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BILL WZOREK

BILL WZOREK

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Looking to talk to any one that may have worked at the Houdaille Shock
factory in New York.
Or if you have a family member that may have worked there I would like to talk to them.
I am trying to collect as much information about the shocks so it can be passed on to those that follow in this great hobby.

THANKS
BILL W
 
Bill, That is a great idea. Why don't you send a note to Jerry Windel, editor of the V-8 Tiimes, to have him put that request for you in the V-8 Times. It reaches a lot of V-8 owners who may know someone who worked in the Houdaille factory. I believe Jerry's email address is v8times@cox.net . Mike
 
Bill: Try to find what town in NY they were made and then contact the local newspaper with a letter to the editor with your request. Might work
Paul in CT
 
Houde was making rotary hydraulic dampers well up into the 70s for Bell Helicopter which also had its origins in Buffalo. I timed many a set of stabilizer bar dampers on the Bell 47 series helicopters. The stabilizer bar system Bell used made the older helicopters more docile on the controls. Hell even I can hover one but I stick to the mechanical end of the deal.

Kerby
 
Here's what Wikipedia says.

Nomenclature


  • The device's name in common parlance (among the general public and auto mechanics) is shock absorber or simply shock.
  • Technical names include damper and dashpot.
  • During the early 20th century in the U.S., the then-well-known Houdaille brand (pronounced WHO-dye) was in some places a genericized trademark for the device,[1] but has since disappeared from use.
 
Americans seldom pronounce French nouns the way that they do. Who-Day-Lee is the common US pronunciation and has been since day one. We always pronounce all the consanants in a noun whether it is correct or not. It's the American way!

My brother had a Renault Dauphine when I was a kid. We always pronounced it Renalt instead of Rayno. That car was no princess for sure. We called it four letter words more often than not.

Kerby
 
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