- 1. [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: "oliver" <sumton@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:27:13 -0500
- just got home from the movie (and dinner) great movie, but especially because it mentions lucas electrics, british cars (if there's no oil under them, there's no oil in them) and whitworth!!!!!!! a j
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- 2. Re: [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:32:36 -0500
- What "indignity of Whitworth"? Indignity is metric in my GMC and Ford Karl Vacek Riverside, Illinois USA TC 6370 just got home from the movie (and dinner) great movie, but especially because it menti
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- 3. Re: [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:44:55 -0500
- What "indignity of Whitworth"?, indeed. There are precious few British cars that ever used Whitworth threads (or BSW), as that is a coarse thread pitch but is commonly confused with British Standard
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- 4. Re: [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Hill <chillmog@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:31:03 -0500
- You are mostly correct. There were few BSW fasteners on the T. Not many and most people don't realize they were BSW. There were actually more BSC (British Standard Cycle) and BA fasteners. Now there
- /html/mg-t/2011-06/msg00014.html (7,470 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: Dave and Liz DuBois <ddubois@sinclair.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:11:41 -0700
- BSW - used to attache the adjusting link to the generator (this was not a MG thing, but rather a Lucas thing and probably 99.9% of those BSW bolts have been replaced with an American National Course.
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- 6. Re: [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: PopeyMike@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:42:24 EDT
- I beg to differ with you Karl. Metric system makes sense in more ways than one. It is the British system that is confusing for most people with fractions and inches and the base 12 measuring system.
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- 7. Re: [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: "Clive Sherriff" <clive.sherriff@ntlworld.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:21:04 +0100
- There are reasons .......... The imperial measurements systems, with the odd basis of 12ths, 14th, rods, poles, furlongs and perches etc. etc. was a cunning British way of keeping the minds of the En
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- 8. Re: [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Eldred <redscirocco@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:54:24 -0400
- The sun never sets on the mighty Jeep. -Mike Eldred 1954 MG TF 1951 Willys M38 Jeep 1973 MG Midget mg-t@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mg-t/redscirocco@hotmail.com _____________
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- 9. Re: [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: PopeyMike@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:52:36 EDT
- Dear Clive: I do have to agree - I like the way you reason. Yes it would keep British minds alert - no question about that. Unfortunately this does not help the USA since we tend to value education a
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- 10. Re: [Mg-t] cars2 the movie (score: 1)
- Author: "Clive Sherriff" <clive.sherriff@ntlworld.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:32:09 +0100
- Maybe God didn't think much of the headlights? Clive <G> == -- Original Message -- From: Mike Eldred To: clive.sherriff@ntlworld.com ; popeymike@aol.com ; kvacek@ameritech.net ; sumton@sbcglobal.net
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