I used to run "Baconsdozen Imperial Tools".

V4 transit. Mk1 .The first of the Ford transit series Breakdown on P5b rover with SU carbs flooding.

  

Ive used the hosting and some pages from my old business site,Baconsdozen Imperial tools,for this personal site. Baconsdozen ,was a tool store/ship chandlers in Lowestoft UK.As the British fishing fleets declined we turned to selling imperial sizing based tools for older vehicles and machinery made before the metric system became common. We sent pro qualityWhitworth/BSF, BA, and SAE or AF tools mail order worldwide many British made from firms now sadly gone.  I still have a few old classic cars,this site is about them,with links to my old business,sites dealing with repairs and restoration of old cars etc,the UK fishing industry,its decline and Lowestoft etc.

Rover P5b rolling resto.  | My first london taxi cab  | My second cab.  | Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.|  Mk1 V4 transit motorhome.  |  A home made motorhome

   Range Rover P38.  | Fixing stuck fastenings.  |  Freeing seized engines.  |Imperial tool conversion charts  |  Repairing leather seats.

If you need tools for an old car or motorbike and want to use the correct tools, the conversion charts (link above) explain BSW,BSF,BA and AF sizing etc.

Twin SU carbs on Austin Healey SpriteRover V8 engine

 

Rolling restoration of a Rolls Royce

There are pages about us,the ship chandlers we owned, Lowestofts beam trawlers and fishing fleets etc here, the harbour and fish auctions etc here. and background here.

My old series one petrol land rover. My first ex London taxi. 450,00 miles on original engine

 

I still buy or sell tools and spares etc connected with cars the same as,or similar to ones I own.

You can e-mail by clicking on the computers below