Re: Re; Austin Seven Rosengart

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Message text written by "Roger Furneaux"

>An amusing story concerning the A7 is that when Herbert Austin licensed

the German version, he was so worried about cheap spare parts undercutting his "official" ones, that he insisted all the screw threads were reversed left & right. Of course, I don't believe a word of it, but it is true that the German car industry got where it is today with a little help from old Blighty, and the Japanese also benefitted (the first Nissan?) ocTagonally Roger