alt-hist: a world without cars

Johan Larson · 05-21-2016, 04:58 AM

I seem to recall that until quite recently (the 80s?) cars arriving at the dealer from the factory often required some finish-work from the dealer. It was the Japanese that finally changed that.

Apparently the same could be said of rifles back in the 50s; they often required some work by a gunsmith or armorer (definitely a skilled worker) to function really well. Factories were geared for volume and their output could be a bit raw.

05-21-2016, 04:58 AM	#29
Johan Larson Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada	Re: alt-hist: a world without cars I seem to recall that until quite recently (the 80s?) cars arriving at the dealer from the factory often required some finish-work from the dealer. It was the Japanese that finally changed that. Apparently the same could be said of rifles back in the 50s; they often required some work by a gunsmith or armorer (definitely a skilled worker) to function really well. Factories were geared for volume and their output could be a bit raw.