyres' when it rolled off the production line in 1920 but I wouldn't want to drive it on a metalled road without them nowadays!
Why are they called "metalled roads" when there is no metal in them?
It's sad, but I do know this one. The word 'metal' (from Greek metallon) originally meant any quarried or mined product such as rock or ore, though nowadays the common meaning is the refined end-product of an ore. There is a neat twist here because my engine worked most of its life hauling rocks from a quarry for road-building.
