"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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It happens that Jim GM4DHJ ... formulated :
when is the last time anybody has seen a rag joint in a car?

Go on then, what is a rag joint?

One of these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rag_joint - a flexible joint that
used to be used between steering wheel and steering mechanism, or between
gearbox and prop shaft.