on 2003-06-22 05.35, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snip>
> I imagine that the main cost of the change fell on garages across the > country because they had to buy new sets of wrernches. Ferdinand Porche took an interesting approach to this when he designed the all metric Volkswagen in 1931.* Porche used only three bolt sizes in the whole car: a small bolt for the body panels, a slightly larger one for engine parts and a very large one for the wheels. By doing this, he was able to provide each car with a three spanner toolkit. * OK, I know the purists will say that the Porche wasn't officially called a Volkswagen until its release in 1936, but the 1931 model still looks the same to me as the volkswagen known here as the 'pregnant pastie'. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia --
