FW: King Dick wrenches
Christie, Scott E. (Scott.Christie(at)gecapital.com)
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 15:59:39 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christie, Scott E. (CAP, GEFA)
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 10:37 AM
> To: 'Jay Laifman'; alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: King Dick wrenches
>
> Jay and others - of the toolkits I've inspected, it looks like the
> most correct King Dick adjustable spanner is roughly 4 1/2 inches
> long, with a thumbwheel in the handle, and the words "King Dick" on
> the side of the adjusting piece (the top prong)- I hope my poor
> description makes sense. They're not too hard to find at British car
> flea markets, but they almost never work properly as they were of poor
> quality to begin with.
> My .02.
> Scott Christie
> Series 3 Alpine Registry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Laifman [SMTP:Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 6:12 PM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: King Dick wrenches
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> I have found someone who will sell me a King Dick wrench, except that
> he
> has three different kinds. They all allegedly came from Alpines or
> Tigers,
> but I don't know which, nor does he. I have not seen them. But, I am
> told
> that the lettering of "King Dick" is different and in different places
> on
> two of them, and on the third, "King Dick" is not on the wrench.
> Also,
> there is an emblem on some of them, which may or may not be in the
> correct
> place. My car is a very late Series V. So how about a survey of
> what
> everyone's King Dick looks like? And, can you describe it with a
> straight
> face without mentioning its length?
>
> Jay
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