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The strange case of former Freeport physician Dr. Robert Ignasiak has taken another twist.
Ignasiak, who was sent to prison in 2009 for operating an illegal "pill mill" but was freed earlier this year when an appeals court found flaws in the government's case, has disappeared.
Federal agents and the Walton County Sheriff's Office are looking for Ignasiak, whose car was found early last month with a suicide note and what appeared to be blood inside.
The U.S. attorney's probation office has issued a warrant alleging Ignasiak has absconded from justice.
He was supposed to appear Monday in U.S. District Court in Pensacola to be retried on charges of health-care fraud and illegally dispensing controlled substances.
"We highly suspect he faked his death and is alive and well in some sunny clime," U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Len Register said. "We're looking for him now and we hope to catch him soon and bring him to trial."
Ignasiak was convicted Nov. 3, 2009, on 43 counts of indiscriminately distributing drugs such as hydrocodone, diazepam and morphine to patients. Federal prosecutors accused him of being responsible for two drug-related deaths.
The case was overturned by the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and was remanded to the District Court in January. A Federal Bureau of Prisons website indicates Ignasiak was released from custody May 4.
Ignasiak's family reported him missing three years to the day after the jury found him guilty.
Relatives had not seen him since about 10 p.m., Nov. 1, according to Walton County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Wendy Ammons.
"While we were taking the missing persons report, we received a suspicious vehicle call concerning a red Lincoln at a location in Seagrove Beach," Ammons said.
Inside the Lincoln, the car Ignasiak was last seen driving, investigators found what appeared to be blood and a note, Ammons said.
"They identified it as a suicide note," she said.
Sheriff's deputies searched the area near where the car was found for a couple of days and even conducted an aerial search, Ammons said. Crime scene analysts collected evidence from the vehicle and sent it to the state for processing.
Attorney Clay Adkinson, who would have represented Ignasiak in this week's trial, said he was told his client was missing shortly after the disappearance was confirmed and has had no contact with him.
He issued a statement Tuesday on behalf of the Ignasiak family.
"The family would appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers and would request people respect their privacy at this point in time," Adkinson said. "Once the family is aware of all of the facts involved they will release a more complete statement."
The trial and conviction of Ignasiak was controversial, particularly for Freeport residents. Most people called him Dr. Bob, and he was the only full-time physician in town for more than 20 years.
He was convicted after prosecutors claimed that from 2003 to 2005 he prescribed powerful pain medicines to just about anyone who came to him seeking them. His willingness to provide the drugs brought in patients and addicts from all over the Southeast, they said.
The defense argued that Ignasiak simply was doing what he could to relieve his patients' suffering.
His attorneys noted that Ignasiak followed FDA-approved guidelines for controlled drug distribution. At sentencing, his attorneys told U.S. District Judge Lacey Collier that Ignasiak had received letters of support from patients who said his work had helped them.
However, the appeals court overturned the case because prosecutors introduced seven autopsy reports from Ignasiak's patients as evidence in the case and had First Judicial Circuit Medical Examiner Andrea Minyard testify to the validity of their findings.
Each autopsy indicated the deceased had died of "pharmaceutical drug overdose."
But Minyard didn't conduct all of the autopsies. Two associate medical examiners, Michael Berkland and Karen Kelly, who both worked in Okaloosa and Walton counties, conducted five of the seven.
The appellate judges said the District Court erred "by allowing the government to introduce and Dr. Minyard to testify about, five autopsy reports which neither she nor any other witness had authored."
Ignasiak "suffered prejudice because of the significant role that the non-testifying experts played in conducting autopsies and generating data contained in the autopsy report," the appeals court said.
Atkinson did not know Tuesday whether Berkland and Kelly would have been called to testify in Ignasiak's second trial.
Berkland, associate medical examiner from 1997-2003, has legal problems of his own.
He faces state charges of theft, creating a public nuisance and felony improper storage of hazardous waste. In August state investigators found more than 100 organs and body parts, several still intact, in a Pensacola storage unit that had been rented to Berkland.
The body parts were removed during autopsies conducted between 1997 and 2007, authorities said.
Another twist in Ignasiak's case involves criminal charges brought against Dr. Arthur Jordan, who testified as an expert witness against Ignasiak at the first trial.
Jordan, who the government paid $300 an hour to testify about "prescribing practices" of doctors facing charges like those against Ignasiak, had been caught several times before the ruling impersonating a federal marshal to bring firearms onto airplanes.
The appeals court spent several pages in its ruling discussing not only Jordan's criminal history, but also lecturing the government for hiding his behavior to keep it from coming out in court.
The appeals court said Jordan's activities should have been fair game for the defense during Ignasiak's trial.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Tom McLaughlin at 850-315-4435 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomMnwfdn.


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A question occurred to me today, when I was thinking in some depth about the discworld universe and it's possibilities for writing, and this popped out of the dark chasm that is my mind (though I'd like to make it clear that this is a purely theoretical question and I have no inention of doing this myself) - given that the discworld universe is described in quite some depth and not exclusively to the discworld & it's immediate vicinity itself - is it possible for either Sir Terry or others to write wholy sperate stories based on other worlds - for example, the world seen by the water troll where it is a dragon holding it's tail in it's mouth? And in the case of persons other than Sir Terry, can they even use his universe as a staging ground, furthermore would he even ever deign to give his permission?
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Penfold wrote:I enjoyed it as well and found the first hundred pages or so reminiscent of his earlier works (that may be to do with the amount of footnotes and references to old characters and places, of course). I did think some of his satirical messages to be unusually heavy-handed though, in a 'hits you in the face and batters it over your head' type of way, rather than with the usual subtlety that I associate with his work.
I think you've hit the nail on the head there Penfold. The subtlety is gone - most plot points and foreshadowing and moralising are now blunt and hitting you over the head with a large hammer (to continue the metaphor).
Terry's stories are great, and always have been. I think the plot lines and story in all of his books to be amazing, including Snuff, Dodger and Raising Steam.
But for those three, there seems to be a distinct change in style to those that came before. The prose is far more wandering and ambling, with descriptions of events and scenes changing in the middle of a paragraph as you follow a character's internal monologue. At the start of the monologue you're in one place, and by the end of the long paragraph full of run-on stream-of-thought sentences, it's several hours later and many things have happened which were only vaguely mentioned in passing. A lot of the lovely little scenes full of snappy dialogue are missing. I did spot a few of those in Raising Steam and felt all nostalgic about them, but they were scattered and far between.
I suppose considering the time period over which Raising Steam takes place (much of a year), the narrative move-the-story-along sections are more necessary than in earlier stories which took place over the course of a few days, but I still miss the lively character interactions we used to get.
I also felt that we didn't /truly/ get inside Moist's head in Raising Steam, even though he was the point of view character for most of the book. Terry seems to be describing what Moist is thinking and feeling in a detached way, rather than us living the story through Moist's thoughts and feelings.
I don't know, it just seemed... different, and not truly Discworld.
I did still enjoy the storyline, the action, and the various jokes and footnotes - quite a few chuckles were had - but it's (in my opinion) a good point at which to leave Discworld to rest.
I don't have a similar problem with The Long Earth and The Long War, mainly because they are completely different animals, and Stephen Baxter's influence is quite strong on the writing style there. Those books can be slow, meandering stories because they're more about exploring an idea to its fullest extent than telling a story with a beginning, middle and end.


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"Most veterans understand that when a veteran becomes older, that they have a place to go in California. We take care of our veterans," said Gravett, whose father and eight brothers also served.
Veterans do pay part of their way, but how much depends on the type of care and their income, Gravett said. "There is no free lunch," he said.
The state spends about $188 million on general operations on its six homes — more than half the veterans department budget — that house 1,694 residents. The one in Chula Vista houses 305 residents, costs the state $29 million annually and brings in $3.88 million in resident fees.
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The Little Hoover Commission, a nonpartisan state advisory panel, has already held one broad review of issues related to veteran care and claims and plans more. A much-anticipated investigation of veterans homes by the independent state auditor is expected later this spring. And the Assembly veterans committee opens the first of a number of oversight hearings on Tuesday.
"It's safe to say the status quo is not acceptable," said Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, a Torrance Democrat and committee chairman.
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For Juan Chavez, a retired Navy captain from Poway, dealing with the federal Department of Veterans Affairs has been a frustrating experience filled with time-consuming delays given the backlog of applications.
He has some benefits after 38 years of service, including time in Vietnam and Iraq. But his injuries have become more acute over time, especially the chronic degeneration of his joints and lung damage from asbestos. So, he filed supplemental claims — the most recent in October 2011.
"I haven't had a decision yet," Chavez said. "It's been nothing but a horrendous battle with them. It's depressing and stressful. …
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Google Video replaced Product Search in Google's main navigation, now that Google's comparison shopping site started to become popular.
Google Video first replaced Froogle on the homepage in 2006, two months before Google acquired YouTube.
A year later, Froogle replaced Google Video on the homepage and it was rebranded as Google Product Search.
And now Google Video is back on Google's main navigation, while Froogle is available in the "more" drop-down.
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Google Video, Back in Google's Main Navigation
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Bill Clinton: Wedding Crasher
We're used to seeing celebs like Justin Beiber and Robin Williams crash weddings, but this one threw us for a loop — Bill Clinton crashed a wedding on Friday in Ireland!
Apparently the couple was exchanging vows at the resort the Clinton's were staying at. He took time to stop and pose with the very surprised couple and even accept a bit of praise for his politics; says the groom: "I thanked him for all he did for the Peace Process and for being such a friend of Ireland."
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KENTUCKY (10/23/13) – SurfKY News would like to share with you what has happened on this day in history.
•1814 - First plastic surgery is performed (England)
•1915 - 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding the right to vote
•1918 - Actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17)
•1921 - Green Bay Packers play first NFL game, win 7-6 over Minneapolis
•1925 - Birthday - Johnny Carson, Corning, IA, comedian (Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust)
•1931 - Birthday - Jim Bunning, Southgate, KY, American baseball player and politician (perfect game vs Mets in 1965)/(Rep-R-Ky)
•1941 - Walt Disney's "Dumbo" released
•1956 - Birthday - Dwight Yoakam, Pikeville, KY, country singer (Honky Tonk Man)
•1957 - Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 of a heart attack
•1959 - Birthday - Weird Al Yankovic (Alfred Matthew), parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun)
•1976 - Birthday - Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian
•1978 - Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69
•1989 - Hungary proclaims itself a republic and declares an end to communist rule
•2001 - Apple releases the iPod
•2010 - Singer-songwriter Katy Perry (25) weds actor-comedian Russell Brand (35) at luxury resort Aman-i-Khas in Northern India
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VIDEO: beatmaking with Ableton Push
Finger drum and sequence all at once with Ableton's debut hardware controller
When Ableton announced details of Live 9 back in October, the German developer also revealed a first for the company - its debut hardware controller, Ableton Push.
Ableton has now unveiled a teaser video (above) revealing the beatmaking workflow of Push and Live 9. The clip demonstrates how Push can be used for step sequencing and live finger drumming at the same time, along with how to add accents and swing, edit loop lengths and more.
Both Push and Live 9 are due for release during the first quarter of 2013. Push will be priced at $599/€499 (including Live 9 Intro).


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The versatile Prius hatchback has proved that hybrids can appeal to a broad spectrum of buyers. Toyota wisely widens its scope even further with the Prius v variant. It's not much roomier--legroom has actually shrunk by 1.2 inches in front--but the v's tall rear hatch certifies it for Costco duty. It exhibits the same competent Prius driving dynamics, with good body control and decently weighted steering. A steep hill, though, will tax the 134-hp powertrain, which carries over unchanged from the hatchback. The v takes 10.4 seconds to accelerate to 60 mph, a good half-second longer than the regular Prius. Fuel economy also suffers in comparison, coming in at 42 mpg. We wouldn't think so much of that decrease if it weren't for the fact that the European version of this model, called the Prius+, gets mileage-improving lithium-ion batteries. Prius owners feeling outgreened by the Chevrolet Volt need not despair, however, because Toyota is rolling out a plug-in version of the Prius that does use lithium-ion batteries. Its promised fifteen miles of electric range isn't quite in the Volt's league, but it should return better mileage than the Chevy in hybrid mode. It'll be cheaper, too, starting at $32,760. We've yet to drive the Plug-in--Toyota is introducing the vehicle in only fourteen states this year--but expect it to drive almost identically to the hatchback with which it shares everything except batteries. That's a good thing, as the latest Prius, though hardly a sport sedan, has nicely weighted steering, a well-behaved powertrain, and a comfortable, confident ride.
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The LA Galaxy bolstered their backline with the selection of Michigan defender Kofi Opare with the 24th overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft.
Opare spent four years at Michigan where he was a staple at center back for the University. The 22-year-old is a former member of the United States' Under-20 squad and helped Michigan reach the College Cup final in 2010.
More on Opare can be found here and a video of his highlights is below.
The LA Galaxy selected Boston College forward Charlie Rugg with the 19th overall pick in Thursday's MLS SuperDraft.
More on the forward can be found here.
The Galaxy have two selections in the second round with the 24th and 38th overall picks.
Highlights of Rugg from the MLS Combine are below...
The LA Galaxy hold three selections in Thursday's MLS SuperDraft and there is no shortage of speculation surrounding who head coach Bruce Arena and his coaching staff may select.
LA have the 19th pick in the first round of the SuperDraft and two selections -- the 24th and the 38th -- in the second round. Typically these positions do not offer the same freedom as say, the New England Revoultion have the first overall pick -- The Revs obtained the pick after trading with Toronto FC -- because LA must react to the decisions of 18 other clubs before making their first choice.
I've compiled a few must see sites and articles that you must read before you settle in to watch the draft at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
*Soccer By Ives has complied their own mock draft while Sports Illustrated's Avi Creditor outlined what he believes LA will be looking for in the Superdraft
*Prominent youth soccer website Top Drawer Soccer provided their own Mock Draft as a complete big board on all players available for selection.
Meanwhile, MLSsoccer.com has provided a mock draft of their own.
But the draft wasn't the only news that occured on Wednesday as Real Salt Lake announced the return of forward Robbie Findley while the Chicago Fire acquired Jeff Larentowicz from Colorado. Meanwhile, former LA Galaxy Academy product Jeffery Payeras has signed with Guatemalan side Municipal.
Who do you want to see the Galaxy select? Any positions that you want to see Arena focus on?
Share your thoughts below.
The LA Galaxy confirmed on Wednesday that Robbie Keane had signed a multi-year deal with the LA Galaxy.
In occurance with league and club rules, the terms were not released, but the Irishman told Sky Sports last week that the deal was for two years.
Keane is currently training with Tottenham Hotspur, who posted a photo on Instagram of Keane training with the club earlier in the day. Keane spoke to Tottenham's official website and you can find that video below.
The LA Galaxy have the 19th pick in the Thursday's MLS SuperDraft and while there is plenty of speculation on who Bruce Arena and the Galaxy coaching staff will select with the final pick in the first round, I decided to take a look back.
I chose to evaluate the last pick in the first round over the past 10 years and see which teams maximized their value with their selections.
Check out my data below
2012 - LA Galaxy with 19th overall pick: Defender Tommy Meyer (Indiana) - currently with LA Galaxy
2011 - Colorado Rapids with 18th overall pick: Midfielder Eddie Ababio -- currently with NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies
MLS: CAREER STATS: Zero regular season appearances in one-and-a-half seasons with the Colorado Rapids.
2010 - LA Galaxy with 16th overall pick: Midfielder Michael Stephens (UCLA) -- currently with LA Galaxy
2009 - New England Revolution with 15th overall pick: Midfielder Ryan Maxwell (Tampa) -- currently retired
MLS CAREER STATS:Zero regular season appearances in one season with New England
2008 - Real Salt Lake with 14th overall pick: Midfielder David Horst (Old Dominion) -- currently with Portland Timbers
2007 - Houston Dynamo with 13th overall pick: Midfielder John Michael Hayden (Indiana) -- currently with semi-professional indoor soccer team, the Louisville Lightning
MLS CAREER STATS: Zero regular season appearances in three season with Houston
2006 - LA Galaxy with 12th overall pick: Midfielder Nathan Sturgis (Clemson) -- currently with Colorado Rapids
2005 - Metrostars with 12th overall pick: Defender Tim Ward (Saint Louis) -- recently with San Jose Earthquakes
2004 - San Jose Earthquakes with 10th overall pick: Goalkeeper Steve Cronin (Santa Clara) -- currently retired
2003 - Dallas Burn with 10th overall pick: Defender Shavar Thomas (Connecticut) -- recently with Montreal Impact
2002 - Dallas Burn with 12th overall pick: Defender Lee Morrison (Stanford) -- currently retired
A few thoughts...
*Shavar Thomas leads all players over the 10 year study with games played, minutes, and goals. Thomas has been a frequent contributor to the Jamaican National Team for half a decade.
*Although Thomas is the most successful numbers wise, the Galaxy have had considerable success over the last three years as Michael Stephens and Tommy Meyer have blossomed into regular members of the Galaxy first team.
*Stephens has scored the most assists of all players selected with the final pick in the MLS SuperDraft despite having just three seasons in MLS.
Let me hear your thoughts about this study? Think the Galaxy can find another solid pick with the 19th selection on Thursday?
Share your thoughts below.
The MLS adidas player combine wrapped up on Tuesday afternoon, but as the soccer community descends on Indianapolis, we look back at the final day of the player combine.
Below are highlights created by MLSsoccer.com of the final day at the combine.
adiZero vs. Prime
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TORRANCE, Calif. – A.J. DeLaGarza understands that he's heading into one of the most important seasons of his professional career and the LA Galaxy center back is ready for the challenge.
For the past week, the 25-year-old defender has trained with the U.S. national team in preparation for the Feb. 29 friendly against Canada at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston. The camp is an immense opportunity for DeLaGarza as it represents a chance for him to make an impression with U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann just a year away from the 2014 World Cup.
"We all have an opportunity to make the World Cup [squad] so everyone is excited about this camp because it's the year before the World Cup and it's a big year for the U.S," said DeLaGarza. "[There] are a lot of competitions and a lot of games so guys are going to be needed."
When the DeLaGarza re-joins the Galaxy for preseason, he'll be faced likely be faced with a position battle with Meyer, who shined during the latter parts of the season and postseason after DeLaGarza went down with a knee injury. Although battling for a starting spot in the Galaxy back four promises to be a challenge, DeLaGarza feels that he is ready for the battle.
"I think that's when I'm at my best when I'm vying for a spot and I have to come in every single day and do better than someone else or try to do better than someone else," DeLaGarza said. "Everyone is playing for a spot, no one's spot is guaranteed."
Whoever lines up at central defense will have a new goalkeeper as Italian Carlo Cudicini takes over the reins from Josh Saunders, who appears to be on his way out of L.A.
"It'll be good, it'll be different," said DeLaGarza. "I'm used to [Donovan] Ricketts and Saunders back there and it's going to be good though because he's obviously a leader and played at the top club in the top league in the world."
Regardless of who is in the starting lineup, DeLaGarza remains confident that the Galaxy can challenge for a third straight MLS Cup title— no matter how different the team will be.
"I feel like we're going to be a totally different team," said DeLaGarza. " We've signed some good players and we've re-signed some players as well so whoever is out there, we're going to play to win another championship."
LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena told BeIn Sport that Brazilian midfielder Juninho was returning the Galaxy in for the 2013 season on Monday morning and now Juninho is offering a confirmation of his own.
On Monday evening, Juninho released a tri-lingual letter in Portugese, English, and Spanish via his official Facebook and Twitter accounts stating that he was returning "home" to the Galaxy -- seemingly for good. During his letter, Juninho expressed his gratitude to his childhood club São Paulo FC where he spent four years before placing him on loan to Brazilian side Toledo in 2008 and the Galaxy in 2009.
After his initial two year loan, Juninho returned to São Paulo in 2011, but despite re-signing with the club was unable to make a single appearance before being loaned back to the Galaxy. Although Juninho said then that he still "had a dream to try to play for São Paulo, it seems that he has made his decision.
"I would like to thank Sao Paulo Futebol Clube for these 10 years I was with the Club. The soccer player that I am today I owe it to you. Thank you for shaping me as the player and [sic] the person I am today. Things change, we have to make choices in life and I'm sure that choosing Galaxy was the right choice. It's a team that always believed in my soccer, that gave me the opportunity to return and show what I have to offer and come back to my fans who have always been by my side. I'm coming home, to our home! To the great team Los Angeles Galaxy."
What are your thoughts on Juninho's return? Excited for a Juninho and Marcelo Sarvas midfield pairing?
Share your thoughts below.
In an interview with BeIn Sports' Frank Dell'Apa head coach Bruce Arena says that the LA Galaxy have re-signed Brazilian midfielder Juninho.
Arena also states the Galaxy are still hoping to bolster their midfield, which may include a Designated Player signing.
"We've been fortunate we've been able to re-sign Juninho, so we'll have him back and (Marcelo) Sarvas and (Mike) Magee back in the midfield," said Arena. "And we need to get another player there and we're working on it, as well, and there's a chance we'll get a designated player that can slip into midfield, as well."
Juninho returns to the Galaxy after another strong season for LA that saw him serve as a staple in Arena's midfield. In his third season for the Galaxy, Juninho made 42 appearances in all competitions while scoring nine goals and six assists. With David Beckham having departed, the Brazilian duo of Juninho and Sarvas is expected to be the Galaxy's midfield pairing heading into preseason.
What remains to be seen, however, is if Juninho is returning on a transfer or another loan from Brazilian side Sao Paulo.
Monday is an off day, but on Sunday, the MLS combine was in full swing on day three of the event.
Below are the highlights from day three.
I'll have more on the Galaxy as well as some players that I believe you should keep an eye on during draft day later in the day
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An Extensive Look At Suspension
From what I understand, back in mid-1904 the experiences of a young man named William Brush helped to initiate advances in automobile suspension systems that led them well on their way to becoming what they are today. His discovery, or rather its prelude, was the result of a mishap while hot roddin' in his brother's car. Brush was rolling along way too fast for the inadequate unpaved roads of the day and hit a turn at around 30 mph.
Midway through the turn the right front wheel skidded off the road into a rut and immediately began to shudder violently. The undulations of the jolted right front elliptic leaf spring sent shock waves across the solid I-beam axle causing the entire frontend of the car to shake furiously. Brush was unprepared for the situation and lost control, crashing through a fence and flipping over in a cow pasture.
Later that day, the youngster admitted what had happened to his older brother, Alanson, who was rightfully pissed off. Luckily for him Alanson was in the process of planning improvements to his creation, a car dubbed the "Brush Two-Seat Runabout," which finally hit the market in 1906. It featured a revolutionary (for the time) suspension system that incorporated two innovations which, up to this point, had never been used together--front coil springs and shock absorbers--all mounted to a flexible hardwood axle.
Back then, some European carmakers had already been experimenting with coil springs, with Gottlieb Daimler in Germany being the leading advocate. However, most manufacturers stuck with leaf springs; they were less costly, and by simply adding or removing leaves or changing the shape from full elliptic to three-quarter or half elliptic, the spring could be made to support varying weights.
Leaf springs in one form or another have been used since the Romans suspended a two-wheeled cart on pliable wooden poles. The first steel spring put on a vehicle was a single flat plate installed on carriages by the French in the 18th century. Leaf springs as we know them today were invented by Obadiah Elliot back in London around 1804. He simply piled one steel plate on top of another, pinned them together and shackled each end to a carriage, which worked pretty well.
Henry Ford's 1908 Model T Ford featured leaf springs with a novel twist, using only one spring at each axle, mounted transversely, instead of one at each wheel. Ford's adaptation of high-strength vanadium steel from a French racing car allowed him to save weight and cut costs in many areas of the Model T without compromising its durability.
The coil spring ain't no spring chicken, either. In fact, the first patent for such a spring (British Patent No. 792) was issued to a guy by the name of Tredwell in 1763. The main advantage of coil springs was that they did not have to be spread apart and lubricated at regular intervals to keep them from squeaking, as leaf springs did.
With the exception of a car here and there, independent coil spring front suspension remained in limbo for 25 years after the introduction of the aforementioned Brush Runabout. Then suddenly in 1934, GM, among others reintroduced coil spring front suspension, this time with each wheel sprung independently. In that year, most cars started using hydraulic shock absorbers and low-pressure tires, as well. The combination of solid front axles, shocks and balloon tires really aggravated frontend shimmy but the new practice of suspending each wheel individually lessened the effects of spring bounce. Soon after WW II, nearly all manufacturers switched to coil springs for the front wheels.
Buick became the first U.S. manufacturer to use rear coils back in '38. Manufacturers have vacillated between leaf and coil springs since then and it's been kind of a rule-of-thumb that large, heavy cars are equipped with leaf springs, while small light cars use coil springs.
Fast forwarding to the present day we see IFS as the norm and IRS as a bit more exotic. The musclecars we all know and love for the most part have received upgrades above and beyond what was offered as original equipment and through the balance of this issue we'll hopefully offer you some useful insight into both the theory and the availability of the systems and products that make your super Chevy a joy to drive.
Street Challenge Suspension Systems
Every year Air Ride Technologies hosts an annual event aptly named "The Street Challenge". This event was targeted to educate our dealers and the motorsports media about the hardcore performance benefits of a properly designed and tuned air suspension system. Now that the real world performance benefits of an air suspension have been exposed there has been intense customer interest in the specific equipment used at that event. In response to that interest Air Ride Technologies has put these top-notch components together into one complete suspension system appropriately named the "Street Challenge Package". These elite packages represent the finest air suspension equipment that is currently available for these vehicles including StrongArms, AirBars, Double adjustable Shockwaves, and Musclebar swaybars.
Street Challenge systems are intended for the serious hard-core performance enthusiasts who want a suspension system that is designed for their specific car and who will tolerate no compromise in either handling performance or ride quality. For more information about the Street Challenge packages for YOUR car, you can reach Air Ride Technologies by calling 812-482-2932 or visit them online at www.ridetech.com.