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Re: [T3] re type 3 fastback with mcpherson struts

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Subject: Re: [T3] re type 3 fastback with mcpherson struts
From: Simon Glen <simonglen@bigpond.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:10:57 +1000
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Does anybody know the origin of McPherson strut front suspension?  Was
McPherson an engineer who worked for Ford in Detroit in the 1950s?  If so, I
wonder whether VW and all the many other manufacturers who now use this
suspension design pay royalties to Ford?

Simon Glen
Toowoomba,  Australia.



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