I remember seeing my Dad use one of those when I was a kid (about 40 years ago). I just assumed that nobody made them for decades, now.

When I was in high school and college (30 years ago), I did a lot of truck flat fixing, on tube-type tires. We used cold-applied patches similar to what is available for bikes now. One thing is that the patches seemed to be higher quality. I think part of the issue with modern patches is not the generic type of patch, but just low quality products in the first place, perhaps driven by the fact that people don't use tubes in car tires anymore.

I'm not sure what all sizes those flaming patch kits were made it, but what I remember my dad using wouldn't have worked on anything but a balloon tire tube. Maybe they made smaller ones, too.

Proper technique is important with the cold-applied patch kits. You have to let the glue dry before applying the patch. It helps to inflate the tube to about the size that it will be in the tire so that the patch doesn't have to stretch as much. When I was fixing truck flats, we'd always rub dust/dirt off the shop floor on the patch after it was applied so that the new glue around it didn't stick to the tire. Patches on the rim side of a tube are always iffy, in my experience.