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

Sat Jun 21 13:37:13 EDT 2014

Wait,  maybe I do belong there then....

On 21/06/2014 10:24 AM, Jerry Knotts 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)
>> davel at emspace.com
>>
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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
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>>>     > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Steering wheels
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>>> References
>>>
>>>     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
>>>
>>>     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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