I passed up on about five different Kent Moore tool sets in plastic cases this morning. I could maybe have used one or two, like a GM windshield wiper/washer system tester, but the others I would have been trying to sell here. I don't know how much the guy wanted for them, but would you have been interested in them? What I mean is, when you see highly specific tools like that, are you tempted to buy them? I'm not even sure what applications some of them were for....
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Kent-Moore Tools: Take 'em or Leave 'em?
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LawnDart79
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It all depends what they were. Some are highly sought after, but others are either obsolete or so highly specialized that most would have no need for them.
I'd say that unless you knew their true value, it was probably best that you left them...of course unless they were free.
I have a small collection of Kent Moore tools, but I bought for specific applications and knew what I was getting into before I bought them.
I'd say that unless you knew their true value, it was probably best that you left them...of course unless they were free.
I have a small collection of Kent Moore tools, but I bought for specific applications and knew what I was getting into before I bought them.
Back in 08 when the auto business was in the toilet, the dealership group I worked for closed our pontiac-gmc store. There was 20+ years worth of special tools that GM would not take back. I spent about a week with another guy going through the tools, sorting and organizing. Other than the shop equipment and a few odds and ends we ended up donating it all to local tech schools, and it was not easy to find tech schools that would take it. There was also about 20+ years of paper service manuals that went into a dumpster.
Scout Driver
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I'd question the actual monetary value of the tools too. When the local dealer here got closed by GM last year, they gave me some of the Kent-Moore tools for Oldsmobiles. Most of the stuff in the box hadn't been used or identified since they got it around 1970.
Right now the box is tucked away on a top shelf 'till I decide what to do with it.
Scott
Right now the box is tucked away on a top shelf 'till I decide what to do with it.
Scott
If it's a specific tool, and you KNOW what it fits, it's valuable to someone who has that car.
If it was something new... and by "new" I mean since the '80s or '90s, someone will probably buy it on ebay, but who knows.
If it's for a vintage car '50s or '60s, then someone will DEFINITELY buy it... We like tools, we like working on our vintage cars, we work on MULTIPLE vintage cars, and will usually drop the money on a tool specific to our car.
For instance, I'd jump at the chance to get the puller that separates a Buick torque tube from the pinion gear's stub.
-Brad
If it was something new... and by "new" I mean since the '80s or '90s, someone will probably buy it on ebay, but who knows.
If it's for a vintage car '50s or '60s, then someone will DEFINITELY buy it... We like tools, we like working on our vintage cars, we work on MULTIPLE vintage cars, and will usually drop the money on a tool specific to our car.
For instance, I'd jump at the chance to get the puller that separates a Buick torque tube from the pinion gear's stub.
-Brad