I think I have something in the tool box that is "Dufor" I can't recall what though.
Dufor made a lot of components for BMC, they were later taken over by TRW.

Dufor (Duly and Hansford) apart from forged suspension bits for most Australian cars, also made spanners and socket sets, same quality as Sidchrome was then. GOOD.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Back in the days when we could make quality things in Australia.

Durfor is short for Dulan Hansford. I know that they made a lot of tools and I'm not sure, but I think they also did some oem automotive components too. They were originally in Carrington Road, Marrickville, then TRW absorbed them sometime around WWII. CamGears, were our Steering Racks came from, was also a divison or TRW and they were made under that same roof

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Nope GT it is/was Duly and Hansford Ltd,
http://www.delisted.com.au/Company/2730 ... %20LIMITED

also http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?q=subjec ... ord+Ltd%22

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Around WWII? I think it was a lot later than that.

That maybe correct. I worked - on and off - at TRW as an apprentice and later in life they were a customer until around 1990. I never saw the full name for 'Durfor' written anywhere, however, the factory 'locals' only ever referred to them as Dulan Hansford. There was a lot af store boxes and the like with the name Durfor everywhere. Dirt old - very old - place, but they had some very skilled workers and some decent machinery.

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My Uncle worked for TRW at Carrington Road as a machinist in the very latter part of the war. From what I understand / have been told, they used both names up to around the late 60's or early 70's.

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According to that 1st link I posted_
"taken over by Can Gears (sic)/TRW Pty Limited 22/05/1968

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

That would have been when TRW / Cam Gears share holding in Dufor went from<49% to 50%+. The name 'Dufor' is still in use to this day.

<EDIT> If you \/ bothered to read that stuff you got from Wiki you would have read that the company was founded in 1901

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According to the stock market reports Duly and Hansford was a public company up till TRW took them over in 1968. (I am digging through the digitized copies of the SMH)

TRW didn't become TRW till well after the war...

They didn't adopt the name TRW till 1965.

Umm, No. You are making this all up.

Why do you do this? Who are you trying to impress?

Guys. really. I appreciate trying to get to the true facts of something, but can't you take the poking each other with pointy sticks offline??

cheers,

Jacob

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'72 Clubman Van - 1022cc, 295 head, 731 cam - Daily Driver
'69 Morris 1100 S - Dinged by a bus, in shed under repair
'64 Morris 1100 - Early 1100, long term project

Like when we could,nt get binocular lenses and other lenses during WWII and we had to start training women to make them , apparently very high quality , its hard to believe that after the war we just went back to bringing them in from OS and the woman were told they were out of a job

Anyway , back to deep reach impact sockets , I think the 1 inch SAE sets are the one we are supposed to keep in the tool box , some of them have 1" up to 2"

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Re sockets.

EBAY them. US sellers always have the right socket for cheap being an imperial country.
They/ebay will quote ridiculous postage for 1 socket eg $25 aus.
I just shoot them an email requesting a quote to my postcode.
Youre much more likely to get a response more in line with $5-10.

...but then again I buy everything online.

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Tim