[TR] Not my Fault

[John Macartney]

Well if it helps to bring you a bit nearer to reality, the Production Control
computer system at Canley in the late 1960's and early 70's didn't bring up
error messages *at all.* This is why on odd occasions - and certainly through
operator* error, we saw:
 
A Herald convertible with a LHD instrument panel
and a RHD pedal layout
A Toledo (which later became the Dolomite 1300 in 2 and
4 door versions) with two doors on the RH side and one on the LH side
A 2000
saloon (which was rwd) that tried to get married to a Triumph 1300 fwd engine
and tranny assembly. Interestingly,those respective cars were built on
different assembly tracks and the arrival of the various items at 'premount'
automatically stopped the tracks for almost a day while the computer people
tried to sort the program error to enable a re-start.
A Spitfire with disc
wheels on the front, wires on the back and one of each in the boot. That
particular car saw me being hit in the jaw by the owner because I couldn't
believe my eyes and laughed at it.
I believe there were others.
 
Jonmac
 
*
The operator error was a whole different ballgame and the lady concerned who
did the keyboarding for the punch card system always claimed these errors were
only ever her fault because she was 'generously proportioned' up top and said
she sometimes couldn't see the keyboard! She was a pretty girl too.
 

From:
William Pugh <anabil007 at comcast.net>
To: TR3/6 <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent:
Sunday, 24 July 2011, 18:09
Subject: [TR] Not my Fault

OK, I know I should
not use the F word, but MacOS Lion is driving me nuts, I
think whoever
designed it must have worked for Triumph  (car content)  so I
hope someone get
this mail  darn don't even have emoticons 


triumphs at autox.team.net

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