Wife needs help with a birthday gift!

[HelpAWife89]

Hi everyone,
I'm hoping you can help me choose a gift for my husband. I know 0 about cars and associated gadgets but would love to buy him some sort of tool/ gadget that he'd enjoy. He would be very surprised and touched I think!
Just to give you a bit of insight. He loves tinkering with cars and from my perspective has all the tools he could possibly need and more. He's recently bought a car to do up which is in bits next to our house and his actual day to day car is his pride and joy. Every day a new package comes of something or other he's bought to fix it, clean it, improve it bla.
I'd like to buy him a 'nice to have' gift. Not something he needs but something that will just be a fun addition to his man cave/ tool box that he can play with. Budget under £100.
Any ideas? Sorry I'm being really vague. He's on here all the time so he might see this :')
Thanks in advance.

[InitialDave]

Hmm, it's a little difficult with the vagueness - what kind of car is his project car he has in bits? An older classic, something more modern, a track/racing car?

Is he a "do everything from scratch" kind of person, or more a "bolt on parts bought ready-made"?

[HelpAWife89]

Thanks! It's not a classic car. Just a cheapo thing he bought off ebay to mess around with and learn. At a guess I'd say he likes doing things from scratch.

[bigandclever]

There’s a whole thread full of ste/ things PHers can’t live without...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Have a look, you might get some ideas

[theaxe]

A nice Leatherman?

[Hudson1984]

Half the problem I have with projects is grabbing a few tools, being on your knees or trying to sit down when you're doing something.

if he has a stool already then disregard this. But I love my little one, used it for years and years and always seem to be using it, if i'm just sitting in the garage or using it for work

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/cmc50-2-in-1-foldi...

[Rewe]

theaxe said:

A nice Leatherman?

???

[HelpAWife89]

I knew you'd be able to help me out! Thanks everyone. Going to have a look at these

[Jamescrs]

Leather man are great if you want to.go.down that route, I have a leather man wave I've owned for about 15 years now. One of the blades seized at about 10 years old and Leather man replaced the whole thing no questions asked.

Not really a car tool specifically but they are brilliant to have to hand.

[Mikee19]

Trip to Le Man's 24 hour race in France, or a free pass to go with a friend.

Can save up for next year lol.

[InitialDave]

Does he regularly have trouble with corroded fasteners on his project car (often identified by copious amounts of swearing and bashed knuckes)?

A good quality blowtorch, one that uses MAPP gas rather than just butane so is a fair bit hotter, is a handy thing to have.

And I really like my Irwin Bolt Grip sockets to grab onto chewed up fasteners to remove them (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ID6E8OM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_DFvsEbWK8TK9S plus the expansion set https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000QW6K8I/ref=cm_sw_r...

[elanfan]

Glass fronted beer fridge.

[andyxxx]

If he enjoys detailing his cars – a good quality Lightweight Rotary Polisher?
https://www.juicydetailing.co.uk/dodo-juice-spin-d...

Or perhaps a RECHARGEABLE LIGHT
https://www.screwfix.com/p/luceco-led-usb-recharge...

[g3org3y]

1/18 model of the project or his P&J?

https://ck-modelcars.de/en/

[Mandalore]

If he enjoys detailing.....

[HelpAWife89]

[quote=andyxxx]If he enjoys detailing his cars – a good quality Lightweight Rotary Polisher?
https://www.juicydetailing.co.uk/dodo-juice-spin-d...

His Dad just got him a polisher! He was very excited

[HelpAWife89]

Hudson1984 said:

Half the problem I have with projects is grabbing a few tools, being on your knees or trying to sit down when you're doing something.

if he has a stool already then disregard this. But I love my little one, used it for years and years and always seem to be using it, if i'm just sitting in the garage or using it for work

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/cmc50-2-in-1-foldi...

I actually think I might go for this. I think he'll be chuffed. Thank you

[Kolbenkopp]

HelpAWife89 said:

Hudson1984 said:

Half the problem I have with projects is grabbing a few tools, being on your knees or trying to sit down when you're doing something.

if he has a stool already then disregard this. But I love my little one, used it for years and years and always seem to be using it, if i'm just sitting in the garage or using it for work

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/cmc50-2-in-1-foldi...

I actually think I might go for this. I think he'll be chuffed. Thank you

If he doesn't have one -- do it, a godsend! If not, perhaps an OBD Scanner App? Carly https://www.mycarly.com/ is multi brand, but full app + adapter are a bit over budget.

[Pica-Pica]

Tire-Tek gauge and tread measure. Comes in a nice pack. As a make-weight additional present.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TireTek-Automotive-Tyre-P...

[Hudson1984]

HelpAWife89 said:

I actually think I might go for this. I think he'll be chuffed. Thank you

no worries at all, hope he likes it