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Re: [oletrucks] those kids and their hot rods

To: Wayne Osborne <wayne@chevytrucks.org>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] those kids and their hot rods
From: "Jack Halton"<safesix@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 07:51:58 -0800
...So long that I had forgotten about it! I need to update this article with
some photos..will try to get them to ya soon Wayne.

Jack 
www.inliners.org

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:39:39 -0500 Wayne Osborne <wayne@chevytrucks.org>
wrote:

> My oh my-- Jack Halton has submitted an article
> for 
> http://www.chevytrucks.org  techs section on
> installing Juliano's kit in a 
> vintage truck.  Its been there long time..
> --wayne
> 
> 
> 
> At 02:46 PM 10/28/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >Tim, do you have a website address or anything
> for Juliano's three point
> >belts ? Thanks, Bob K in PHX, AZ
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "tim" 
> >To: "Dana Muise" 
> >Cc: 
> >Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 12:45 PM
> >Subject: Re: [oletrucks] those kids and their
> hot rods
> >
> >
> > > On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Dana Muise wrote:
> > >
> > > > The restoration of my '59 is going to
> take longer now. On Sautrday
> > > > some 18 year old kid, driving 80 mph+ in
> a hopped up Honda lost
> > > > control on highway 101 and fish tailed
> into my truck. 2002 Honda
> > > > Prelude v.s 1959 Chevy Apache... no
> contest. Although my front fender
> > > > is totally crushed, that honda bounced
> off me like a rubber ball. He
> > > > was okay, but the CHP were amazed to see
> a bent fender on my truck
> > > > while the Honda was a pile of twisted
> wreckage.  Driving a classic
> > > > truck is like driving a Sherman tank, but
> I only have lap belts. Had I
> > > > hit the imbankment I would have been
> severly injured (that's if the
> > > > lab belts actually held me in place). If
> I get an insurance claim form
> > > > this I'm getting Sholder belts installed.
> > >
> > > Major bummer.  Glad to hear you (and the
> truck) are OK.  They sure don't
> > > make 'em like they used to -- I recently
> spun out my "other car", an 84
> > > Mazda 626, and dinged a tree at 15 mph. 
> Looks like I got hit by a freight
> > > train.
> > >
> > > On another note, I would highly recommend
> Juliano's 3-point seatbelts.
> > > Took me a night to install, and my '54 is
> much safer.
> > >
> > >
> > > Tim Lloyd, lloyd@lasp.colorado.edu
> > > "Humanity has advanced, when it has
> advanced, not because it has been
> > > sober, responsible, and cautious, but
> because it has been playful,
> > > rebellious, and immature." -- Tom Robbins
> > > "The eyes of the world now look into space,
> to the moon and to the
> > > planets beyond, and we have vowed that we
> shall not see it governed
> > > by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a
> banner of freedom and peace."
> > > -- John F. Kennedy
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks
> built between 1941 and 1959
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks
> built between 1941 and 1959
> 
> Wayne Osborne
> 1956 Chevy Pickup
> LaGrange Ga.
> http://www.chevytrucks.org
> http://www.chevytrucks.org/wayne
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks
> built between 1941 and 1959
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