 OT, Family dips into the car industry, Kinda cool |
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| Socalandy |
 Nov 12 2010, 06:23 PM
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Its got to be Yellow!!!  Group: Members Posts: 2,432 Joined: 29-August 09 From: Orange Member No.: 10,742 Region Association: Southern California   |
I have known for along time my great great gradfather Michael Thonet invented the bent wood process and the company is now making shift knobs for Volvo.
Kinda cool I think http://activeautorepair.com/blog/contempor...earshift-duties |
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| Tom_T |
Nov 16 2010, 02:58 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California 
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How cool Andy!
They're probably using the urethane varnish that my Dad helped create while at Koppers when we lived in Pittsburgh in the 50's & early 60's. He, my brother & I were the 1st in the world to use it on the test boards for different formulas in our basement back there (he got a free basement paneling out of it). Did Thonet also make the wood AMCO knobs with the Porsche Crest or Shift Patterns for 914s & 911s/912s which the dealers & independent suppliers sold back in the day? ... I know that they made those aftermarket "factory approved" knobs for Volvo & most other makes back then. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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