Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

I don't see that:
"cheater slick (OED has 1959 for "slick", meaning a tire, but does not
have "cheater slick")"
A couple of statements down it mentioned racing slick, which I remember
well, as derogatory as many of the tires I ran, were balled in high
school.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Henry Bemis wrote:
>
> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi...L=ads-l&P=1968
>
> Read this.........looks like the term was used in 1961.

Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

On this day of this month, in a year likely to be unrecorded in human
history, Henry Bemis wrote:


> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi...L=ads-l&P=1968
>
> Read this.........looks like the term was used in 1961.

Yep! And thanks for that link! As a word-junkie and amateur
etymologist, I'll be using that a lot!

Cheaters were around, definitely. I had 'em on my '34 for quite some
time, as did many others from my school, and I moved from there (Orange
Co, CA) in early-mid '64.

So, Lardy, Lardy, ol' Bildo was <gasp!> wrong yet again. It's the closest
he'll ever get to perfection!

And then there's this, note it even says the '50s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_tire

Cheater slicks

Since completely slick tires are outlawed on most roads due to their
inability to handle wet pavement, the "cheater slick" became a popular
item in the hot rod world in the 1950s and 1960s; a typical slick type
tire, but engraved with the absolute minimal amount of tread grooves
required to satisfy legal requirements. Since then, however, tire
development has progressed greatly, so that today's hot rod street cars
typically use wide treaded tires which perform better than the slicks of
the past; while the cheater slicks available today, both for nostalgic
appearance of street cars and for competition use in classes where DOT
approved street tires are required, have followed their own line of
development, diverging from true slick tire construction to become a
distinct tire design in themselves.

And thanks again, Henry, it's nice that most Groupoids are quite capable
of thinking!

SW
'Slick' Writer



--
"Jeeps can get up, and jeeps can also go down. Why can't Bill?"

-- Nancy ------ III

Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

On this day of this month, in a year likely to be unrecorded in human
history, Henry Bemis wrote:


> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi...L=ads-l&P=1968
>
> Read this.........looks like the term was used in 1961.

Yep! And thanks for that link! As a word-junkie and amateur
etymologist, I'll be using that a lot!

Cheaters were around, definitely. I had 'em on my '34 for quite some
time, as did many others from my school, and I moved from there (Orange
Co, CA) in early-mid '64.

So, Lardy, Lardy, ol' Bildo was <gasp!> wrong yet again. It's the closest
he'll ever get to perfection!

And then there's this, note it even says the '50s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_tire

Cheater slicks

Since completely slick tires are outlawed on most roads due to their
inability to handle wet pavement, the "cheater slick" became a popular
item in the hot rod world in the 1950s and 1960s; a typical slick type
tire, but engraved with the absolute minimal amount of tread grooves
required to satisfy legal requirements. Since then, however, tire
development has progressed greatly, so that today's hot rod street cars
typically use wide treaded tires which perform better than the slicks of
the past; while the cheater slicks available today, both for nostalgic
appearance of street cars and for competition use in classes where DOT
approved street tires are required, have followed their own line of
development, diverging from true slick tire construction to become a
distinct tire design in themselves.

And thanks again, Henry, it's nice that most Groupoids are quite capable
of thinking!

SW
'Slick' Writer



--
"Jeeps can get up, and jeeps can also go down. Why can't Bill?"

-- Nancy ------ III

Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

On this day of this month, in a year likely to be unrecorded in human
history, Henry Bemis wrote:


> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi...L=ads-l&P=1968
>
> Read this.........looks like the term was used in 1961.

Yep! And thanks for that link! As a word-junkie and amateur
etymologist, I'll be using that a lot!

Cheaters were around, definitely. I had 'em on my '34 for quite some
time, as did many others from my school, and I moved from there (Orange
Co, CA) in early-mid '64.

So, Lardy, Lardy, ol' Bildo was <gasp!> wrong yet again. It's the closest
he'll ever get to perfection!

And then there's this, note it even says the '50s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_tire

Cheater slicks

Since completely slick tires are outlawed on most roads due to their
inability to handle wet pavement, the "cheater slick" became a popular
item in the hot rod world in the 1950s and 1960s; a typical slick type
tire, but engraved with the absolute minimal amount of tread grooves
required to satisfy legal requirements. Since then, however, tire
development has progressed greatly, so that today's hot rod street cars
typically use wide treaded tires which perform better than the slicks of
the past; while the cheater slicks available today, both for nostalgic
appearance of street cars and for competition use in classes where DOT
approved street tires are required, have followed their own line of
development, diverging from true slick tire construction to become a
distinct tire design in themselves.

And thanks again, Henry, it's nice that most Groupoids are quite capable
of thinking!

SW
'Slick' Writer



--
"Jeeps can get up, and jeeps can also go down. Why can't Bill?"

-- Nancy ------ III

Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

On this day of this month, in a year likely to be unrecorded in human
history, L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:

> I don't see that:

That's because you are thoroughly stupid, don't you think? (hetorical, of
course you don't.)

If you had read just 2 lines further, Mr. Googlehead, you would have seen:


"[classified ad -- "Spts, Race, Hot Rods" section] Los Angeles Times; Mar
9, 1961; pg. B28, col 2. "CHEV '61 B. A. Hdtp., 350 h.p., 4-spd trans.,
headers, cheater slicks, 6500 miles, $2850"

Dated early '61, as Henry said.


"This Girl Really Understands Those Customized Cars" [UPI] Ohio |
Coshocton | The Coshocton Tribune | 1959-05-05 p.2 col 4.
"Mine is a 1929 model A Ford with a stock chromed grille, a 1958
Thunderbird engine, three carburetors, a 1949 Ford transmission, a 1948
Ford differential, a hydraulic trunk lid, a Chevrolet steering system-and
a few other things like racing slicks (oversized smooth tires) on the
rear and motorcycle tires on the fronts."

Dated 1959, got that, leadhead? 1959.

So, you lose again.

Anything else new?


> A couple of statements down it mentioned racing slick, which I remember
> well, as derogatory as many of the tires I ran, were balled in high
> school.

Can anyone translate from Billbonics? This ^^^^^ makes no sense at all.......





> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Henry Bemis wrote:
>>
>> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi...L=ads-l&P=1968
>>
>> Read this.........looks like the term was used in 1961.

--
"Jeeps can get up, and jeeps can also go down. Why can't Bill?"

-- Nancy ------ III
-- Jake Carlson (PixiNutz)
-- Sam Bradley (Brad The Lad)
-- Rik "Butterbuns" Slocan
-- Third Avocado On The Left
-- Tommy The Tickler
-- Buddy "Gatekeeper" Capricornius
-- Bobi "Grand Canyon" Smythe IV

Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

On this day of this month, in a year likely to be unrecorded in human
history, L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:

> I don't see that:

That's because you are thoroughly stupid, don't you think? (hetorical, of
course you don't.)

If you had read just 2 lines further, Mr. Googlehead, you would have seen:


"[classified ad -- "Spts, Race, Hot Rods" section] Los Angeles Times; Mar
9, 1961; pg. B28, col 2. "CHEV '61 B. A. Hdtp., 350 h.p., 4-spd trans.,
headers, cheater slicks, 6500 miles, $2850"

Dated early '61, as Henry said.


"This Girl Really Understands Those Customized Cars" [UPI] Ohio |
Coshocton | The Coshocton Tribune | 1959-05-05 p.2 col 4.
"Mine is a 1929 model A Ford with a stock chromed grille, a 1958
Thunderbird engine, three carburetors, a 1949 Ford transmission, a 1948
Ford differential, a hydraulic trunk lid, a Chevrolet steering system-and
a few other things like racing slicks (oversized smooth tires) on the
rear and motorcycle tires on the fronts."

Dated 1959, got that, leadhead? 1959.

So, you lose again.

Anything else new?


> A couple of statements down it mentioned racing slick, which I remember
> well, as derogatory as many of the tires I ran, were balled in high
> school.

Can anyone translate from Billbonics? This ^^^^^ makes no sense at all.......





> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Henry Bemis wrote:
>>
>> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi...L=ads-l&P=1968
>>
>> Read this.........looks like the term was used in 1961.

--
"Jeeps can get up, and jeeps can also go down. Why can't Bill?"

-- Nancy ------ III
-- Jake Carlson (PixiNutz)
-- Sam Bradley (Brad The Lad)
-- Rik "Butterbuns" Slocan
-- Third Avocado On The Left
-- Tommy The Tickler
-- Buddy "Gatekeeper" Capricornius
-- Bobi "Grand Canyon" Smythe IV

Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

On this day of this month, in a year likely to be unrecorded in human
history, L.W.(Bill) ------ III wrote:

> I don't see that:

That's because you are thoroughly stupid, don't you think? (hetorical, of
course you don't.)

If you had read just 2 lines further, Mr. Googlehead, you would have seen:


"[classified ad -- "Spts, Race, Hot Rods" section] Los Angeles Times; Mar
9, 1961; pg. B28, col 2. "CHEV '61 B. A. Hdtp., 350 h.p., 4-spd trans.,
headers, cheater slicks, 6500 miles, $2850"

Dated early '61, as Henry said.


"This Girl Really Understands Those Customized Cars" [UPI] Ohio |
Coshocton | The Coshocton Tribune | 1959-05-05 p.2 col 4.
"Mine is a 1929 model A Ford with a stock chromed grille, a 1958
Thunderbird engine, three carburetors, a 1949 Ford transmission, a 1948
Ford differential, a hydraulic trunk lid, a Chevrolet steering system-and
a few other things like racing slicks (oversized smooth tires) on the
rear and motorcycle tires on the fronts."

Dated 1959, got that, leadhead? 1959.

So, you lose again.

Anything else new?


> A couple of statements down it mentioned racing slick, which I remember
> well, as derogatory as many of the tires I ran, were balled in high
> school.

Can anyone translate from Billbonics? This ^^^^^ makes no sense at all.......





> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Henry Bemis wrote:
>>
>> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi...L=ads-l&P=1968
>>
>> Read this.........looks like the term was used in 1961.

--
"Jeeps can get up, and jeeps can also go down. Why can't Bill?"

-- Nancy ------ III
-- Jake Carlson (PixiNutz)
-- Sam Bradley (Brad The Lad)
-- Rik "Butterbuns" Slocan
-- Third Avocado On The Left
-- Tommy The Tickler
-- Buddy "Gatekeeper" Capricornius
-- Bobi "Grand Canyon" Smythe IV

Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

Anything that would say they were wider than an ordinary tire of a
950X14 or 820X15 of about seven inches before 1965 is a pure lie. Look
how vague this statement from you link: "1960s; a typical slick type
tire, but engraved with the absolute minimal amount of tread grooves
required to satisfy legal requirements." nothing is said about cheater
nor if it's wider than stock.
"Slick" is another name for liar, Great choice of an anonymous
name.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

§qu@r3 Wh33£s wrote:
>
> Yep! And thanks for that link! As a word-junkie and amateur
> etymologist, I'll be using that a lot!
>
> Cheaters were around, definitely. I had 'em on my '34 for quite some
> time, as did many others from my school, and I moved from there (Orange
> Co, CA) in early-mid '64.
>
> So, Lardy, Lardy, ol' Bildo was <gasp!> wrong yet again. It's the closest
> he'll ever get to perfection!
>
> And then there's this, note it even says the '50s:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_tire
>
> Cheater slicks
>
> Since completely slick tires are outlawed on most roads due to their
> inability to handle wet pavement, the "cheater slick" became a popular
> item in the hot rod world in the 1950s and 1960s; a typical slick type
> tire, but engraved with the absolute minimal amount of tread grooves
> required to satisfy legal requirements. Since then, however, tire
> development has progressed greatly, so that today's hot rod street cars
> typically use wide treaded tires which perform better than the slicks of
> the past; while the cheater slicks available today, both for nostalgic
> appearance of street cars and for competition use in classes where DOT
> approved street tires are required, have followed their own line of
> development, diverging from true slick tire construction to become a
> distinct tire design in themselves.
>
> And thanks again, Henry, it's nice that most Groupoids are quite capable
> of thinking!
>
> SW
> 'Slick' Writer

Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

Anything that would say they were wider than an ordinary tire of a
950X14 or 820X15 of about seven inches before 1965 is a pure lie. Look
how vague this statement from you link: "1960s; a typical slick type
tire, but engraved with the absolute minimal amount of tread grooves
required to satisfy legal requirements." nothing is said about cheater
nor if it's wider than stock.
"Slick" is another name for liar, Great choice of an anonymous
name.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

§qu@r3 Wh33£s wrote:
>
> Yep! And thanks for that link! As a word-junkie and amateur
> etymologist, I'll be using that a lot!
>
> Cheaters were around, definitely. I had 'em on my '34 for quite some
> time, as did many others from my school, and I moved from there (Orange
> Co, CA) in early-mid '64.
>
> So, Lardy, Lardy, ol' Bildo was <gasp!> wrong yet again. It's the closest
> he'll ever get to perfection!
>
> And then there's this, note it even says the '50s:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_tire
>
> Cheater slicks
>
> Since completely slick tires are outlawed on most roads due to their
> inability to handle wet pavement, the "cheater slick" became a popular
> item in the hot rod world in the 1950s and 1960s; a typical slick type
> tire, but engraved with the absolute minimal amount of tread grooves
> required to satisfy legal requirements. Since then, however, tire
> development has progressed greatly, so that today's hot rod street cars
> typically use wide treaded tires which perform better than the slicks of
> the past; while the cheater slicks available today, both for nostalgic
> appearance of street cars and for competition use in classes where DOT
> approved street tires are required, have followed their own line of
> development, diverging from true slick tire construction to become a
> distinct tire design in themselves.
>
> And thanks again, Henry, it's nice that most Groupoids are quite capable
> of thinking!
>
> SW
> 'Slick' Writer

Re: OT: AWESOME!!!
 

Anything that would say they were wider than an ordinary tire of a
950X14 or 820X15 of about seven inches before 1965 is a pure lie. Look
how vague this statement from you link: "1960s; a typical slick type
tire, but engraved with the absolute minimal amount of tread grooves
required to satisfy legal requirements." nothing is said about cheater
nor if it's wider than stock.
"Slick" is another name for liar, Great choice of an anonymous
name.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

§qu@r3 Wh33£s wrote:
>
> Yep! And thanks for that link! As a word-junkie and amateur
> etymologist, I'll be using that a lot!
>
> Cheaters were around, definitely. I had 'em on my '34 for quite some
> time, as did many others from my school, and I moved from there (Orange
> Co, CA) in early-mid '64.
>
> So, Lardy, Lardy, ol' Bildo was <gasp!> wrong yet again. It's the closest
> he'll ever get to perfection!
>
> And then there's this, note it even says the '50s:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_tire
>
> Cheater slicks
>
> Since completely slick tires are outlawed on most roads due to their
> inability to handle wet pavement, the "cheater slick" became a popular
> item in the hot rod world in the 1950s and 1960s; a typical slick type
> tire, but engraved with the absolute minimal amount of tread grooves
> required to satisfy legal requirements. Since then, however, tire
> development has progressed greatly, so that today's hot rod street cars
> typically use wide treaded tires which perform better than the slicks of
> the past; while the cheater slicks available today, both for nostalgic
> appearance of street cars and for competition use in classes where DOT
> approved street tires are required, have followed their own line of
> development, diverging from true slick tire construction to become a
> distinct tire design in themselves.
>
> And thanks again, Henry, it's nice that most Groupoids are quite capable
> of thinking!
>
> SW
> 'Slick' Writer