Sorry very very sad to hear about George Jones. Neat man. Whatever I might
have learned about gearboxes and gears in genral I learned from a very smart
man.......George Jones. I still have all the notes on his personal note
paper wherein he gives the description of the close ratio gear sets he was
having made for me and the Triumph raciang groups.
----- Original Message -----
From: <BillDentin@aol.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 11:08 AM
Subject: SAD NEWS from ENGLAND
> Amici:
>
> I received this sad, but interesting news from Paul Richardson, in
England.
>
> Bill Dentinger
>
> <<<<< Hi Bill
>
> I learnt a couple of weeks ago that George Jones died in March. He
prepared
> all my father's special gearboxes right from the start of the TR2 era, and
> became head of gearbox design for Triumph. Later he became Group Chief
> Powertrain Engineer over BMC, Triumph, Rover, Jaguar and Leyland when the
> industry was merged. It is little known that George designed the
integrated
> wheel bearing (with a constant velocity universal drive joint housed
within
> in its central axis) for the large Austin FWD range. Colin Chapman of
Lotus
> was so impressed with the bearing that he asked George if he could use it
on
> his Lotus F1 cars. Andretti won the F1 championship in 1978 with George
Jones
> designed rear hub bearings. George was duly presented with one of the
> bearings from Andretti's car as a souvenir.
>
> George was a thoroughly delightful and very clever man who most Triumph
> enthusiasts will have heard little about.Fortunately, I have his life
story
> on tape so his work, which had an enormous bearing on Triumph competition
> successes, will not be forgotten.
>
> I'd be ever grateful if you would click this note onto the FOT list
>
> Best wishes as ever
>
> Paul >>>>>
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