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Gold Digger · 11-01-2013, 06:57 PM

For 53 years I have carried the same 6 inch Crescent wrench, 420 Channel-Loc's and not the same but flat screwdriver. I've fixed almost every problem that came along on anything from a Model T to vehicles as late as the 80's. I drive the 31 roadster pickup a lot on trips up to 200 miles one way. Just wondering if I should throw in a few more tools. What do you other Model Aer's carry for normal troubles?

glenn in camino · 11-01-2013, 07:15 PM

Have you ever come home on a rope, tow bar, or flatbed?

Gold Digger · 11-01-2013, 07:26 PM

Honestly I never have been towed all the way home on a chain. Once when I was a kid I had point trouble on a Model A strip down and put the rotor bug in my shirt pocket and forgot to put it back in after the adjustment. Needless to say I cranked on it till I think the water boiled and still didn't start it. A man came along in a pickup and pulled me for almost a half mile before I discovered it in my shirt pocket. I managed to get him stopped and told him to go on I'd just have to work on it some more. I put the rotor back in and passed him down the road.

Mike V. Florida · 11-01-2013, 09:18 PM

AAA card and club members phone numbers.

Tom Wesenberg · 11-01-2013, 09:27 PM

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Duct tape and bailing wire.

I've never needed more than a few basic hand tools such as came in the original tool kit.

11-01-2013, 06:57 PM	#1
Gold Digger Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Arkansas & Alaska Posts: 645	The right tools to carry For 53 years I have carried the same 6 inch Crescent wrench, 420 Channel-Loc's and not the same but flat screwdriver. I've fixed almost every problem that came along on anything from a Model T to vehicles as late as the 80's. I drive the 31 roadster pickup a lot on trips up to 200 miles one way. Just wondering if I should throw in a few more tools. What do you other Model Aer's carry for normal troubles?

11-01-2013, 07:15 PM	#2
glenn in camino Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Camino, CA. Posts: 3,086	Re: The right tools to carry Have you ever come home on a rope, tow bar, or flatbed?

11-01-2013, 07:26 PM	#3
Gold Digger Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Arkansas & Alaska Posts: 645	Re: The right tools to carry Honestly I never have been towed all the way home on a chain. Once when I was a kid I had point trouble on a Model A strip down and put the rotor bug in my shirt pocket and forgot to put it back in after the adjustment. Needless to say I cranked on it till I think the water boiled and still didn't start it. A man came along in a pickup and pulled me for almost a half mile before I discovered it in my shirt pocket. I managed to get him stopped and told him to go on I'd just have to work on it some more. I put the rotor back in and passed him down the road.

11-01-2013, 09:18 PM	#4
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: The right tools to carry AAA card and club members phone numbers. __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

11-01-2013, 09:27 PM	#5
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: The right tools to carry Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Duct tape and bailing wire. I've never needed more than a few basic hand tools such as came in the original tool kit.