King Dick wrenches
Christie, Scott E. (Scott.Christie(at)gecapital.com)
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:39:53 -0500
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> ----------------------------------- Returned
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> From: Scott.Christie(at)gecapital.com at Internet-USA
> Date: 3/11/98 9:39AM -0800
> *To: Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com at Internet-USA
> *To: alpines(at)autox.team.net at Internet-USA
> Subject: RE: King Dick wrenches
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