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Subject:Re: The Thompson Coupling
From:Old Volks Home
Date:Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:53:31 -0800

Looks and sounds like someone's trying to re-invent the wheel again.  And
just because my last name is Thompson, I can assure all that I have had
absolutely nothing to do with it.

Now, about that better mousetrap......;-)
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Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
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On Dec 3, 2007 9:14 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:

> For all the reasons Mike mentions and some others this seems to fall under
> the heading of "Elegant Solution to a non existent problem".  Cost of
> manufacturing will limit the market to very special applications, it isn't
> going to replace the CV joint as we know it today. It almost meets the
> criteria to be qualify for "Just because it can be done doesn't mean it
> should be done".