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On 25 Nov 98, at 19:30, Dave Hall wrote: > Funny you mention 8mm nuts, Jim, since most of the pre-'60s had 14mm > heads on the M8 nuts, rather than the 13mm we are more used to! Interesting, I didn't know that! That's the DIN standard which the JIS goes one better by reducing an 8mm nut to 12mm. I read an interesting article a few years ago about the thousands of TONS of steel this was expected to save the Japanese every year. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org