"NY" wrote in message
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"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.

"Rag joints" were used on some American cars into the mid-1930s.

my arse my '92 fox body mustang convertible had one on the
steering........just thought it was typical yank steering until it self
destructed.......