My 1973 MG Midget, which is of the LBC persuasion, is not metric. My
neighbor's 1979 Triumph Spitfire is also not metric. However, all cars
built in the USA have been metric for as long as instrument panel gauges,
knobs, and switches have had icons and not English words.
To be fair to the parts clerks, most of them never see anyone looking for
old British car parts and they are too young to have any personal knowledge
of the cars. I ordered front brake pads for my BJ8 over the phone last week
from my local Autozone store. When I called to see if the order was in yet,
I told the clerk it was for an "Austin-Healey". After checking, he said
they had no order listed under my name. I asked what name that was, since I
hadn't told them my name. Yes, you did, he said. What name was that?
"Austin Healey".
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Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at
autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Richard Ewald
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 7:24 PM
To: Oudesluys
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Master cylinder-Metric?
I would just like to point out that post 1967 LBCs went metric. So you just
might want to cut the parts guy who quite likely not alive when you car was
built just a bit of slack.
$.02
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On Nov 5, 2011, at 13:41, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
> Those someones should sell bits and pieces they know nothing about. If you
sell whatever you sell you have to know the basics of the goods. Anyway
since
when are they doing metric in the US?
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
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