Originally Posted by
SoCaled
When I was a teen in the 1970s, I actually used those Camel patch kits. My parents owned a small truck stop and we used the patches to repair truck tires and tubes. The patch was attached to the back of a little tin that was filled with some quick burning material. You would clamp the patch over the hole, then light the material. When the flame burned out, you peel the tin off and the patch was left permanently attached to the tube. I'm not sure what was in the flammable material, but I'm sure the smoke from one patch was as bad as smoking a carton of unfiltered Camel cigarettes.
