We don't really have 2x4's in the US either. Once the lumber is dried and planed they are more like 3.5" (88.9mm) x 1.5" (38.1mm), much closer to the size Jeff is used to.

We are metric in Canada but lumber is not....except what you buy at Ikea.

When I lived in Ireland I recall posted road speed being mph but posted distances being km.... sort of mixed like in Canada.  For weather, wind speed was mph in Ireland but kph in Canada.

A 2x4 hasn't been a 2x4 since the 50's, I did own a house that was built in 48, it was made or real 2x4s

I did some work in Africa and the middle east, its all the same in size, just in metric lingo.

 For example, if you need a 1 inch pipe you will request a 1 ZOLL (German for inch) for whatever reason...

  On 8/18/2018 at 5:49 PM, tzagi1 said:

A 2x4 hasn't been a 2x4 since the 50's, I did own a house that was built in 48, it was made or real 2x4s

I did some work in Africa and the middle east, its all the same in size, just in metric lingo.

 For example, if you need a 1 inch pipe you will request a 1 ZOLL (German for inch) for whatever reason...

they were probably just keeping you in a comfort zone.

Germans are very metric, have been since the late 1800's.

 

 

This week I got the interior cleaned up and painted.

 

 

 

This week I start the final stages of sanding to prep the car for paint.

 

 

This week I finally get the colour onto my 240z. It has almost been 12 months of work to get to this point, and it still has a long way to go, but it is great to reach this milestone.

 

 

Looks great Jeff!

Blue is a nice colour! ?

I went Lexus blue for a friend's car I helped restore:

This week it is back to sanding and primer on the 680, but it all heads towards getting it ready for the final paint.

 

 

This week I get into painting the rest of the inner parts. Another big step to finishing the paint.