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March 21st 09, 07:23 PM
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Metric Hardware ( was Aerodynamics of Towing)
On 21 Mar, 13:30, Jim Beckman wrote:
*Are there any British gliders left that are old enough to have used Whitworth hardware? The UK car industry switched over to UNF/UNC in the early sixties, but I wouldn'r be suprised to find Whitworth/BSF in anything Slingsby made until the late 60's. They were masters of improvisation ... for many years Slingsby glider main wheels were surplus Spitfire tailwheels. I have to keep a full set of imperial tools for my Herald and a full set of metric ones for my DS. I still have a Whitworth set from when I had a 1959 Morris Minor but it doesn;t get much use. The Micra just never needs mending, so nut sizes are irrelevant ... Ian 
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