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When selling is a wrench

You’ve bought an old car and inevitably you need tools to keep it going. Maybe it has imperial fittings, so most new equipment available won’t fit and you find yourself at autojumbles looking for old spanners. Or maybe you’re of a historical bent and you think it just feels wrong to use modern tools on an old car, so it would be nice to have a bench full of vintage equipment to match. You’re not alone.

David Dunn started The Vintage Tool Company in 2002, and not only buys and sells these items but has his own collection

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