making piston ring compressor

[Stuart Joseph]

When the articles were written which became the Companion specialist tools for the home mechanic were not readily available. I recall that in 1967 I visited Brown Brothers in Stoke to buy a piston ring compressor. The counter person refused to serve me because I wasn’t ‘trade’. However an old chap who clearly was ‘trade’ told him to add it to his order and to settle up afterwards. He refused to take the payment for it 16shillings and eleven pence. I left with my faith in human nature restored but later my dad said someone’s repair bill would be 16/11p higher.

Regards from the creative county - Staffordshire

Stuart