Where did you put yours?

WOW!! This sure went sideways, I ask about brodie knob placement and get "Haters on Harleys"

Ok guys, time to get it back on track, where DID you place yours?
 
;)Neckers nob here in Washington state. I have my dad's on our Tudor. He told me they were illegal here because a man's French cuff links would catch. I'm a rightie but find that the 10 o'clock position works best for me when I'm on a long haul (freeway). I simply hold it with my finger tips and just Toole along.
 
I am left handed - so my Brodie/Suicide/Spinner knob was placed at 10 0'clock on the steering wheel.

I have not had one on the car/steering wheel since 1963, and would never have one on the car again.
 
As Mitch said, it is tough on the tank mount, besides leaving marks in the steering wheel, and being something to stab you in an accident. I had a knob with a girly picture that I bought when I was in the 7th grade. It was probably Marilyn Monroe, and I don't know what ever happened to that knob, but I paid 79 cents for it at the local Western Auto store.
 
I'm a righty, but only used them in trucks and were at the 10 O'clock as you needed the right hand for shifting and the left for cranking. Worked good in that situation.
 
Back in the 1960's our brief high school driver training course was taught by an old and long-retired Oregon state cop. He called it a "suicide knob" and made it clear that it's use was limited to a certain class of society and it presence during a traffic stop prompted law enforcement to look more closely at the contents of the vehicle, especially the driver. A friend that had one on his hot rod 38 Buick took it off immediately.
 
I always thought it funny that they were considered unsafe.:confused: When I was still a teenager I drove an order-picker in a cotton mill warehouse and it didnt even have a steering wheel, just an arm with one of those knobs on the end, and yes, you needed that other hand to work the controls.
 
Now days if the police see something wrong you find yourself flat on the ground in the street or dirt with a gun or tazer pointed at you. Is that worth an illegal accessory? No more Mayberry!
 
DaWizard said:
WOW!! This sure went sideways, I ask about brodie knob placement and get "Haters on Harleys"

Ok guys, time to get it back on track, where DID you place yours?
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Ya right, you were the guy on a previous post that said opinions were not welcome and then they run you out of town! The machinist if I recall! Wayne
 
Check the website "suicideknob.net" and you can see a list of all states and their law (with references) for these. Here in Ohio, there is no law. Check yours if need be.....better safe than ticketed.
 
thank you for that walt ebie I was incorrect going off what I had been told by elders. I read through that list and they seem to be legal nearly everywhere. with two small partial exceptions
 
In New Jersey, we called them "lovers knobs". We put them at the 10 o'clock position so the right arm could go around the girl sitting close by your side. No seat belts of course. They still sell them at our local John Deere store in nice JD colors.

Glen
 
I have been following this thread and was surprised that one of my sons picked this up at Sears as a Christmas present for me. I thought they were outlawed in Virginia. Tempted to put it on our roadster but it will likely go on the lawn tractor since we have a lot of trees to mow around.

Glen
 

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Besides my Model "A", I ride a Harley, own three vehicles with dual exhaust including a '51 Ford six with a split manifold and glass packs (and a "neckers knob"). Am I too much of a low life to be on this forum???:cool:
 
amodel25 said:
Besides my Model "A", I ride a Harley, own three vehicles with dual exhaust including a '51 Ford six with a split manifold and glass packs (and a "neckers knob"). Am I too much of a low life to be on this forum???:cool:
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Just stick around...........we'll set you straight.:D
 
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