[Healeys] lost parts

[David Porter]

My history may be a bit sketchy, but what Ed is talking about, I think, is
just prior to WWI the French company Hotchkiss moved their factory to the UK
so as not to get bombed out by the Germans. Their tooling was subsequently
bought by Morris, who didn't bother to change the threading and that is why
an MG TC (for instance)has 3 distinctly different thread pitches..
 If any of the historians out there can expand on this or correct me please
feel free.
dave 

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