I still have a very nice set of Whitworth wrenches for working on my '53 
MGTD.  I'm still poking around for a decent set of Whitworth sockets.  
They are quite rare in the wild here.

Tim

Richard wrote:
> OK, how many of you have a set of Whitworth wrenches and sockets with 
> taps and dies? (left over from my Motorcycle days).
>
> On 5/3/2012 11:41 AM, John Holladay wrote:
>> Now tell the truth Scott, you really bought it because of that nice 
>> little
>> chef's hat knob for a MF egg-beater drill that came along with it.  You
>> know you have a drill laying around somewhere that was just driving you
>> nuts because that knob was missing.  Come on now.  Admit it.
>>
>> How many of you have a complete set 1/4"-1 1/4" and 8mm-24mm of 
>> 1960's era
>> S-K Wayne combination wrenches?  I do.  They were my Dad's set of 
>> wrenches
>> that he used for too many years to count.  Last week, there was some
>> discussion about things that remind you of Dad.  Well, when you start
>> talking about mechanics tools, that does it for me.  My Dad loved 
>> tinkering
>> with cars in any way shape or form.  We spent many an afternoon under 
>> the
>> hood of a hot rod he was building or just keeping my old clunker 
>> (teenager
>> car) running so I could get to and from school.  Thanks Dad
>>
>> Doc
>>
>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:40 PM, scott 
>> grandstaff<scottg@s...>wrote:
>>
>>> Wow!
>
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