Max Robin said:

Driver tires were made
of nickle silver (determined by spectroanalysis and grain structure on
electron microscope).

Grain structure ain't gonna tell you a thing, electron microscopy or not,
as whether it's stainless. But spectroanalysis in that microscope, sure.
And BTW, Max, it's really "nickel."

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