05-30-2022, 09:16 AM | #41 |
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Next you’ll want us to change to Chinese from English, because it works better for Chinese people…….aaahhh, no!
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05-30-2022, 10:37 AM | #43 |
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05-30-2022, 11:05 AM | #44 |
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No, I don't have any kind of emotional attachment to the A. And I have 3 other cars that are way more modern than the A. The Ford is, for me, simply a good looking pastime. It could've been a Merc R129 as well. That was a close contender beside the A actually.
I'm just saying that most of the scientific and technological world has adopted the metric system. Imperial units are simply outdated by now. |
05-30-2022, 11:28 AM | #45 |
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Yes were are hard headed here in the US. We are also relatively practical. In other words, if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.
The aircraft industry here in the US still uses the inch system and likely will for a long time to come. This is due to the complex series of standards that were developed for the aerospace industry. Home construction still uses 16 and 24 inch centers due to the manufacture of 4' X 8' and 4' X 12' standards for sheet rock and plywood. This isn't changing much either. I haven't used a yard stick in years but I do use my 4-foot and 8-foot aluminum rules as well as my framing square all the time. I can use metric when I have to and have always maintained both imperial and metric hand tools. There are so many different size metric wrenches that I seldom ever use some of them. The ones I do use are very close to 3/8", 1/2", and 9/16" with smaller ones for aviation common fasteners but I think you can see my point. 10mm, 13mm, and 15mm seem to be the ones I use the most in metric. Last edited by rotorwrench; 05-30-2022 at 11:37 AM. |
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05-30-2022, 01:21 PM | #47 |
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I bought two 1979 Chevy Malibus with 267 V8s and 350 THMs.
Both used SAE wrenches on mechanical units. The company bought 300 as company cars. As I remember some cars had 200 or 231 V6s and 200 THMs, those 200 THMs used Metric bolts. In fact the oil pans on the transmission had "METRIC" stamped on them. Most body bolts and nuts were METRIC. Go figure... Both were Janesville builds ... maybe the bodies were built in Canada!! Those of us who ordered company cars when first offered got the 267 V8s and 350 THMs. Then some bean counter said we could only order V6s because they got 2 miles per gallon more. Every one of the V6s had the transmission rebuilt at least twice before they reached 60,000 miles. That sure saved alot money ... Heh? The metric bolts did not make the 200's less reliable. A friend who worked for AAMCO said that when they designed the 200's many plastic parts were used and that is why they were junk. Last edited by Benson; 05-30-2022 at 01:51 PM. |
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05-30-2022, 09:17 PM | #51 |
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Time to get rid of Metric! Time to go back to inches, feet and yards. It's too hard to covert as I get older. I use the 1 mm =.040 (1"= 25 mm) quick conversion too. And here's another, 1 Yd =11/10 = 1 meter. 1 yd 36", 10% 3.6" ! meter = 39.36" 3.6" or 10% of an yard larger. Hence 1 meter is 11/10 of a yard Long. It ain't perfect and I wouldn't use it for anything longer than two meters. But for quick estimates it works. Don't get me started on liquid measure! I fought that fight with Ivermectin a few months ago. Unfortunately, Bectin Dickinson refuses to make Hypos with anything but CCs on it. Give me ozs anytime .
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"But that's the way we've always done it."
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I am trying to loose some weight and get down to 12-1/4 stones. I just got back from a nice Model A tour. We drove between 40 and 55 leagues each day. I remembered to bring my 1/5 finger wrench in case I needed to change a spark plug.
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Granma use metric all the time on varmints, trespassers and revenue agents...9mm
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Yes Dino F., it's the g503 guy!
This thread is getting too funny....stones, leagues, fathoms....what was the original topic again? Oh yeah....Model A shops! LOL. |
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Just too many passions in the car hobby. From WWII jeeps to Model A Fords!
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I was surprised to learn that my 1959 Triumph TR3 made in England uses all USA standard nuts and bolts. Just a few tiny screws under the dash holding the instruments were not SAE but Whitworth.
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The Zenith carburetor uses some metric threads. Why?
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