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

John Donahue demongusta at me.com
Sat Jun 21 13:33:01 EDT 2014 

A suicide knob on a Pantera? Really. Maybe with a little bling? 
On Jun 21, 2014, at 10:24 AM, Jerry Knotts <knottsj at galstar.com> wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> -- 
>> Dave Londry
>> Embedded Spaces Inc. (ESI)
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>> 
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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 Tomaso
>>>    List[15]<[15]detomaso at poca.com>
>>>    > 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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>>>    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
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