"Need" is such a subjective word!
I've got a main set in the shop.
Above the tool boxes, on the pegboard, I've got wrenches ranging in size from 1/4 to 2 1/4. I have at least two of every one up to 1 1/4 or so, and many of them are 6 deep. I wrench with my buddies a lot, and it's just easier to grab wrenches off the wall.
I've got two of every size socket in all drives, and multiple ratchets, and two of every size screwdriver as well, so when I'm wrenching on one side of the vehicle, someone else can be working on the other side. (this makes work go faster, and it really shines when removing and installing hoods, deck lids, seats, etc.).
A basic set of wrenches, screwdrivers pliers in an ammo can for the Corvair, along with a full set of sockets in its own case.
Same for the '76 Power Wagon, and probably the Suburban when it comes back on the road.
Then I've got The War Chest: a Montezuma box with a FULL set of tools that I take on road trips in the Suburban, and to the junkyard, and it'll be my race track pit tool kit as well. I can do, and have done, everything with that box but remove a complete engine, including panel-cutting roofs and quarter panels off cars. All that's lacking for that is a tree limb and a come-along.
Once I get my other project cars on the road, they'll all also get a basic ammo-can tool kit.
-Brad
I've got a main set in the shop.
Above the tool boxes, on the pegboard, I've got wrenches ranging in size from 1/4 to 2 1/4. I have at least two of every one up to 1 1/4 or so, and many of them are 6 deep. I wrench with my buddies a lot, and it's just easier to grab wrenches off the wall.
I've got two of every size socket in all drives, and multiple ratchets, and two of every size screwdriver as well, so when I'm wrenching on one side of the vehicle, someone else can be working on the other side. (this makes work go faster, and it really shines when removing and installing hoods, deck lids, seats, etc.).
A basic set of wrenches, screwdrivers pliers in an ammo can for the Corvair, along with a full set of sockets in its own case.
Same for the '76 Power Wagon, and probably the Suburban when it comes back on the road.
Then I've got The War Chest: a Montezuma box with a FULL set of tools that I take on road trips in the Suburban, and to the junkyard, and it'll be my race track pit tool kit as well. I can do, and have done, everything with that box but remove a complete engine, including panel-cutting roofs and quarter panels off cars. All that's lacking for that is a tree limb and a come-along.
Once I get my other project cars on the road, they'll all also get a basic ammo-can tool kit.
-Brad