Steve Rochna" <mns@oasisol.com> wrote:
>I prefer to use odd sizes and put at least one metric in each job - just
>like at the factory. I feel the vehicle is more 'original' this way. My
>SIII is a 1972 and has whitworth, metric and SAE at random all over it.
I'm afraid all of the metric bits on your '72 are SPOTs. There is a grand
total of ONE true metric bolt on the early Series IIIs. Of course, there
are a bunch of UNF, SAE, BSP and BSF fittings.... You just *know* there
had to be a fastener guild at Solihull....
>When did the UK go metric?
I'm not sure they ever did. Even on the '96 Disco, I've encountered a fair
number of plain, ol' standard SAE nuts and bolts...plus TORX and non-metric
'star' or Posidrive fasteners thrown in for grins....
Cheers
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