<VV> Corvair Company

[Jim Houston]

I think that was Convair, not Corvair  ....  obviously a misprint in the 
spelling...  (Convair was located in San Diego)

Jim Houston


Russ Moorhouse wrote:
> I got the following excerpt in my email today, which goes on and lists 
> all the uses for WD-40, some of which, I'm not sure I would try.  Even 
> though I already new the history of WD-40, this was the first I had 
> ever heard of the Corvair Company.
>
> Water Displacement #40.
>
> The product began from a search for a rust preventative solvent and
> degreaser to protect missile parts.
>
> WD-40 was created in 1953 by three technicians at the San Diego Rocket
> Chemical Company. Its name comes from the project that was to find a
> "water displacement" compound. They were successful with the fortieth
> formulation, thus WD-40. The Corvair Company bought it in bulk to
> protect their atlas missile parts.
>
> The workers were so pleased with the product, they began smuggling
> (also known as "shrinkage" or "stealing") it out to use at home. The
> executives decided there might be a consumer market for it and put it in
> aerosol cans. The rest, as they say, is history.
>
> Russ Moorhouse
> '65 Corsa coupe 140 HP
> Group Corvair Member
> Corsa Member
> Kent Island, MD
>
>
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