The Ford Barn

Synchro909 · 01-19-2018, 03:47 AM

Those capacities were US gallons, I guess. Are they used anywhere else in the world? By the time you allow for the fact that a "proper" gallon was the imperial gallon and even when that was in use, it was far more wide spread than the US gallon and the fact that pretty near all of the rest of the world is now metric, it appears to me that you guys might be the only people using the old system. Just wondering.
BTW, 10 US gallons is 37.85 litres. I have put 42 litres in my '29 in one fill. Go figure!

Maybe I was close to walking!

Hoogah · 01-19-2018, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Synchro909

Those capacities were US gallons, I guess. Are they used anywhere else in the world? By the time you allow for the fact that a "proper" gallon was the imperial gallon and even when that was in use, it was far more wide spread than the US gallon and the fact that pretty near all of the rest of the world is now metric, it appears to me that you guys might be the only people using the old system. Just wondering.
BTW, 10 US gallons is 37.85 litres. I have put 42 litres in my '29 in one fill. Go figure!

Maybe I was close to walking!

Maybe you should have put in a call to the National Measurement Institute. I reckon the servo might have ripped you off to the tune of 10%!

Synchro909 · 01-19-2018, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoogah

Maybe you should have put in a call to the National Measurement Institute. I reckon the servo might have ripped you off to the tune of 10%!

That was in the middle of nowhere so I wasn't going to complain.

Dollar Bill · 01-19-2018, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Synchro909

Those capacities were US gallons, I guess. Are they used anywhere else in the world? By the time you allow for the fact that a "proper" gallon was the imperial gallon and even when that was in use, it was far more wide spread than the US gallon and the fact that pretty near all of the rest of the world is now metric, it appears to me that you guys might be the only people using the old system.

You guys can't drive on the right side of the road, why would we use your measurements?

Synchro909 · 01-19-2018, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dollar Bill

You guys can't drive on the right side of the road, why would we use your measurements?

Why??? Coz we sit on the right side of the car!

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Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,044	Re: Gas tank capacity Those capacities were US gallons, I guess. Are they used anywhere else in the world? By the time you allow for the fact that a "proper" gallon was the imperial gallon and even when that was in use, it was far more wide spread than the US gallon and the fact that pretty near all of the rest of the world is now metric, it appears to me that you guys might be the only people using the old system. Just wondering. BTW, 10 US gallons is 37.85 litres. I have put 42 litres in my '29 in one fill. Go figure! Maybe I was close to walking! __________________ I sometimes wonder what happened to the people who asked me for directions. Even at my age, I still like to look at a young, attractive woman but I can't really remember why.