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Carl Jones
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Username: carl888

Post Number: 48
Registered: 04-2013
Posted on Sunday, 12 July, 2020 - 16:27:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
I am attempting to replace a missing adjustable wrench from my tool kit.

Now I see there's at least two manufacturers that provide this tool, it appears there's Draper:

https://www.barons-auctions.com/view-lot/369/for-sale-at-barons-auctions-rolls-royce-automobilia---toolkit-for-rolls-royce-corniche-silver-shadow-bentley-t

And the appropriately named, King Dick:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolls-Royce-Bentley-Silver-Shadow-Wraith-NOS-toolkit-tool-kit-tools-/253491192472

Does anyone know which one would be correct for a 1973 car?
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Alan Dibley
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Username: alsdibley

Post Number: 244
Registered: 10-2009
Posted on Sunday, 12 July, 2020 - 22:28:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
I had never heard of Draper till several(?) years ago but King Dick was a tool maker when even I was a lad. Maybe Draper had a presence elsewhere, but not in England, I think.

Alan D.
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Carl Jones
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Username: carl888

Post Number: 50
Registered: 04-2013
Posted on Tuesday, 14 July, 2020 - 11:31:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
Thanks Alan. Draper was very popular in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Alan Dibley
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Post Number: 245
Registered: 10-2009
Posted on Tuesday, 14 July, 2020 - 17:39:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
I just had a flash of brilliant inspiration - I went to the garage and looked at the toolkit. My (1971) spanner is marked Draper Made in Germany. Something new every day.

Alan D.
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Carl Jones
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Username: carl888

Post Number: 51
Registered: 04-2013
Posted on Tuesday, 14 July, 2020 - 20:27:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
Alan, joy of joys, thank you.

I wonder if Joseph Lucas was also a supplier?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Joseph-Lucas-Girder-Minor-No-90-Vintage-Adjustable-Wrench-/153990538813?hash=item23da8d263d%3Ag%3AL-MAAOSwDAxe%7EGNv&nma=true&si=kAIgwGOz%252BDdPl2ulttJfzidas%252Bo%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Alan Dibley
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Username: alsdibley

Post Number: 246
Registered: 10-2009
Posted on Tuesday, 14 July, 2020 - 23:02:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
"I wonder if Joseph Lucas was also a supplier?"

It's possible of course - you must wait for replies from others on the forum. I am fairly sure my kit is original, but RR might have supplied whatever they could get(????)

Alan D.
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Patrick Ryan
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Username: patrick_r

Post Number: 2280
Registered: 04-2016
Posted on Wednesday, 15 July, 2020 - 08:16:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP
Gents,
The adjustable spanner in my 72 Shadow is a Lucas Girder number 91

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