<VV> Hockey stick

[Mel Francis]

With you totally on this one, John.

Anyone who has ever worked on an assembly line, or even close to one,
knows that many special items wind up with their own nicknames,
dubbed by the very folks that have to work with them.

I have worked as a supplier of specialty composites to a Gulfstream 
completion center
and among other things, produced fiberglass pockets for the installation of 
in-flight phones,
wherever they were needed about the cabin. I arrived at the shipping 
department
one afternoon with a bunch of these items, and the clerk got on the phone to 
someone
out in the hangar, declaring  "your 'squirrel jacuzzis' have arrived!"

I had not heard that name before, only the part number, but instantly knew 
what he
was referring to, since that's what it looked like. Sometimes a nickname for 
a special part
is better than just a part number, since it's easier to remember, for 
everyone involved and
relieves the daily tedium of part numbers.

Mel Francis
1965 Monza Conv

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John S Ryall" <jryall at juno.com>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:24 AM
Subject: <VV> Hockey stick


> For those of you who want to argue the correct name of the part, you can
> stop reading right now.  It is people like you who are ruining this
> group.  Hockey stick is as correct as turkey roaster for the top blower
> shroud, and dog dish for the small wheel caps.
>
> I ignored your bad advice.  I already knew that there were different part
> numbers, my question was what were the differences between the parts.
> Clark's is out of new replacements, and I had to get a friend's daily
> driver back on the road for her.  For those of you who really care, the
> late hockey stick drops right in.  There is a slight difference at the
> front end that apparently serves as a stop to keep the wheels from
> turning too far.  It is less than 1/8 inch, and I don't think that it
> makes enough of a difference to matter.
>
> John Ryall
> Mechanical engineer who isn't limited by the book
> 1966 coupe pg
> 1967 sedan pg A/C
> 1967 coupe pg A/C
> Autodynamics Deserter GS with fuel injected Corvair engine
> Formula 500
> 38' Meadowlark Ketch
>