That was the early '70's, when patch technology was a bit iffy. As far as I can remember, I've never had a Rema patch fail.

I don't have to deal with goatheads like those pictured earlier in the thread, but what with the tiny 3-day-beard-length whiskers from steel-belted car tires and those nasty headless nails that litter the roads around construction sites, I'll stick with patching tubes for the foreseeable future.

Though I suppose I could get a set of tubeless wheels and take up some busywork hobby instead of patching tubes. Maybe embroidery.