He and Hugh Macinnis came to Dearborn, Michigan give a Turbo Presentation to Ford Research People on Turbocharging.
He was doing contract work with Buick at the time.
After the Presentation, I was the only guy who showed any interest in Boosting Technology in the presentation theater. He remembered that deal and me apparently.
So yes, I did listen to him when we did the 1979 Turbo Mustang and when I did every boosted engine project after that. He could see the future.
When you win Le Mans with a V-6 engine and beat up all of the other racers on your first racing year after not racing for 50 years, that was pretty nice.
Never would have expected to be mentioned in a video on the internet many years later.
Tom V.
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