Re: [DMCForum] Delorean tool kit
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Re: [DMCForum] Delorean tool kit



Easy tiger! I might start mentioning those "wonderfully engineered"
american
engines...

:-)

"Stragand, Dave" wrote:

> All British cars come with tool kits, because all British cars -need-
> tool kits.  =)
>
> The only purpose of the kit is to a nightmare for future restorers to
> replace it when it has "gone missing".  They serve no purpose when new,
> as there is no way any owner of a British sports car would ever consider
> getting dirty doing his own maintenance, and they way are too flimsy for
> a real mechanic to use.  Tool kits disappear at the exact moment the
> original owner sells the car to the next person.  Ask anyone who is
> familiar with British cars, and you will see that all of the above is
> 100% true.
>
> But honestly, they are a nod to tradition, from a time when well-to-do
> motorists would travel with a mechanic/driver, and when race drivers
> would bring a mechanic in the next seat.  The specialized tools to work
> on the vehicle (hub wrenches, hammer, spanners) were always included in
> a leather roll that could be layed out for mechanics to work on the car
> on the road.
>
> -Dave


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