Old Enough To Remember?

St-Gerard said:
Everything from the early 80' s was cursed with Metric and SAE , except Japanese cars and Bikes.
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I remember.....this was my introduction to Torx fasteners, along with the metric/SAE mix. The headlight bulbs on our 1980 was held into the mount with three different size Torx screws....2.5mm, 3mm and 3.5mm...six total including the ones that fastened the frame to the bulb and the bulb into the adjuster assembly. This was before Torx was generally available, other than at a GM dealership. Had to order them individually from a local auto parts store....no sets. The 2.5 and 3.5 were not available, but had to order/buy them from my dealership.
That was also the period where you could sit on your front porch and watch the car rust.
 
And GM went to Pozi drive for the interior Screws, what is Crazier is it took the Cx/Gl Forum to tell me about "Japanese Industrial Standard" screw heads ,40 years of working on Japanese cars and Bikes and not one Teacher,or Snap-on / Mac tools guys even know about them. Oh yeah Snap - On still doesn't have them. G
 
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ST1100Y said:
pfffff... posh... ;)

RJ11 dial-up modem on landline... theoretically about 24Kbps... depending on how much static was on the line...

Fun times and HTML email was a big boo-boo... ;)

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There was a command you could put into the modem properties that would force it to hold open bandwidth.
"AZT"
I ran a 256 mb modem with this and often got as much as 56mb download speeds!
 
Ron said:
OK, how about a 9/16" then?

If you don't get the humor from a joke or cartoon in seconds, it won't be funny after an explanation.

He's from Austria, hence the metric comment.

I have 3 cars made in North America (specifically the US), and all 3 are metric.
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... adding to the confusion...

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Was introduced to the VALMOBILE in 1960 in Lethbridge Alberta. Couple of wonderful brothers......formerly from Japan had 4 of them 'in stock' at their White Rose Gas Station.. I was 13. They 'gave' me one to ride for a week.... be a sales rep. Well, my neighbor
Mr. Isaacson saw it, liked it....purchased 3 of them....fit easily in the trunk of his 60 Pontiac. Was a good summer....for all involved.
 

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Grand Rouge said:
Was introduced to the VALMOBILE in 1960 in Lethbridge Alberta. Couple of wonderful brothers......formerly from Japan had 4 of them 'in stock' at their White Rose Gas Station.. I was 13. They 'gave' me one to ride for a week.... be a sales rep. Well, my neighbor
Mr. Isaacson saw it, liked it....purchased 3 of them....fit easily in the trunk of his 60 Pontiac. Was a good summer....for all involved.
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Kind of reminds me of the Go Devil folding bike.

https://nationalmcmuseum.org/2022/07/08/1968-go-devil-scooter/
 
Oldbikefixr said:
I remember.....this was my introduction to Torx fasteners, along with the metric/SAE mix. The headlight bulbs on our 1980 was held into the mount with three different size Torx screws....2.5mm, 3mm and 3.5mm...six total including the ones that fastened the frame to the bulb and the bulb into the adjuster assembly. This was before Torx was generally available, other than at a GM dealership. Had to order them individually from a local auto parts store....no sets. The 2.5 and 3.5 were not available, but had to order/buy them from my dealership.
That was also the period where you could sit on your front porch and watch the car rust.
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Don't forget clutch head screws. You can find them at trailer house repair places.
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