Jaguar tool kit hammer???? Unknown stamp on hammer.

[NJ Marty]

I have never seen this stamp on a hammer and was wondering if anyone here has. I can make out Jaguar and some numbers. I wouldn't think a ball peen would be part of a car tool kit.

 

[jamey]

thats neat,not sure if it would of been in a tool kit, but maybe used at the factory

 

[NJ Marty]

thats neat,not sure if it would of been in a tool kit, but maybe used at the factory

I never thought of that angle of it being used at the factory. You might be right.

 

[nhbenz]

I do find other ball peens online listed as being from a Jaguar tool kit, but made by Shelley and others. The purpose they reference is for knockoff tires, which need a little "convincing". But usually a lead hammer is better idea for these types of rims.

 

[gunsil]

The cat on your hammer looks nothing like the Jaguar automobile logo and I do not believe it is related to that company. NH you're correct about knock-off hammers. I worked on foreign cars for forty five years and all the knock-off hammers were mostly copper with a few lead ones. Regular ball pein hammers are definitely not suitable for removing knock-ff wheels.

 

[nhbenz]

I agree with Gunsil that it's not related to the car manufacturer. The word below Jaguar is Portugal, and googling that combination I find several tools clearly not automotive, such as:
RARE Jaguar Portugal Claw Hammer Hatchet | eBay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ant...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jaguar-Port...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[duggap]

https://www.google.com/search?q=jag...Ag&sqi=2&ved=0CCgQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=656#imgdii=_

Down the page about one third is a hammer by itself. I agree with the others that it may not have been in a tool kit. Of all the kits shown above, there are none with a hammer in them.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I wondered how a line drawing walking cat was determined to be a jaguar, or the Jaguar. Founded in 1922 (Swallow Sidecar Co) their emblem didn't get to be a leaping jaguar until 1935. From 1935 to 1948 it was "SS Jaguar". And after 1948 you needed more than a hammer to keep them running. ;-)


Maybe it was from a Mercury Cougar or a DeTomaso Pantera?

 

[gunsil]

Thanks NHB, I knew I'd seen cheap tools with that logo somewhere. I think in places that sell cheap chinese and other tools. Charlie, Jags were pretty cool cars, but you're right, a pain to keep running properly. If you ever want a real nightmare try doing a clutch job on an XKE!! That old straight six engine was bullet proof though, used for many years, but it was the rest of the car that was always a pain. Of course the electricals being made by Lucas (the prince of darkness) were the main culprit. I mainly worked for Porsche, but did a couple of stints with Jag, Maserati, VW, Audi, and BMW. Panteras were pretty cool cars, cheap for awhile, now very collectible and pricey. Dug, some of the Brit cars I used to work on did have copper knock-off hammers in the tool kits, although they could have been added by their owners I suppose.

 

[cudamark]

Thanks NHB, I knew I'd seen cheap tools with that logo somewhere. I think in places that sell cheap chinese and other tools. Charlie, Jags were pretty cool cars, but you're right, a pain to keep running properly. If you ever want a real nightmare try doing a clutch job on an XKE!! That old straight six engine was bullet proof though, used for many years, but it was the rest of the car that was always a pain. Of course the electricals being made by Lucas (the prince of darkness) were the main culprit. I mainly worked for Porsche, but did a couple of stints with Jag, Maserati, VW, Audi, and BMW. Panteras were pretty cool cars, cheap for awhile, now very collectible and pricey. Dug, some of the Brit cars I used to work on did have copper knock-off hammers in the tool kits, although they could have been added by their owners I suppose.

Hey gunsil, I made good money doing XKE clutch jobs! Got my time down to 1 1/2 days by the time I stopped. The hard part was positioning it just right on the lift so it wouldn't fall off. We had nothing but center post lifts back in the '70's. You pull the bonnet off and it gets real tail heavy in an instant!

 

[gunsil]

Hey Cuda, nice to know you were a wrench back then too!! That's a good time, but I bet it was on the six cylinder rather than the twelve!?! We used to lash them to the lift with a chain or nylon ratchet tie-downs for safety. The Porsche Carrera GTs need to be tied to the lift just to lift them for an oil change or they'll fall off backwards, even on modern lifts. I'll bet not many here know what a bonnet is. You still a grease monkey? I retired three years ago, started in '68. Fixin' and drivin' all those "exotics was fun for a long time!!

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Ah, Lucas Industries. :

The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."

Lucas denies having invented darkness. But they still claim "sudden, unexpected darkness"

Lucas--inventor of the first intermittent wiper.

Lucas--inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.

The three-position Lucas switch--DIM, FLICKER and OFF.

The other three switch settings--SMOKE, SMOLDER and IGNITE.

Lucas dip-switch positions: LOW and BLOW (Bruce Miller, Welcome to the Hermitage!)

The original anti-theft devices--Lucas Electric products.

"I've had a Lucas pacemaker for years and have never experienced any prob...

If Lucas made guns, wars would not start either.

Did you hear about the Lucas powered torpedo? It sank.

It's not true that Lucas, in 1947, tried to get Parliament to repeal Ohm's Law. They withdrew their efforts when they met too much resistance.

Did you hear the one about the guy that peeked into a Land Rover and asked the owner "How can you tell one switch from another at night, since they all look the same?" "He replied, it doesn't matter which one you use, nothing happens!"

Back in the '70s Lucas decided to diversify its product line and began manufacturing vacuum cleaners. It was the only product they offered which didn't suck.

Quality Assurance phoned and advised the Lucas engineering guy that they had trouble with his design shorting out. So he made the wires longer.

Why do the English drink warm beer? Lucas made the refrigerators, too.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone. Thomas Edison invented the Light Bulb. Joseph Lucas invented the Short Circuit.

Recommended procedure before taking on a repair of Lucas equipment: check the position of the stars, kill a chicken and walk three times sunwise around your car chanting: "Oh mighty Prince of Darkness protect your unworthy servant."

Lucas systems actually uses AC current; it just has a random frequency.

How to make AIDS disappear? Give it a Lucas parts number.

Recently, Lucas won out over Bosch to supply the electrical for the new Volkswagens. So, now the cars from the Black Forest will come with electrics supplied by the Lord of Darkness -- how appropriate!

Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections and Splices.

 

[cudamark]

Hey Cuda, nice to know you were a wrench back then too!! That's a good time, but I bet it was on the six cylinder rather than the twelve!?! We used to lash them to the lift with a chain or nylon ratchet tie-downs for safety. The Porsche Carrera GTs need to be tied to the lift just to lift them for an oil change or they'll fall off backwards, even on modern lifts. I'll bet not many here know what a bonnet is. You still a grease monkey? I retired three years ago, started in '68. Fixin' and drivin' all those "exotics was fun for a long time!!

I started wrenching for a living in 1971 and "retired" last year....if you ever retire from doing that! Yeah, only had 6 cyl clutch jobs while I was working there. We worked on all foreign cars at that place in Norfolk, Va. Test drives were fun on most of those cars. The XKE was fun but kinda heavy. My favorite, the Austin 3000. I should have bought one at the time but couldn't afford it back then. Worked on some Porches but I liked others better. The 911T was a fun one though. I got the foreign cars out of my system when I started playing with Detroit muscle cars. Handling is great but that raw horsepower is intoxicatiing.

 

[gunsil]

Charlie, I think that's the best list of Lucas jokes I've ever seen. But they did make one good item, back in the 60s one of the hottest headlights around was the Lucas "Flamethrower", a very good light, especially on motorcycles. Cuda, I used to drive by the Chevy dealership to see if there were any guys heading out with Corvettes so I could whup 'em good with a 911 with half the displacement back in the 70s. They may have occasionally got by me up to about 50MPH, but after that they were always in the rear view mirror. In the nineties the Porsche turbos became muscle cars that also handled, and now they have 500+ horses, real muscle. That stupid Porsche Cayenne SUV has 500 ponies and can go 0-60 just under five seconds with a top of 160 MPH, just what you need to get your kids to the soccer game. The problem for me with the Detroit Iron was that they accelerated great but got dangerously unstable over 100 MPH. The Healy Lightning 3000 was a sweet limey sports car for sure.

 

[cudamark]

I was mainly a Mopar muscle car guy (hence my user name) and drag racing caught my interest over the roundy round stuff. A Porsche didn't have much of a chance in that venue. Even these days, I'll take a Viper or even a Hemi Challenger over a Porsche any day. They just look better! My old Barracuda does start to "float" a bit when I hit 130 but I've gotten over going that fast on the public highways!

 

[gunsil]

Yeah, I have pretty much lost my need for speed and know my reflexes just aren't what they were forty years ago so I have given up on street racing of any kind. I do have a little Porsche that I take up to 100 once in a while, but not often, it's a cheap model but handles well and looks good, gets me around. Bet you wish you had some of those old Hemis know, the value of those early Detroit muscle cars these days is phenominal!!

 

[Dr. Syn]

I remember working on a V12 XKE, someone had done a tune up on it. Instead of removing the old plug wires and installing the new ones in the proper places they simply cut the ends off all the old wires and just looped the new ones from the distributor down to the plugs.

And boy do I remember Lucas. I had a Lotus Esprit S2. Looking at a wiring diagram and seeing the same run of wire change color 8 or 9 times from front to back was anything but a joy to correct a problem on.

 

[cudamark]

Yeah, I have pretty much lost my need for speed and know my reflexes just aren't what they were forty years ago so I have given up on street racing of any kind. I do have a little Porsche that I take up to 100 once in a while, but not often, it's a cheap model but handles well and looks good, gets me around. Bet you wish you had some of those old Hemis know, the value of those early Detroit muscle cars these days is phenominal!!

I still drag race, but, on the track, where it belongs. Ah, yes, some of the cars I sold or passed up buying. I could kick myself now!

 

[cudamark]

Yeah, I have pretty much lost my need for speed and know my reflexes just aren't what they were forty years ago so I have given up on street racing of any kind. I do have a little Porsche that I take up to 100 once in a while, but not often, it's a cheap model but handles well and looks good, gets me around. Bet you wish you had some of those old Hemis know, the value of those early Detroit muscle cars these days is phenominal!!

I still drag race, but, on the track, where it belongs. Ah, yes, some of the cars I sold or passed up buying. I could kick myself now!
Here's the one I take down the track. I have two other too!