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I think that long lasting cars was a reference to how Ford was notoriously early adopter of gauge blocks, which eventually became the standard references for in
by zokier 6y ago
I think that long lasting cars was a reference to how Ford was notoriously early adopter of gauge blocks, which eventually became the standard references for inches.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_block#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauge_block#History
- usrusr 6y agoAh, much less obvious, at least for us non-Americans, thank you.
- Lev1a 6y agoAlso see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRnrn5DE58
- DavidPeiffer 6y agoThank you. As an industrial engineer, I geek out about things like this. The video is immensely interesting and well presented.
- Lev1a 6y ago> I geek out about things like this Same. Though I "blame" my father ("Schiffbauingenieur" ^= "ship/naval engineer") for my interest in engineering in general, my late grandfather for my interest in electrical engineering and my discovery of "This Old Tony" on YouTube for my recent interest in (manual) machining.