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On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 15:35, Daniel Baum wrote: > > You know, when you come to think of it, that bolt, and its two washers, > are pretty dramatic fasteners for something which has essentially no > purpose. > > Why did they keep it on in the IRS cars? > > As the subject says "A handle". ;=) Seriously though. The engines came off one assembly line. They needed something to put there, so they put the "handle" on. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~