A VP of GM told me during the mid 1970s that all of GM cars at that
time were made to metric specs except for the shock absorbers.
Stan Doore
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From: <[email protected]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 3:18 PM
Subject: [USMA:42467] Re: A thin veneer of dishonesty
Jerry,
Do you have access to *any* motor vehicle made by GM, Ford, or Chrysler in
the past ten years? If you do, check the nuts and bolts. You will
discover that they have millimeter (not inch) threads. Automotive parts
are made, interchangeably in millimeter sizes, in many countries
throughout the world, and assembled is still other countries. Hence,
almost everything is in millimeter sizes. One exception is wheel rim
diameters.
Gene.
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Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:13:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:42451] Re: A thin veneer of dishonesty
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Pat,
Are you sure about all this metric being used in the
USA? Why would a company go to the bother of using
metric units in production just to hide them from
other companies and the public? Where do you get
your information?
Jerry
