Old tools for old Landys

My Old Landy · Feb 6, 2019

After getting my Landy and realising that it has a mixture of AF and Metric fixings I started to look for old tools instead of just buying new stuff. My father then gave me all of his old tools including AF, Whitworth and BSF spanners etc. He also gave me my grandads old tool chest (he died before I was born).
What do others do? Go for new or hunt for the older quality tools?
Here are a few pics:

neilly · Feb 6, 2019

Nice, Just sent my OCD off the scale..LOL.

But did you get imperial or metric hammers?

Cheers

My Old Landy · Feb 6, 2019

neilly said:
Nice, Just sent my OCD off the scale..LOL.

But did you get imperial or metric hammers?

Cheers

They are most definitely imperial, even says 1lb on the head

jamesmartin · Feb 6, 2019

work out what youve got and buy any extra you find would make life easier as you go

John S · Feb 6, 2019

A lot of suppliers quote metric as a default. I'm reluctantly having to order in metric but there's still whitworth etc . I find that the landy parts manual is confusing but suppliers tend only offer metric. I'd keep all your spanners n sockets and use as required. Seems landys are held together by 10 and 13mm bolts n screws.

My Old Landy · Feb 6, 2019

John S said:
A lot of suppliers quote metric as a default. I'm reluctantly having to order in metric but there's still whitworth etc . I find that the landy parts manual is confusing but suppliers tend only offer metric. I'd keep all your spanners n sockets and use as required. Seems landys are held together by 10 and 13mm bolts n screws.

The prop shafts are 9/16 AF and the master cylinder etc are also AF it's a right good mix!!!

payydg · Feb 6, 2019

Lovely tool box! Got any more photos...?

callisr · Feb 7, 2019

I too love that tool chest! It looks like it would weigh a ton!

My Old Landy · Feb 7, 2019

It does weigh too much to carry

it was made from a military crate of some sort.

agew · Feb 7, 2019

A thing of beauty - well done Dad and Grandad! A

windy81 · Feb 7, 2019

Love that.

raywin · Feb 7, 2019

Nice to see something like that, I always imagine the history it must have.

By the way after a few years on this site I have a feeling that many land rovers are owned by old tools.

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