Original plug spanner colour

Post by **Charlynsane** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:47 am

Hello guys,

I finally found an old original plug spanner and its tommy bar for my mk1,

How was it originally finished??

Thank you

cmiller · Post by **cmiller** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:07 pm

Greetings, My first post a new member. I just had these two items refinished for my 1071 project. According to my electroplating expert the the plug spanner was Zinc Plated and the tommy bar is Black Oxide. At least the ones I have which I believe to be original are finished this way. Hope this sheds some light.

Chris Miller

Post by **Charlynsane** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 1:15 am

Dear CMiller

Thank you for your answer,

I'm very pleased to have your first message

Charles

Post by **360gts** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:17 am

I have the original set that came with my 1962 Riley Elf...still here..only 35K on it. I restored a set of the tools to match this original set from the Elf.
The box spanner was a duck egg blue..ish with a Melco sticker on it...
I have a couple of these sets here that are extras...may sell them.

Post by **Old English White** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:56 am

None of my Minis have had the blue box spanner. All had plain silver finish - probably zinc plated as suggested above.
Possibly a case of BMC having a second supplier but I've never seen one like that.

Post by **Charlynsane** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:02 am

Hello Guys,

I will bring it to the shop for zinc plating,

But the tommy bar is in perfect condition, black

Thank you for your help

BRI MK1 · Post by **BRI MK1** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:18 pm

Does anybody know where i can get all the stickers cheers Brian.

Post by **360gts** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:30 pm

As I said...my original Elf came with this set up for tools..plus a grease gun and a couple of other tools. The box spanner was blue..ish with the Melco label.
We still have the car here as it was owned by our family dealership.
Not saying that other variants had the same spanner...

1071bob · Post by **1071bob** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 3:36 pm

BRI MK1 wrote:Does anybody know where i can get all the stickers cheers Brian.

Brian Hore does the jack stickers.
minibrian@sky.com

66S · Post by **66S** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:26 am

Any I have seen that I can vouch for are socket (zinc, possibly Cadmium) and bar, black oxide.

Al

Pic attached shows our '65 850 toolset, 24,000 miles, one previous owner

Post by **Charlynsane** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:56 am

thank you very much fo this nice picture!

Post by **STG95F** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:38 am

This is how i restored mine , From the original tool kit that came with the car

Hope this helps

Ian

Post by **Charlynsane** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:48 pm

Hello

I went to the plating shop,

So the tommy bar will be black exactly as a gun,

and the plug spanner zinc plated

I will post some pictures ASAP

thank you for your help guy

Post by **swifty** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:05 pm

Love that boot area . The box looks great ... Ken

Post by **STG95F** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:07 pm

thanks Ken

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