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Russ, Thank you very much for the links concerning MacPherson struts. They were both most informative. Simon Glen Toowoomba, Australia Russ Wolfe wrote: > On Monday 27 August 2001 22:10, Simon Glen wrote: > > 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. > > AHHHHH, here it is: > http://www.geocities.com/chrislonghurst/suspension_bible.html > Earle McPherson was working for GM when he invented it. (1947) But they > didn't use it. He then went to work for Ford UK. They used it. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe