"Don't leave home without it."

Just about anyone who works on cars has a good tool set or at least they should. But if all you could carry in your car was just ONE tool, what would it be?

I've got a set of Vise Grips (not the new Chinese ones) in the trunk of my daily and it's saved my **** not only in this car but others. Gotta have it.

 

I dont know if it is cheating, but I keep a leatherman in every car I own and thay pay for themselfs.

 

AAA card.

 

If you drive a chevy you gotta have a 9/16 wrench.

 

Roll of electrical tape.

 

one chinese socket set and a hammer , most of the time i cant fix it so i just beat the livin **** out if it!
i carry a quarter on my shovelhead purely for starting purposes..

 

My kids only carry a cell phone, they use it to call dad!

 

My favorite tool is my Dad. Before you read something into that, lemme explain: that man never ceases to amaze me how quickly he can solve mechanical issues with tape, a hammer and/or vise grips. His work may not be the most finely finished, but if my car won't run and I'm in the middle of nowhere, I hope that man's within earshot.

 

I alway carry my AAA card plus an adjustable monkey wrench !
Works everytime !

 

357 magnum. JC

 

syphoning hose...oklahoma credit card!!!

 

Cash and a 380 .

 

yeah....only NEEDLE nose REAL vise grips & a "ball peen hammer" just in case

 

Check this out;

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=291489

I fell it's very important to have what you need to fix your car on your own for safety reasons.



******Knuckles

 

Water jug behind the seat. Let me explain, I drive a Model A with a mostly-stock engine. Nuff said. Luke

 

"pro-caulk" kit or even a bedazzler...

 

A good pair of walking shoes and toilet paper

 

Fred....do you know where your avatar picture is from? Ill give you a hint. I do.

 

A guy on the tbucket forums posted it and I took it, but I had seen it before and had lost it. It's one of several versions of a pinup done on WWII bombers. Miss Behavin' was the name of my T Bucket before her wreck and Miss Fortune will be her name after the rebuild.

Do I get a cookie?

 

Some duct tape

 

Here you go....I built it in 1997. It does make a good avatar.

 

I got your back.

.45 Long Colt

LEATHERMAN

 

Smooth rock, it is used to coax the stupid electric fuel pump into working. A hammer will not fit in there!
When I get that resolved, I have a big paper clip stuck to the inside of the cab, good for replacing those pesky fuses when the fuel pump takes it out!

 

That's a sweet roadster! You got anymore pics?

 

thanks for the compliment:

 

Geeez, post one car pic and the whole thread looses focus

Cool roadster!!

 

i carry a set of craftsman tools, channle locks, duck t****, black tape, and a leatherman, and a good hotrod magizine because if I cant fix it might as well read about someone who can.