Dear sadistic engineer at British Leyland: Sorry you lost the Revolutionary War, but it’s time to get over and stop senseless retaliation like placing one of the Spitfire 1500’s oil pan bolts 3/4 of an inch directly above the frame rail (at the other end of this open-end wrench, which is allowed about 15 degrees of travel) so as to be utterly inaccessible to any ratchet in the colonies.

Half an hour, several cold ones, a sore knuckle or two and a good deal of colorful language later, the offending oil pan bolt is liberated, and the oil pan is ready for removal.