MAGDANA was born out of a collaboration of two friends, Joe Johnson and Richard Jodoin.
Richard met Joe in 2003 at a car show in Stuart, Florida. Joe was displaying his Factory Five Racing (FFR) Cobra replica and Richard was enjoying a walk through all the cars in the show. Some years earlier, Richard had delivered a FFR kit to a local enthusiast in Jupiter, Florida and was delighted to see one in the show. The conversation revealed a number of mutual interests.
Several chance meetings after that initial contact were filled with discussions of a potential business relationship centered around car care products. Richard had an inventive mind and scientific thinking and Joe had some marketing background and computer skills to bring to the efforts.
In summer of 2006, Richard moved to North Carolina and Joe moved to Tennessee. Keeping in contact via e-mail, they still worked on some planning and brainstorming. Living close enough to visit each other (about 200 miles apart) they have persued these efforts with the mission to enhance the enjoyment of automobile enthusiasts everywhere.
Joe at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana. The drive up on "The Going To The Sun Road" was a dream come true. Not only to travel and see some great locations in the USA but to drive a fantastic car that he had built.
Joe is retired from aerospace (training) and teaching and currently works part time at Lowe's. This is an enjoyable diversion that permits him to be physically and socially active yet allowing time to persue writing and website development. Joe's first book available is Build a Car? Maybe… The Story of How I Did. The book is a narrative with color photographs of the efforts to assemble a replica of the 1965 Cobra SC roadster. Joe is working toward another project and will be offering a book documenting that effort.
Recently, Joe met Bruce Thomas (the grandson of the founder of Thomas Built Busses) and signed on with Cleantechnics International. Joe saw this as an opportunity to expand the product offerings of MAGDANA in a way that will support the conservation/preservation philosophies. Tremendous cost savings are available to trucking firms, heavy equipment operators, bus lines and even the military.
Joe at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana. The drive up on "The Going To The Sun Road" was a dream come true. Not only to travel and see some great locations in the USA but to drive a fantastic car that he had built.
