nieldavis Posted June 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 So I'm still digging - but it took an article on the history of Churchill tools published by Mr Mark Paget, a member of the Australian Austin 1800 club, to point out what I should have spotted right at the start - The S - prefix on a Churchill tool denotes a tool for the Standard Motor company (who of course bought Triumph in the 1940's, and officially became Standard-Triumph in 1959 according to Wiki). Doh! JD - Jaguar Daimler RG - Rootes Group L - Laycok CBW - Borg Warner... etc etc Can't believe I didn't think of that. And of course, the pages from the 1955 Standard and Triumph VLC catalogue that "2Long" kindly photographed a couple of days ago for this thread show the industrial fall out form the overlap and takeover - Standard 8, Standard 10, Mayflower, TR2, all on the same page, all starting with S - . Often the same tool for all of them. Also I note that on 2Long's catalogue, the M50 spring compressor is for the Mayflower. Presumably the Mayflower and the early TR's had similar front ends. Doh! Getting there. I find this kind of thing really interesting. Which presumably means I should get out more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nieldavis Posted June 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Standard Vanguard III front spring compressor part number - S 143. Almost there. I reckon it'll turn out to have been made for a Vanguard Sportsman, Ensign, Vignale or Six (the only successors to the Series III based on my homework). Almost there... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VLCcollector Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 6/19/2020 at 3:22 PM, nieldavis said: Standard Vanguard III front spring compressor part number - S 143. Almost there. I reckon it'll turn out to have been made for a Vanguard Sportsman, Ensign, Vignale or Six (the only successors to the Series III based on my homework). Almost there... Are you still interested in selling it ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado220M Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 Hi am looking for this tool and a few other Triumph tools if anyone has any I could buy please ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tornado220M Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 On 5/27/2020 at 6:20 AM, 2long said: I have a nice manual of Churchill tools for Standard and Triumoh cars from 1955 and the part number for the TR2 spring compressor tool is not the same as yours Cheers Dan Would you be willing to sell this catalogue or maybe could I pay for a copy of it please ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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