Special tools

I have in my possession the remaining special tools which were the property of Bob West (London Lancia specialist from Lambda to around Appia time, formerly the West in West & Chittenden the Lambda specialist pre-war). These were passed on to John Maltby as Bob spent the last few years of his life lodging at John's, and when John in turn died I was his "motoring executor" and in exchange was given the opportunity to buy Lambda BCO 987 at a (very) preferential price.

As to the tools, over the years since John's death I have identified all the ones marked with a model name (kept the Lambda and Aurelia ones for myself, rather naturally) and passed them on to the Club's acknowledged model experts. I am left with a fairly large number of tools which I can't identify: I would hazard a guess that they are mostly Dilambda/Astura, but there may be some which in ignorance I have missed. Some may even date from West & Chittenden days.

They have all led a hard life and many have obviously been involved in spectacular mechanical battles. Quite frankly a scrapman would probably turn his nose up at them. But I can't quite throw them away, as they were all made for a purpose. If I could find out the individual uses then I would be happy to pass them on to a good home. It would be a task for a real mechanical expert with amazing powers of recall to upgrade them from useless scrap to valuable workshop items.

2010 is to be a year of tidying up the Stephens garage. Now having a running B20, a Lambda nearer to completion, and another make of Vintage Light Car, I really need the space.

Any suggestions which will clear them from my garage at a stroke, rasther than dribbling out over the years, or being thrown away? Needless to say, various model experts have already reviewed them and found nothing they felt was useful.

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