Hi I have this wooden chest. There are some remnants of the paper that was glued on the lid. It says: " Chests tool MT complete with tools MOTOR CYCLE.

There's no date on the wood.

Some one seen this before?

Asked it on the DR facebook group and they directed me to this forum!

email (option): kristof.hamiaux@telenet.be

Thanks for posting, Kristof. I've messaged Rob Miller.

Can you imagine how nice this thing would be, filled ? :heart_eyes:

Yes I can image. Here are some dimensions, it is really big and would be really heavy to. It is 85cm wide 78cm high and 55cm deep.

email (option): kristof.hamiaux@telenet.be

Hi Kristof

That is very nice, I have been putting together the set of tools that goes in it for a number of years, any chance you could give me some measurements, and does it have a date on it, it could be burnt into the bottom or into the end grain of the bottom boards?

Rob

email (option): robmiller11(a)yahoo.co.uk

Hello Kristof,

Glad you posted it here, I will also see what I can find.

Cheers,

Lex (Mr. Smittens)

email (option): welbike@welbi••.net

Hi Rob,

Here are the dimensions. It is 85cm wide 78cm high and 55cm deep.

No date found on it.

email (option): kristof.hamiaux@telenet.be

Here is the list of contents, taken from Rob van Meel reprint of a January 1944 LV6 MT2 VAOS book.

I'm still looking for WD marked hacksaw blades if anyone has a supply.

Rob

email (option): robmiller11(a)yahoo.co.uk

Thanks for the list Rob.

On the chest it says chestS could it be possible that there are more tool kits in that one chest?

And 521 lifters valve spring motorcycle size is possible to read on the inside of the lid.

email (option): kristof.hamiaux@telenet.be

I'm not sure, a workshop would have a variety of different chests for different jobs, there was also a "CHEST, TOOL FILLED MOTORCYCLE ARTIFICERS SMALL", and "CHEST, TOOL FILLED FITTERS" some of the tools were the same in each one, the size of the Workshop or perhaps the type of vehicles it dealt with may have resulted in a certain issue, maybe the smaller sets were issued to individual fitters attached to other units? I'm yet to see any written evidence.

But until now the only description I had seen of this box without contents was, "18663 M/Cycle Artificers large, to W.D. design and spec", which was quite unhelpful, I had found a flat WD carpenters chest to use which it now appears was completely wrong.

Rob

email (option): robmiller11(a)yahoo.co.uk

This is the valve lifter.

email (option): robmiller11(a)yahoo.co.uk

Thanks for sharing! Amazing Toolbox!

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