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"Swingover bar" was a common description round these parts.

Deleted - looked at the pictures properly the second time....

Britool Tractor Service Set box. With the vendors' kind permission I have reposted a couple of pictures of the Black Hawk box here for comparison. I wonder if the Blackhawk box originally had a tote tray as per the Britool one?

I also think Britool were not adverse to adopting other manufacturer's good ideas or even designs. I've long thought that some Black Hawk stuff was very similar to Britool, and I tripped over this Black Hawk boc on here yesterday...

These were my Grandfather's mole grips: The plating (what's left of it) is I think nickel rather than chrome. They've looked like that for the last forty or so years I can remember them for, so my guess is that they are 1940s/50s. The stamping says "Mole Birmingham England". A set of Arpes...

That's an original on the lid of a small hex bit set.

That's a very interesting thought - I know the local powder coater fairly well so I'll ask the question after the Christmas shutdown.

See post 28 - the outside is a crackle (NOT wrinkle) finish. The closest I've found to the solid red used on the inside of the boxes was a RAL shade available in a Rustoleum aerosol. I'll look it up and get back to you. From memory it was a bit orangey, but near enough so long as you didn't...

I have to confess I only found it by doing a Google search! The finish on the Britool boxes is smooth. I know the textured finish you refer to on MGs etc and I'd agree with your description of wrinkle finish, but i have often seen it referred to as crackle finish as well. I haven't yet found...

Fanders put a good picture of one in post 28 of this thread.

Good find, and usefully available in a range of sizes as well. They're not quite right - the Britool lettering is a bit bold, and the bits round the outside are a bit skinny. There should also be a black border round the outside as below: The crackle finish boxes had riveted on aluminium...

This is a padlock that came with one of my 1960s sets which I believe to be the original. To give an idea of scale, the keys are about the same size as a suitcase lock, but the padlock is a bit bulkier than today's luggage locks.

Yes - that's the catalogue it is for, and I was lucky that it was still with my copy. I have a complete set of WW crowfooots, but like you I don't have the proper A58 extension with the adjustable offset drive so I can use them with a torque wrench. I live in hope of an affordable set 2351 (the...

They did indeed (Set 80A) but flexible drive was an extra - it's not included in the content list for the set, which would have set you back £14.1s.3d back in the day.

The closest figure I can find for average weekly wage is 1966 when it was £17. The most expensive socket set in 1968 was the 27 piece 1" square drive AF set at £127.15s.9d (£2120) The AF & WW crowfoot set was £11.7s.3d. It's not surprising they are rare when you compare that to what you got in...