[Amps] Conversion Nightmare

[Harold B. Mandel]

The Royal Enfield motorcycle that in the 'Fifties and 'Sixties was
a product of Great Britain, has resurfaced and is now 
manufactured in India.

This one machine, available in one color, drab green,
sports the following thread types:

USC
USF
BSF
BSC
Whitworth
Acme
Metric

The assembly shop needs separate sets of wrenches, sockets
and hex keys. This is from personal experience.

The machine comes partially assembled, with bags of 
bolts, nuts and other bits.

The special customer who orders one of these usually spends
a good half-hour examining the hardware for evidence of
Vise-Grip teeth and shifting-spanner (adjustable open-end)
marks on the edges of hardware.

Needless to say the instruction manual for the assembler is
as much fun to read as an instruction manual on a new
Chinese engine lathe.

And I though Acme was the company that made the bombs for
Wily E. Coyote......

Hal/W4HBM