Hi There,
Kwil – the shears measure between 0.496 at the headstock end (front shear) to 0.498 at the tailstock (front shear). The rear shears appear to be about 0.002" less towards the headstock.
Pierre – The info you kindly supplied is for a super 7 – mine is only an ML7, but perhaps the C suffix was also applied to an ML7 bed design change – this appears to have been around 1972ish and if I remember correctly this timing seems about right for changes that I read about in Ian Bradleys Myford manual.
John – I have a photo of the serial no in my album of the front shear, headstock end where the no is stamped, and it definately looks more like a "C"
Many thanks,
Neil