Herb
Glad to know that I am not the only one who knew them as turtle shells.  The other one that gets my kids and grandkids is when I say  that I have to get out and check my casings (the air in my tires.)  That is what my old dad always called his tires and I guess it stuck.  Dad was a trucker and it we had ever ruined a dual or one single of a tandem axle, he would have whopped us good.  "Good casings cost good money" and I quote.
Bear

Live every day of your life like a three year old.  Get down in the dirt with it, roll in it and smile a lot.  Bear


--- "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b@mindspring.com> wrote:

From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:58:03 -0500
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at@lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming

Bear
Turtle shells were used decades ago in KS; flatten out most of the arc, turn 
it over, and hook behind the team of mules and move very modest amounts of 
dirt or rocks.  I remember hooking a log chain into the hinge hooks of the 
turtle shell.
Recently, a close friend had a body shop there; that was first time I heard 
of clips.
Herb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bear Hood" <mmman@netscape.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at@lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 12/31 Lancaster Farming
> I am sure it may be another local thing.  When I was growing up all my 
> folks and friends called the truck or English boot a "turtle" and the lid 
> was the turtle shell.  To fit the dog box, just unbolt or torch the hinges 
> on the turtle shell and instant coon hunting truck.  I remember that my 
> Dad's youngest brother (the coon huntin-est fellow I ever knew) had 
> several friends with sedans with the dog box permantly in the turtle.
> Bear

> --- "Indiana Robinson" <robinson@svs.net> wrote:
> Here we used the highly technical term for that part of
> the car. We called it the "ass end"...   :-)   That was
> also BTW where the coon hunters took the "rear deck" off
> and built in the "dog box".   :-)
> "farmer"


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