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Apr 30, 2023 - 8:57AM

Re: Half Crown

I've got pretty well the complete tool kit displays for the M20, Royal Enfield four stokes, Flying Flea and James ML. Nothing much for Norton, Matchless, Triumph, Velo Etc. This could turn into a whole other hobby....Which is a worry :scream: Ron

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Rob Miller

Mar 10, 2024 - 5:53PM

Re: Half Crown

I bought a different Dunlop repair kit at Shepton Mallet, a similar size and shape to the post war Military kit and Romac Rount tin.

Were Dunlop scissors unbranded?

Rob

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

Rik

Mar 11, 2024 - 1:53PM

Re: Half Crown

Dunlop offered several cylindrical tins. My impression is that the style of yours is 1920s or early 1930s. This is from the 1939 Brown Brothers catalogue.

What were your conclusions on the Romac tin ? No red paint but "Accessories" rather than "Industries" so perhaps a wartime economy tin ? They too had used the cylinder pre-war for the kits that involved larger strips of patching material.

Rob Miller

Mar 11, 2024 - 2:38PM

Re: Half Crown

The round Romac tin is an oddity, it could be for the wartime civilian market or just postwar?

Rob

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

Rik

Mar 11, 2024 - 3:22PM

Re: Half Crown

I suspect the former hen as the change from "Motor Accessories" to "Industries" seems to have taken place during the war years. Perhaps as early as 1941.

ken

Mar 11, 2024 - 7:24PM

Re: Half Crown

When I cleared a lot of stuff from the emporium that was Clares motor works in S London there was boxes of those red oxide tins, all empty, all new, I grabbed a few, the remainder got squashed. Who'd a thought they would be of interest one day?

Rob Miller

Mar 11, 2024 - 8:12PM

Re: Half Crown

Someone was selling them and some gold coloured ones on ebay for about a tenner a while ago, they are late 40s dated on the outside, I think their value was in the NOS contents including a pair of Romac scissors.

Rob

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

Ron Pier

Mar 11, 2024 - 11:10PM

Re: Half Crown

Peter Lenaerds in NL sent me this other Dunlop info. Ron