[GreenKeys] teletype...Whhhyyy?!

[Joe Duszyński]

Sam,
Speaking of schizo cars... The "Fun" car I owned was a 1959 Austin Seven Mini.
It was just old enough to have "Some Whit" New Enough to have some SAE
and the electrical screws were all BA.... Such joy that car....To top
it off later Mini bits for the MK1 don't always interchange with the
Austin Seven Mini... The grille is a unique thing and the brake piping
was another odd lot and much of the interior frameworks was also. It
was a difficult car when things broke for sure!!

FYI your website has helped a ton on the Creed project especially the
info in the spares manual on the fasteners. Still seeking out that
parallel info though.... If I do come across it you'll be the first
with a copy!!!
Thanks for all you do on the website!!!

Cheers
JD


On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 10:39 AM Sam Hallas <s.hallas at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> Joe Duszyński wrote:
> > When I lived in the UK I bought the range of taps and dies for BA and Whit.
> > The engineer had to have cool new tools!! LOL!
> > FYI They've come in handy with this project.
> >
> > Which brings us to the above mentioned Whit sizes... "Another Standard"
> > 50's British Cars were Whitworth threads and hex head spanner/wrench sizes.
> > Leyland,Austin,Morris switched to SAE in the 60's and metric in the
> > late 70's (third and fourth standards)
> > And When working on Motorcycles they tend to be BA threads and Hex
> > head wrench/spanners.
>
> You're right, Joe. The automotive sector was just as schizophrenic as
> you described. I inherited a set of Whitworth & AF spanners from my
> father in the late 60s when I got my first car. Thank heavens they're
> all metric now! The only Whitworth taps and dies needed now are to make
> studding or screws for camera tripods which are still 1/4" Whitworth.
>
> Telecomms always seemed to be BA - usually even sizes. But the British
> Post Office had a love affair with odd sizes. Maybe to stop staff
> stealing them for home projects or just out of sheer cussedness.
> Cheers,
> Sam