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>at the end of the British Leyland body assembly line men with large hammers would whack the doors from below to make them close properly. Not that your point
by dsfyu404ed 7y ago
>at the end of the British Leyland body assembly line men with large hammers would whack the doors from below to make them close properly.
Not that your point about inherent complexity doesn't stand but having to whack body panels to make them fit just means the dies are at the end of their lives. They certainly would have fit without mechanical persuasion when the dies were new. The hood of any late 90s International S-series is a good example of this.
- jacquesm 7y agoThere is a reason why almost all British car companies went out of business.
- Animats 7y agoThat was partly Lucas Electric, which somehow managed to dominate UK car electrics in the 1950s and 1960s using technology from the 1930s.
- jacquesm 7y agoOh don't get me started. I rebuilt a bunch of Mini's from scratch.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoYeah, but using sheet sheet metal dies that were on death's doorstep wasn't it. Plenty of other companies did that back in the day.