1974 Dolomite Sprint

[Hooli]

I refuse to understand litres or KM as I refuse to use the same units of measurement as the entire scientific community.

EFA

All the most interesting science was done in Imperial.

[SiC]

I refuse to understand litres or KM as I refuse to use the same units of measurement as the entire scientific community, except the Yanks.

EFA

FTFY

[Hooli]

Didn't the yanks go metric? I thought they did after years of using the wrong versions of Imperial. They didn't even know how big an inch was ffs, let alone a gallon.

[John F]

I refuse to understand litres or KM as I refuse to use the same units of measurement as the entire scientific community, including the yank scientific community.

EFA

FTFY

FTFYT

[John F]

Didn't the yanks go metric? I thought they did after years of using the wrong versions of Imperial. They didn't even know how big an inch was ffs, let alone a gallon.

Map of all countries in the world that don't use metric in everyday life:



NB septic inches are the same as British codger ones. It's mainly the fluid measurements & suchlike that the colonials had problems with.

[DodgeRover]

Why is England not coloured in? Or maybe shaded a nice pastel colour?

[John F]

On some maps the UK is differently coloured because we still use some imperial left-overs. But otherwise we're essentially metric.

[Hooli]

I'm sure I've read the Merlin didn't work when the yanks first built it as they used the wrong inches so the clearances were wrong?

[John F]

I'm sure I've read the Merlin didn't work when the yanks first built it as they used the wrong inches so the clearances were wrong?

Nope, not that I've heard. And as I said, septics use the same inch as the British did.

[LynehamHerc]

My understanding is that Rolls Royce relied upon manual fettling to get it to fit together properly whereas Ford went down the mass production route and had to change things as a result.