Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, I never mentioned front ends. Let's just agree to disagree. Bud - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@home.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] M5: old vs new manufacturing > Ok. I was going to let this one slide but......I cannot. Almost every car > produced today does not have adjustable basic alignment angles. The Vega was > not the first with this, just the least successful. It was a very poorly > engineered car. If the alignment is off on a new car something is bent or > worn otherwise it never goes out period. The older cars used adjustable > front ends because of the inability of the manufacturer to build to tight > tolerances. Manufacturing has changed and now they have the ability to be > more precise, economical and much more reliable. > > John Collier > > > From: "Bud Cook" <budcook@attglobal.net> > > > > Remember the old Chevy Vega? It was designed so that no adjustments were > > possible. Those cars would eventually reach a point where they simply > > couldn't be repaired. > >