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Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR)

To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR)
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 09:27:35 -0700
Dick
I think all of us have odd and special tools, I have a bunch I modified and 
made when working in aerospace and other projects. For some tools I bought 
at swap meets and even cheap stuff if I needed to heat and bend to work. I 
don't think I would ever get rid of them as they bring back memories from 
days long gone.

Glen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: "lsr list autox" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 8:57 AM
Subject: Favorite Tools (Vaguely LSR)


> How many of you have developed "favorite tools"?  Through the years I've 
> acquired a foot locker full of odds and ends.  Even though I have several 
> new sets of combination wrenches, open end wrenches, and sockets neatly 
> hanging on the wall, whenever I need a 9/16" combination wrench, I reach 
> for this old "Billings" wrench that I found under the seat of a Model "A" 
> Ford in 1958.  Same goes for a deep well 9/16".  I have an old beat up 
> Snap On that always finds it's way into my hand rather than one of the new 
> ones out of the set.
>
>  BTW, does anybody know anything about Billings wrenches?  I love that 
> wrench and would buy a set if I could ever find them.  One friend told me 
> that it was part of a tool kit for a Model "B" Ford, but I don't know.
>
>  DickJ
>  In East Texas




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