[Amps] Conversion Nightmare

[Gary Smith]

And you can get one as a diesel
73,
Gary... wa6fgi
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Harold B. Mandel 
  To: amps at contesting.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 5:12 PM
  Subject: [Amps] Conversion Nightmare


  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
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