mgs
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Basic Tools

To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Basic Tools
From: rbtaras@ix.netcom.com (Roland J Taras)
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 20:25:47 -0700
You wrote: 
>
>Doug,
>
>
>Here's my 2 cents worth.  If you can afford them buy Snap-On they are 
proabably
>the best looking tools around, (take a look at their wrenches). The 
biggest
>problem with Snap-On is the cost, after you buy the tools you won't be 
able to
>afford the parts for the MG! :-(
>
>I recently bought a "spare" set of 3/8 square drive 12 point sockets 
for my
>trunk.  I bought Husky brand from my local hardware store.  They 
appear to be as
>good as, or perhaps better than my Craftsman set and were a  _lot_  
less money.
>
>Almost every tool you buy today has a lifetime guarantee; remember, 
that's the
>sellers/manufacturers life, not yours!  
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>Larry
>1969 MGB
>Denver Co
>|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
||||||||||
>||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
>
> 
> 

Hi Larry
    Yes, Snap-on tools are expensive but they listed carry British 
Standard (Whitworth) sockets and wrenches in the last catalog I got.
Butch

51 TD 
51 Y
67 MGB GT
68 MGB GT(For Sale)

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>