...do old farts convert the speedo on heir new car to read in imperial?
Hehehe! Gold star to you, sir. Now you got me curious.
What is a circular slide rule?
https://calipertimepieces.com/blogs/news/how-to-use-a-circular-slide-ruleHehehe! Gold star to you, sir. Now you got me curious.
What is a circular slide rule?
We can do better than that! Slough DS19s had a lot of Whitworth and BSF fasteners as well as the French metric fasteners (according to the old 1930 French standard).Some years ago owned a VS Commodore ... The water pump fasteners were still imperial while the rest of the engine was metric.
Hehehehe! Yes, okay, okay. We are slow to change. Proof that tradition is stronger than government.My nut and bolt shop has a good range of M7 bolts and screws as they are fairly common on Japanese bikes, M9 on the other hand. They also keep most common sizes of BSF. My 1924 Douglas motorcycle had 9/32" x 25 tpi threads for the chain adjusters, a request for these bolts was met with a blank look, "it is neither BSF or UNF". I ran an M7 x 1mm tap through as there was virtually no difference and they stocked M7 bolts.
Tyres have already been mentioned but I would be willing to bet more than 50% of new cars have a wheel PCD that is actually a metric equivalent of an imperial base measurement. 108mm (4 1/4"), 114.3mm (4 1/2") 139.7mm (5 1/2") etc, not to mention automotive rim widths are usually measured in inches too 17"x7" and so on. Tyre placards almost always include pressures in PSI. I don't remember ever asking a tyre fitter what pressure he put in my tyres and getting a reply in KPA or bars. I had some tyres fitted to loose rims only last week, 38 pounds was the reply.
Ask a young person how much boost they're running! What does their car run in the "quarter"? What's your 60 foot time? What size rims do they have? Young people quote HP at the wheels more often than they do KW.
Got a 4inch lift kit with a 2 inch body lift and a set of 35s on 10 inch rims bro!
Socket set, will that be 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" or 3/4" drive?
6 inch,foot long, quarter pounder, 8, 12 or 16 oz coffee?
Buy a pair of shoes based on the barleycorn system of measurement lately? Size 7 hat? Ask your wife/girlfriend her bra size!
I don't think the imperial system is vanishing any time soon, and certainly not in the automotive world.
Hi I use Porters in Toowoomba, however Nut and Bolt Australia list M7 socket heads in black (up to 40mm) and Classic Fasteners list M7 socket heads in stainless (50mm). There are also several Aust listings on EBay for M7 socket heads. Aust availability may depend on the length you were chasing though? I bought a selection of coned titanium socket head bolts, nuts and washers from the UK a few years ago as part of my lightening procedure on my Reliant Regal. It wasn't a very big bag for $160, but I did reduce the car's weight by 700g!! Titanium bolts in 3/8" and 1/2" were unobtanium in Aust at an affordable price. Rob.Hehehehe! Yes, okay, okay. We are slow to change. Proof that tradition is stronger than government.
You've got to tell us what that shop is. When I was looking for M7 socket heads I came up empty so I had to order in the US. Found a few places over there that had everything you wanted in every length you wanted it.
But I do go by metric shoe sizes (since childhood).