[DeTomaso] NPC: Wheel spinners. AKA Suicide balls.
dave londry
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Sat Jun 21 13:18:27 EDT 2014
Just jamming a few email responses together here.
Hmmmm, The girls are so ugly in this area that Baskin Robbins has 31
flavors.
jerry
>>> Jerry, where do you live? I may want to put that in my nogo zone when I finally get onto my
"drive all the way around US and Canada" project.
If I remember correctly the suicide came in if you got your shirt or
coat sleeve hung on the ball during a turn. You could either complete
the turn or break your wrist.
jerry
>>> My dad rolled an Oliver tractor on top of himself, thanks to one of those steering balls.
He came out fine. (You can see I come from a long line of intellectuals)
And I'm not going near the subject of row-crop wheels on tall, skinny tractors.
dave
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On 20/06/2014 7:58 PM, Jerry Knotts wrote:
> If I remember correctly the suicide came in if you got your shirt or
> coat sleeve hung on the ball during a turn. You could either complete
> the turn or break your wrist.
> On 6/20/2014 9:03 PM, Boyd Casey wrote:
>
> At this point I will continue to work on my upper body strength and
> leave the "suicide balls" to the 50's hot rods!
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Julian Kift
> [1]<[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> You can buy those clamp on steering ball thingy's at all good geriatric
> stores :>) I think they also sell them 2 for 1 on TV deals if you call
> within 10 minutes.
> __________________________________________________________________
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> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 21:29:23 -0400
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering wheels
> From: [[2]2]boyd411 at gmail.com
> To: [[3]3]MikeLDrew at aol.com
> CC: [[4]4]bill at incendium.com; [[5]5]detomaso-bounces at poca.com;
> [[6]6]julian_kift at hotmail.com; [[7]7]detomaso at poca.com
> My Lecarra wheel is nay 13" in diameter. With my Nitto NT-05 235/40R18
> A Front tires that are 9.57" wide I felt like I needed steroids to turn
> the wheel from lock to lock while parking! Some one should invent a
> wheel with an extension from one of the spokes with one of those 1950's
> suicide speed steering balls (a brodie knob).
> Tuning those 9.57" wide 18" wheels with no power steering will give you
> quite a work out. The extra inch of leverage would have come in handy
> even if it made you ooh like Ralph Kramden!
> Boyd
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Mike Drew [8]<[8]MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hahaha!
> Fwiw I experimented with a 15 inch lecarra wheel for about a week.
> Seemed like a good idea when I ordered it, but it was way too big.
> It felt like I was driving a bus!
> Mike
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 20, 2014, at 17:25, "Bill Moore" [9]<[9]bill at incendium.com> wrote:
> > Let's pick on Boyd and Mike. Maybe both require a salt shaker. I have
> a Momo 14" wheel, but I'm thinking about getting a "whatever" 16"
> wheel. I'm a big enough boy that I don't care or need a blessing. If
> the 16" doesn't fit or work for me, so be it. It's only time and money.
> I'm done. Let's get back to pickin on Boyd.
> > Bill Moore
> > Incendium Supply
> > Calgary
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Boyd Casey [10]<[10]boyd411 at gmail.com>
> > Sender: "DeTomaso" [11]<[11]detomaso-bounces at poca.com>Date: Fri, 20 Jun
> 2014 20:17:08
> > To: Julian Kift[12]<[12]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
> > Cc: [[13]13]MikeLDrew at aol.com[14]<[14]mikeldrew at aol.com>; De Tomaso
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> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering wheels
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