Re: halfords spanner availability in US?

["Jim Haseltine" <Jim_Haseltine@email.msn.com>]

From: Bruce Bell <bbell04@ibm.net>


>I saw an advertisement for these ratchet spanners in Car magazine. looked
>impressive and then found the following review:
>
>http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/armitage1/prodtests/ratchspan.html
>
>Where can I get a set of these in the US? anyone know of an importer?
>
>according to the advertisement these things are good to 6 degrees and the
>review claims they hold up to 200 nm!


Halfords is a chain of motor and cycle accessory stores, selling a range of
items from trailers through to those tacky tree-shaped air fresheners. Some
of the large ones do tyres, servicing and sell Daewoo cars too. Their own
range tools used to be of the same standard as Gunson products (in other
words they were cr*p) but have made a huge leap in quality over the last few
years. I've got a number of them, wall drive sockets and ring spanners that
are superb and a 1/4 drive set that is compact enough to allow use in the
Ur-q's engine compartment.

I dont want to disapoint you, but I doubt that Halfords would supply them
external to their own stores. If we could find out who _makes_ the tools I
think that you would stand a better chance of finding them in the US.
There is no country of origin on the spanners, but the socket hanger tags
say 'Made in Taiwan'.

Halfords Ltd
Washford
Redditch
B98 0DE


Jim Haseltine
Of course, if you _really_ want a set I think that could be arranged, but
considering the shipping costs and the current exchange rates they might
work out rather expensive.  :-)