diesel fitter's vintage toolkit
This is part of a mid 1940s–mid 1960s diesel fitter’s toolkit.
It was used at the Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport depot at Prince Alfred Road, Wavertree where it helped to keep Liverpool’s bus fleet on the road during that period. The tools include : open ended & combination spanners, adjustable ratchet spanner, Allen wrench, tap wrench, pliers, pincers, round file, half round file, triangle file, screwdrivers, ball pein hammer, 24 oz. hammer, wooden mallet, hand saw, cold chisel, brass punch, feeler gauge, lever bar, hacksaw, tyre gauge, drill bits, brass grease pump, steel rule and oil can.
If one of the men who worked “on the bench” died in service or retirement it was common practice to organise a raffle for his tools among the others and present the money raised to his widow.
Most of these tools are still specified for apprentice mechanics even today, around 70 years on.
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diesel fitter's vintage toolkit
This is part of a mid 1940s–mid 1960s diesel fitter’s toolkit.
It was used at the Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport depot at Prince Alfred Road, Wavertree where it helped to keep Liverpool’s bus fleet on the road during that period. The tools include : open ended & combination spanners, adjustable ratchet spanner, Allen wrench, tap wrench, pliers, pincers, round file, half round file, triangle file, screwdrivers, ball pein hammer, 24 oz. hammer, wooden mallet, hand saw, cold chisel, brass punch, feeler gauge, lever bar, hacksaw, tyre gauge, drill bits, brass grease pump, steel rule and oil can.
If one of the men who worked “on the bench” died in service or retirement it was common practice to organise a raffle for his tools among the others and present the money raised to his widow.
Most of these tools are still specified for apprentice mechanics even today, around 70 years on.
See www.flickr.com/photos/townerassociates/11497965566/
COPYRIGHT © Towner Images