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14 Oct 2002, 05:56 (Ref:403452)
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re: Wentworth / Whitworth
I was searching for Wentworth earlier. Is Wentworth slang for Whitworth? or a metric variant?
regardless, I found mentions of Whitworth std being used in autos & machinery but is there any proof that this thread type was used in auto brake/fuel lines? in the 1940's? -hyphen |
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14 Oct 2002, 10:39 (Ref:403647)
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Wentworth is a misprint. The only references I could find to it were obvious errors in titling net pages. British Standard Whitworth threads were still the mainstay of industry in the 30s and 40s - export cars were sold to traditional Empire markets, which used the same standard. It was not until after WW2 that most firms re-tooled to SAE standards.
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15 Oct 2002, 09:41 (Ref:404603)
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In the late 60's the UK started to move away from Whitworth to AF (accross the flats)
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