Hello - help me id special tools

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elmoputney
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Hello - help me id special tools

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Hello everyone, i've signed up in the hope you can help and perhaps I can contribute....
My wife is French and her Grandfather was a garagiste in the south of France, we inherited the house probably 20 years ago and I've been slowly clearing out the garage and other buildings.
I bought back to the UK a few boxes of what were clearly "special" tools - intended for special applications, I don't want to bin them as they may be useful to someone, and being a car nut myself of non-french origin it would hurt. So I've done a bit of research but need some help identifying these tools:

For starters I think I have successfully identified this:
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As a Traction Avant front hub puller:
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But this one is a bit of a puzzle, made by Newton, something front suspension compressionishy:
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It is very similar to this I found online though a different make so could be old Renault:
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And the last puzzle, which unfortunately has some corrosion over the part number:
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No clue what this is...made by Fenwick, it's steel not Aluminium despite appearance....any clues?

I have a couple of special pullers too but I'll come back if I cant figure out what they are from.

Appreciate any help figuring out what they are, not looking to make £££££££ just want to make sure I'm not throwing anything that could be re-purposed!
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Re: Hello - help me id special tools

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elmoputney wrote: 19 Sep 2023, 22:17 Hello everyone, i've signed up in the hope you can help and perhaps I can contribute....
So I've done a bit of research but need some help identifying these tools:

For starters I think I have successfully identified this:
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As a Traction Avant front hub puller:
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The name "Wilmonda" on the first tool led to this site... they may be interested should any of those special tools relate to Panhards. The 3 letter codes start with D for Panhards and it looks like they start with C for Citroen as you have already found.
http://www.pariskkm.force9.co.uk/html/w ... tools.html
The French company produced a series of tools unique to the postwar Panhards. Their three-letter codes are cited in the workshop manuals and are illustrated here for guidance. A few of the tools, highlighted in yellow, are available to purchase from Dynamic Club Panhard et Levassor (DCPL): http://www.dcpl.fr/?page_id=20
Can't see the "Fenwick" tool in this box, but some others you have may be in the pics on this e-bay sale item
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/31392816178 ... 40ffb3c299



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Re: Hello - help me id special tools

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Item looks very similar to me
E-Bay sale item here part of a kit described as
Outillage PEUGEOT 8.0612 Coffret Complémentaire Au 8.0609 Pour Moyeux J7 Fenwick
(Tools PEUGEOT 8.0612 Additional box to 8.0609 for J7 Fenwick hubs)
The J7 was a Peugeot Van

https://www.ebay.fr/itm/164803031667?_t ... 101224.m-1
E-bay sale item
E-bay sale item
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Re: Hello - help me id special tools

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Thanks for this - yes that does look like the correct Fenwick tool I'm glad you identified J7 as a van - that helps.