James-Jason Wentworth in USMA 23838 wrote:
I can see Ford US using that spelling with a slogan like "Our trucks have the *BIG* ton(nes)--they're so big we had to use more letters for them!" A second voiceover would say "One thousand kilograms of sheer pulling power!" or something similar. -- Jason
Will Mike Joy please tell us if Australia used American (short) tons of 2000 lbs. or British (long) toms of 2240 lbs. and hundredweights (cwt.) of 112 lbs.?
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
