[TowerTalk] giubo origin

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux at earthlink.net>
To: <towerTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 3:25 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] giubo origin


> OK, thanks to google and a handy pointer from a coworker as to the
> correct spelling.
>
> It's GIUBO  (not guibo).. Italian, of course,
>
> Giunto Boschi.. The flexible joint invented by Boschi, and sold by
> his company GIUBO SpA, starting around 1900.
>
> They're a common feature on Italian cars.. You too can buy one for
> your Countach for $531, apparently.

That's why we have "junk yards".  A check of the bone yards around the more 
populated areas might turn up such an animal.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com
>
> One can read all about one version (in German) at
> http://www.gromex.de/produkte/goetze/giubo/
>
> Jim, W6RMK
>
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