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Ive met John too and cant wait to see the results of his Fasty project... he picked up that fasty just a couple miles from my house here in NY and its a car Ive known about for several years. Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: [T3] John Jaranson Visit > I had a visit from John Jaranson yesterday. This is getting to be an > annual event and this time he brought a friend, Chad, to help him > carry off all the "loot." He picked up the brake parts he had sent for > rebuilding, an almost complete '66 dual carb square, and the very > good condition 73 pan that I had. > > We loaded the square onto his borrowed trailer in a light rain and > the 2 of them drove off with smiles on their faces as the rain slowly > washed away the 8-10 years of accumulated raccoon dung from > the hood and roof. > > Talking to John is always a treat, as he seems to have boundless > enthusiasm for his work at Ford, trying to get them to consider > construction methods for the cars we will drive 10 years from now. > [Well, maybe not ALL of us; I'll still be driving my squareback!] If > John is representative of Ford's next generation of designers, they > are in good hands. Chad also works at Ford and his job is to help > the tech people make better presentations of their proposals. As > John put it, when you just use duct tape to stick your proposed > new instrument on the dash, management is not likely to jump for > it. > > Anyway, it's always nice to see John, and I'm glad the 66 is finally > in good hands. > > ... > > On another note, I just made a hand pump that helps me get frozen > brake calipers apart. This is just the Mark I version and it needs > work to make it really useful, but it has already helped me get > apart 4 calipers that would have been difficult before this; one of > these 4 had resisted 3 previous determined attempts! > > I plan to make a couple of improvements to the pump, and then I > hope I can dive into some of the backlog of rusty calipers that I > have lying around here. > > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ >