I still have my Whitworth wrenches from when I needed them on the odd
Triumph sports car or whatever.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: nuts/bolts

> Dear rolls Royce person
>
> My next door neighbour and mechanical mentor has a set of those
> interesting
> wrenches
> just in case ...???
> regards
>
> On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:
>> And how about Whitworth?
>>
>>
>> On Dec 20, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>>
>>> Metric as applied to fasteners covers a lot of territory. Multiple
>>> standards such as DIN, JASO, ISO all with different threads, heads,
>>> finishes etc. Many vehicles use more than one standard depending on
>>> the part. there are still vehicles that use variations of metric and
>>> American.
>>>
>>> Dennis
>>>
>>>
>>>> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:01:35 -0800
>>>> From: vwdash80@YAHOO.COM
>>>> Subject: Re: nuts/bolts
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>>
>>>> now that most manufacturers are world market I would expect metric
>>>> to be more common than SAE. all of Detroit outsources components
>>>> and subassemblies from beyond the states ...
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>>> Cc:
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 11:02 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: nuts/bolts
>>>>
>>>> Almost all VW hardware conforms to DIN specifications and with some
>>>> effort
>>>> is readily available. Depending on application you need to be aware
>>>> of not
>>