what is a shrapnel knob?

[Robert Myers]

Could be that Paul "appropriated" the name.  :-)  I was presuming that Paul 
named it but that was just based on some presuppositions which may be 
(apparently are?) inaccurate.  :-)

At 11:41 AM 12/6/2003 -0800, John Larson wrote:

>"The name was given by Paul Timmerman, the (former?) list member who came up
>with the idea."
>Must been sometine in the 70s, because the term was used by crewmembers to
>describe the adjustable boost knob in the 934/935 cars.  In fact, I vaguely
>recall seeing pictures of knobs so-labeled.  John
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