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Date:   Sat, 20 Feb 1999 09:32:50 -0600
Reply-To:   Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
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From:   Joshua Van Tol <jjvantol@USWEST.NET>
Subject:   Re: greenhorn questions: Answered
Comments:   To: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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> > 2. What's a CV? > > Curriculum Vitae. It is kind of like a resume for academics and > consultants. It includes research you have worked on and publications you > have written. Oooops, wrong mail list... > > Let's see on a Vanagon, that would be the "Constant Velocity" Joint. > Invented in the 1960's(?) by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, these joints help

I'm pretty sure that CV joints of the style used in VW are "Rezeppa" style joints, which were invented in the 30's or earlier, and not by Porsche. I think (I am probably wrong here) that they were first used on the Cord automobile. Besides, VW's have used CV joints from the beginning, it's just that they used to use only two of them.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net


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