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Old 13 November 2012, 15:06   #11
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Originally Posted by SS454 View Post
But the English measurement system is metric.

If you mean feet and inches that's imperial. Besides, isn't the US the land of "supercars" with a horizontal leaf spring and pushrods?
Yes, that's what I mean but it's most often referred to locally as "English" because the 13 original colonies of New England inherited the measurement system from Imperial England.

As far as the "Supercars" they are mostly in the former Spanish/Mexican colony of California.
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