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Wooster
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 Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:54 am Post subject: What are those called? |
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| This should be an easy one for you chaps to answer. Those t-shaped tools vintage cars have for opening bonnets and boots and spare wheel covers etc. What are they called? |
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mikeC
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Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| Budget lock key? |
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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010
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D4B
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colwyn500
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Not always T shaped, mine a sort of L , just to confuse you  |
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Wooster
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks everyone. Now I have to work out what size I need. It's for a pre-war Rover. |
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Penman
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:04 am Post subject: |
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Hi
Aren't they known as carriage keys, the railways used them from quite early on.
They were used to prevent passengers opening doors while the train was in motion, even as a kid although the railways had permanently fitted handles they were only on the outside of carriages, so that the window had to be dropped in order to open the door from inside.
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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010
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Location: Hampshire UK
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| Penman wrote: | Hi
Aren't they known as carriage keys, the railways used them from quite early on.
They were used to prevent passengers opening doors while the train was in motion, even as a kid although the railways had permanently fitted handles they were only on the outside of carriages, so that the window had to be dropped in order to open the door from inside. |
Sorry to go off the original topic, but Penmans post reminded me that my parents recently stayed in a beach front property at Pagham in Sussex, which was built from old railway carriages, presumably from the London to Brighton and South Coast Railway, as here is the bedroom door handle:
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P3steve
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
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Location: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
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| Wooster wrote: | | Thanks everyone. Now I have to work out what size I need. It's for a pre-war Rover. |
I have a late 1940s Rover P3 and the T handle key on mine is used to open the spare wheel cover inside the boot lid and the square section on mine is tapered and I'm sure most of my tools are original there Rover marked and are the same as the earlier Rovers. Try contacting this chap he deals in pre 1950 Rover spares and dose have some original tools I believe http://www.thersr.co.uk/meteor-spares-ltd (usual disclaimer etc)
ps if you want I can measure and photograph mine if it would help
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I suspect they are all tapered so that each one covers a number of different lock sizes.
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Phil - Nottingham
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Location: Nottingham
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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They are properly called Carriage keys and were used on the railways. One is used for the spare wheel cover and under rear=seat tray on our Rover P2 16 - it is kept in the tool tray under the dashboard
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Wooster
Joined: 23 Dec 2013
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| Thank you everyone. I've ordered one from Woolies. |
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