Timeline
1989
Ken’s History
Ken Byron began his career in the auto repair trade, earning his Journeyman status as an automotive mechanic. He left the automotive trade, joining a company that represented Ford’s commercial and industrial engines. During his short time there, he learned the diesel injection trade. From there he went to Bosch, It was a good fit because of his automotive and diesel injection background. He was their diesel injection reman guy, building pumps at Bosch Canada, before promotion “Technical Sales Representative” for Western Canada.
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Hans Rusch
Hans Rusch, originally from Switzerland, was an employee of North West Diesel. He specialized in fuel injection (at that time mostly Detroit diesel 2 stroke injectors),and convinced the owners of North West Diesel to rent him a small room in the back of their building, where he began doing business as NW Fuel Injection. Since we couldn’t get a picture of him, we thought you would enjoy this historical magazine cover.
1968