it sounds weired but

[PAUL MANN]

AS I SAID HALFORD DO BOXES,GET A LARGE ROLL CAB WITH ROLLER DRAWS MAKES OPENING EASIER,IF YOU GET A LARGE ROLL CAB YOU MAY FIND YOU MIGHT NOT NEED TOP BOX,AS EVERYTHING FITS,

[me bitch]

if its a ford your guna be working on get your self a mig welder and sheet of steel

[john_3.0s]

If your low on cash mate just spend the summer trawling the car boot sales, I have got piles of good quality tools that I have picked up from them. Make sure you go for the decent stuff, as a rule of thumb the older it is the better quality it is! Dont worry though as tools dont tend to wear out all that easily.

Those that come to mind are:

 

Britool socket set (AF & metric) £2!!!! (BEST EVER BARGIN!)

timing light £2

air sander £7

impact driver (decent one) £4

Numerous screw drivers / spanners etc

set of sierra cossie wheels £14 (OK not tools but OSF!)

Power drill £4

Piles of grinding discs and sanding pads

Paint (youd be amazed the amount of spray cans some ppl have!)

 

Ofcourse you never know what your going to find, and if u need something then sometimes u have to bite the bullet and buy it new (( But if you have a keen eye then you can build a very extensive set of decent tools at bargain prices, plus its incentive to drag your @ss out of bed on a sunday morning lol

[young un]

right im after a roll cab with all draws quite shallow so that i dont watse space with big drws. it needs to be under 100 quid (not very much) and it needs to be of good quality

 

 

cheers steve

[james p]

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/categ ... ch/storage

 

 

[Rick]

good man!!!

 

its better than buying fags and booze like the rest of the 12 yr olds

[Vista]

Give your dad the £200 and say "Dad, the trips on me, take me to Santa Pod in your Mexico and lets race all the other OSF boys on Classic Ford day"

 

Then quietly slip all the tools onto your birthday and christmas wish list, you'll get the best of both worlds then

[young un]

that would probably be us at the bottom of the finishjing list as he wont try very hard as its worth too much to him

 

steve

[young un]

is this worth it just for the top box

 

steve

[young un]

right i now have decided against a roll cab for the moment and have got a large tol box i have 240 quid to spend in totaal including what is in my basket below so should i spend a bit more on the tools i already have in my basket or should i get some more. heres what i got:

http://www.tooled-up.com/BasketContents.asp

please list any changes or additions i should make

 

 

cheers steve

[jimbo]

£240!!

 

I remember that buying me an Escort that I barely had to raise a tool to.

 

Happy Days

 

Without a doubt, one of the few things I have learnt over the last 30 years(and this doesn't just apply to tools) is buy crap, buy twice. So get good stuff.

 

Car boot all the way. Also sign up to your local freecycle group, and see what appears there.

 

http://www.freecycle.org

 

I got a pretty decent torque-wrench off there for FREE!

 

Cheers,

Jim

[young un]

my dads on freecycle so ill ask him to look out for me. not that ive even told him yet that i want all these tools

i doubt he'll let me have them

 

steve

[alladdin]

ok heres some real world advice.

roll cabs are a waste of money at your stage.. they are a nicety for when you already have tools, nevertheless , when you do look at them have a look at american pro stuff. from sealey. i have a ten draw top box 200 ish and its been good for years.

tools.

as has been said dont but rubbish, it will let you down

again i agree with halfords pro.best you will get for the money and GOOD ENOUGH to do a job. i have the large socket set at the house(£150 but often reduced to £99 !) its very comprehensive and a good start point.i recomend it.

i like britool or beta spanners but they cost (not me tho !!)

i cant see your shop trolly ? have a look in a halfords superstore 1st mate.pro stuff.

[young un]

i cant see your shop trolly

 

 

you should be able to

 

steve

[V8ian]

GO TO HALFORDS USE THEIR PRO TOOLS GUARENTEED FOR LIFE TAKE YOUR BROKEN BIT IN & THEY REPLACE FREE TRY & GET YOUR DAD TO GET A TRADE CARD IF YOU HAVE TRUBLE GETTIN 1 LET ME KNOW I WORK AT A MAIN DEALER OPPOSITE A HALFORDS I CAN TRY 2 GET

YOU 1 PM YOUR DETAILS SEE WHAT I CAN DOO

 

I make that suggeation about right, Halfords Tools are of a good quality, have a lifelong guarantee, Recently they had a £100 special kit that has just about all you will need as a starter set, with the other £100 you can probably but a top box as well from halfords

[young un]

just found this on halfords

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ryrn_31535

would i still need an a/f socket set or would this have them in

 

steve

[young un]

just found this on halfords

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ryrn_31535

would i still need an a/f socket set or would this have them in

 

steve

[young un]

just found this on halfords

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ryrn_31535

would i still need an a/f socket set or would this have them in

 

steve

[young un]

this is what im planing to get:

http://www.tooled-up.com/BasketContents.asp

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ryrn_31535

 

what do you think

 

steve

[borneo]

not that ive even told him yet that i want all these tools

i doubt he'll let me have them

 

steve

 

Might be for good reason. Looks like your dad's car is well tidy so i'm guessin he's got a fair collection of decent tools which i'm sure he wouldn't mind you borrowing if you look after them. I'm not saying don't spend the money on tools if that's what you really want to do but you've got pleanty of time to build your own collection.

 

I'll still recomend that estwing ballpeen hammer and the carboot sounds like a good idea if you know what you're looking for

[young un]

no my dad bought the car restored and the other thing is that i cant get myself to the carboots and autojumbles and i dont know what im lookoing for

 

 

steve

[alladdin]

the toolstation just says basket is empty?

not sure about the halfords set. for 75 you dont get a lot .from experiance i would get this when it drops to 99 on offer, which it does quite often.i have one of these and its very good.a good starter point. i say again tho ...it drops to 99 on offer!

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ClickInfo#

[borneo]

the toolstation just says basket is empty?

not sure about the halfords set. for 75 you dont get a lot .from experiance i would get this when it drops to 99 on offer, which it does quite often.i have one of these and its very good.a good starter point. i say again tho ...it drops to 99 on offer!

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... ClickInfo#

 

Yeah, this looks really good and if you can get it for £100 you're laughing.

[Wessie]

yeh i got one of those lifetime guarantee . . . .

[young un]

how often doe sit go to 99.99

 

steve