In a message dated 1/28/05 12:59:18 AM, Guy.Weller@kencomp.net writes:
> In the UK, I was brought up on all the old Imperial Measurements.
> I can still remember strange mesurements of rods, poles, perches,chains,
not
> to mention pounds shillings pence farthings and so on. All long before any
> form of creeping metrication.
> And yet, in the UK car engines have always been in cubic centimeters . Odd!
>
>
Hey Guy. In the 60's you folks still used the Imperial Measurements (My
bugeye has a Gas Tank Capacity of 6 Imperial Gallons and the Cooling System
Capacity was 10 Imperial Pints. There was no translation for either, I
remember
that 6 Imperial Gallons was equal to about 7.2 American Gallons. Assuming it
takes 8 Imperial Pints to make an Imperial Gallon, you are looking at 1.2
Imperial Gallons in the cooling system. Or is that 5.7 litres? It seems
that
Great Britain was ahead of us even then in getting to metric. We still run
around measuring things in American pints and gallons. And don't even think
other than in inches, feet, yards, and so forth. And please don't knit pick
my
math. These are either straight statements from the Owner's Handbook or my
own brand of in-my-head arithmetic which makes a lot of assumptions I don't
have any business making.
Annice & Bob
1960 Bugeye (Mk. IV in disguise) "The Sprite"
1966 Sprite Mk. III (Still in Boxes) "Trevor"
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