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I need tips on what tools I should be collecting (and where to get them) for rebuilding a 72 Combat. I have already ordered some Whitworth wrenches, but that is an obvious noob purchase. What's a good source for tools that won't drain me dry in shipping? Any standard automotive tools I can repurpose without resorting to the 'British motorcycle tax'? eBay auctions come up but I'm always out-bid by some crazy amount. Maybe the reality is that the prices are astronomical and I need to deal with that. What's the one tool you would hunt for first (not in a standard sae/metric auto toolbox)?

[QUOTE="Conrad, post: 490149, member: 11124"] I need tips on what tools I should be collecting (and where to get them) for rebuilding a 72 Combat. I have already ordered some Whitworth wrenches, but that is an obvious noob purchase. What's a good source for tools that won't drain me dry in shipping? Any standard automotive tools I can repurpose without resorting to the 'British motorcycle tax'? eBay auctions come up but I'm always out-bid by some crazy amount. Maybe the reality is that the prices are astronomical and I need to deal with that. What's the one tool you would hunt for first (not in a standard sae/metric auto toolbox)? [/QUOTE]