[DeTomaso] NPC: Wheel spinners. AKA Suicide balls.

Jerry Knotts knottsj at galstar.com
Sat Jun 21 13:24:05 EDT 2014 

I live outside of Nowata, Oklahoma.

Nowata "home of the village idiots"  if you have lost one we can send 
you one, we have plenty to spare.

On 6/21/2014 12:18 PM, dave londry wrote:
> 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.
>> __________________________________________________________________
>>
>>     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 
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>>     > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering wheels
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>> References
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>>     1. [18]mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>     2. [19]mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com
>>     3. [20]mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>     4. [21]mailto:bill at incendium.com
>>     5. [22]mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
>>     6. [23]mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>     7. [24]mailto:detomaso at poca.com
>>     8. [25]mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>     9. [26]mailto:bill at incendium.com
>>    10. [27]mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com
>>    11. [28]mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
>>    12. [29]mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>    13. [30]mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>    14. [31]mailto:mikeldrew at aol.com
>>    15. [32]mailto:detomaso at poca.com
>>    16. [33]mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
>>    17. [34]http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
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>> References
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>>     1. mailto:[1]julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>     2. mailto:2]boyd411 at gmail.com
>>     3. mailto:3]MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>     4. mailto:4]bill at incendium.com
>>     5. mailto:5]detomaso-bounces at poca.com
>>     6. mailto:6]julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>     7. mailto:7]detomaso at poca.com
>>     8. mailto:[8]MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>     9. mailto:[9]bill at incendium.com
>>    10. mailto:[10]boyd411 at gmail.com
>>    11. mailto:[11]detomaso-bounces at poca.com
>>    12. mailto:[12]julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>    13. mailto:13]MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>    14. mailto:[14]mikeldrew at aol.com
>>    15. mailto:[15]detomaso at poca.com
>>    16. mailto:16]DeTomaso at poca.com
>>    17. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
>>    18. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>    19. mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com
>>    20. mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>    21. mailto:bill at incendium.com
>>    22. mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
>>    23. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>    24. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
>>    25. mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>    26. mailto:bill at incendium.com
>>    27. mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com
>>    28. mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
>>    29. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>    30. mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
>>    31. mailto:mikeldrew at aol.com
>>    32. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
>>    33. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
>>    34. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
>>    35. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
>>    36. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
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