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Re: Another Whitworth on the B

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Subject: Re: Another Whitworth on the B
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 10:41:06 -0700
Unless you've converted it, your B would have lever shocks. And even if it
did have tube shocks, how would you go about putting a metric nut on an
English-threaded stud?

on 8/2/01 12:17 AM, scott beavis at sbeavis@solartronanalytical.com wrote:

>> Half inch was too small, 9/16 was too big
> 
> 13mm?
> 
> I know the MG's didn't use any metric in the factory but wouldn't shocks be
> something replaced later with a metric equivelent? Our 78B has modern type
> shocks on the back, I'm sure, and these usually always come with M8 13mm or
> M10 17mm nuts on the top these days.
> 
> ...or has the metric system been banned in the US? ;-)
> 
> 
> Scott

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Max Heim
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