Miata Mailing List: March 1999, Message #202

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Allen is the name of the company that originated hex head
bolts and wrenches.  They are now generically referred to as
Allen wrenches much like Xerox copies and Kleenex tissues.


Tom Blough &
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-----Original Message-----
From: miata@realbig.com [mailto:miata@realbig.com]On Behalf
Of Werner
Cassel
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 6:28 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Pssst, hey buddy, got a 12mm drill bit?


On 4 Mar 99, Larry Alster said:
>
> Maybe you need to bring some 7 mm hex wrenches for the
folks with the DA
> shock tower brace too!  :)
....
Larry,

AFAIK, these are called Allen wrenches (not sure, but I know
they are called
"Innensechskant" in Germany :). But I can bring some, even
though I have to
say that 6 and 8 mm are far easier to find even over here
than 7 mm.

Werner