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An obscure special tool


There's a plate on it but it's not much of a clue
It was some of my neighbours who coined the term Vintage Thing and this is the, er, Vintage Thing that prompted that remark. They were having a garage clear out and this emerged, metaphorically blinking in the sunlight.
There's a tightening ratchet on the shaft on the right that pulls a shaped block up against two feet

It's a special tool of some sort made by Churchill, serial number 18G227C.

Nobody knows what it fits but somebody somewhere is probably, at this very moment, crying out for this Vintage Thing. To throw it away would seem to be a crime so I took pity on it and it has now come to live with me at the Cornish Repository for Unwanted Vintage Things until it can be re-homed.
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  1. Anonymous24 January 2008 at 07:49

    Never read such a load of *****!!! in all my life

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  2. Bob Blackman24 January 2008 at 10:59

    Get back to work, Steve, and stop messing about.

    Or I'll tell Tim.

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  3. pinkshadow12 May 2010 at 00:55

    I believe it's an old brake (or brake drum) puller, but I'm just a dumb blonde biker chick carpenter.

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  4. Bob Blackman12 May 2010 at 09:39

    That's the best guess anyone's come up with so far

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  5. Wurzel16 April 2016 at 00:59

    Better late than never, just seen this, it's actually Churchill 18G 227, listed as a Cylinder Liner Remover, suits various 1950's Austin & Morris Trucks, but especially BMC Nuffield Tractors...Quite sought after as such, they make VERY good money on ebay etc.
    Regards

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  6. Bob Blackman23 April 2016 at 12:50

    Thank you so much! My neighbour has various agricultural Vintage Things including Nuffield trcators so this could come in very handy

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