Source for Whitworth Tools
British Tools & Fasteners
2030 Andre Ave
Los Osos, CA 93402
(805)528-0418
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Larry Miller
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@ibm.net>
To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: Whitworth tools
>Frank, if your car will take standard tools, then one of us has an oddball.
><grin>. I regularly have to scrounge up an old open-end wrench with some
>weird size like 13/32" (I forget exactly) and there are others, that seem
>to be about a 32nd-inch off one way or the other.
>
>Tom Zuchowski
>
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>> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@exit109.com>
>> To: Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@ibm.net>
>> Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: Whitworth tools
>> Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 9:45 PM
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Zuchowski wrote:
>>
>> > I'm really getting tired of not having the right sized wrench for
>whatever
>> > I'm wrenching on my Bugeye.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have a good place for obtaining Whitworth tools? Moss wants
>an
>> > arm and a leg for a small set that just goes up to 1/2".
>> >
>> > For that matter, is there anything to know about the thread sizes? I'm
>> > rather new to this game. Where does one get Whitworth bolts and screws?
>> >
>> > Tom Zuchowski
>> > '61 Bugeye
>>
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> What kind of bugeye do you have???
>> Mine is (for the most part) english, and us Americans got our measurments
>from
>> the english back in the colonial days.
>> Except for some odd fuel fittings on the carbs and gas tank the whole car
>is
>> standard nuts and bolts.
>> 1/4 X 28, 5/16 X 24, and 3/8 X 24 and a 7/16", 1/2", or 9/16" wrench will
>take
>> apart the whole car.
>> You can get these wrench sizes at Sears, a $20 set will get you started.
>> For the odd carb float bowl bolts, try Robogrips or file out an old
>standard
>> wrench to fit.
>> I have been working on these cars most of my life (I'm no spring chicken
>anymore
>> either)
>> And do not own 1 whitworth tool, in fact since the US car makers started
>going
>> metric, I just recently had to buy a set of metric tools for my Ford!
>> --
>> Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
>> Too many LBCs
>> 3 Sprites, an Austin A40, and an Austin Mini all on the road.
>> 1 Jaguar XJ6 family car, 1 Racer Midget project , & 2 Parts Spridgets
>> Check out my home page at http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
>>
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