Tool Talk
Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: leg17 on December 22, 2018, 07:53:20 PM
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Are there any references or guides to wrenches and other related tools that might have been included with a new automobile "back in the day"??
Ford marked wrenches seem to be fairly common.
How about other autos?
Any collector groups or listings or guides available?
Thanks
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Dodge Brothers
Jaguar
Rolls Royce
http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers-p2.html (http://alloy-artifacts.org/other-makers-p2.html)
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I'd love to find a collectors group for them too
so far its just a brand by brand discovery for me.
Many toolkits had wrench company tools like Fairmont or Vlchek for Jeeps
Other wrenches had auto names but aren't auto wrenches ( Nash wrenches seem to be for Nash pumps, not cars)
I have a few branded wrenches for US cars ; Cadillac, Pierce Arrow, and some for trucks; Mack White
But I have yet to find a site that puts all this info together
Skip
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I didn’t know that there were "Nash" pumps. I’ve got a small DOE with Nash forged on it and had assumed it was for the cars. Thanks Skip!
Mike
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I'd love to find a collectors group for them too
so far its just a brand by brand discovery for me.
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Skip
That's about where I'm at.
Stumbling discovery.
Thanks all.
Tom
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I have seen lots of TOYOTA branded wrenches.
EvilDr235
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Mack
Cadillac
Jaguar
Does Suzuki count?
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I've seen Moon hubnut wrenches but no others.
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General Motors tool kits in the 40's thru 60's were Vlchek & McKaig-Hatch sometimes with pieces from both brands in the same kit. No GM markings that I have seen during that period. There was a bunch of cheap Goodwrench tools during the 70's & 80's. AC Delco ignition tools during 50's & 60's.
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Indian.
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Here are some photos of branded wrenchs.
From top "Overland" "Fiat' : Cadillac" and "Mitchell"
Also have Nash and Jaguar and the Moon hub cap wrench.
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Hello, Jim. Those are pretty neat!!! I like the script logos. Regards, Lou
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AUSTIN.
Flea market finds, years ago.
Henri
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Does a Watsonian Sidecar fit within the Automobile framework.
Cheers
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DORRIS MOTOR CO. (St. Louis, ca. 1910) -- made autos & trucks. Markings stamped. I have 6" & 12 " COES AUTO wrenches overstamped "DORRIS." Example of marking shown here from a long-ago eBay lot; not in my collection.
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I just remembered I have a Mercedes Benz wrench out in the garage.
EvilDr235
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I just remembered that I had a garage!!
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DORRIS MOTOR CO. (St. Louis, ca. 1910) -- made autos & trucks. Markings stamped. I have 6" & 12 " COES AUTO wrenches overstamped "DORRIS." Example of marking shown here from a long-ago eBay lot; not in my collection.
Wow....
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I have a puller of some kind made by Rolls Royce.Don't know if it's automotive or for aircraft engines.
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Oops. Here is another pic.
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I don't have the lists but Rolls Royce had pretty extensive kits especially in the early days. The chauffeur was expected to do a lot of the maintenance on the car and were they trained by the factory to drive the car and to maintain it.
I do have this one wrench which is from a Silver Cloud from about 1906~1920.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/894/26769162367_f4652f5e75_c.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/921/40926713054_aea6cb15f9_c.jpg)
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I have one MACK wrench, a bunch of the Fords, and a large wrench with a very stylized arrow, which I believe is from a Pierce Arrow auto. Also the Fordson tractor wrenches.
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Heyco has all sorts of BMW and Mercedes Benz branded tools. I believe some of the shark wrenches made by Bahco were Volvo branded?
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I would like to find websites that have photos and details of the tools that came in tool kits, for autos, trucks, tractors, motorcycles, etc.
Here is an example from the Ford-Fordson Collectors Assoc.:
https://fordtractorcollectors.com/tool-kit/ (https://fordtractorcollectors.com/tool-kit/)
(https://fordtractorcollectors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ntools2-241x300-1.jpg)
This website lists factory/dealer tools for GM cars - Note that there is a list of tools they are looking for:
https://www.vintageautotools.com/index.html (https://www.vintageautotools.com/index.html)
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At one time I had a Nash marked wrench and a little later on I found a very similar one marked Rambler so they were probably part of auto tool sets.
-Don
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A while back I sold Nash and Dodge Brothers wrenches on ebay for fair prices (meaning I got a bit more than the 25 cents to 1 dollar that I paid.
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Aren't most Nash wrenches we see for Nash pumps?
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I can't answer that but if I owned a Nash car and wanted to make a tool kit to display, a wrench with Nash on it would be perfect. Therefore they are sellable whether or not actual car wrenches.
Al
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Right, and the same with Rambler. I've never heard of a Rambler pump before.
-Don
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The Nash Rambler automobile was introduced in 1950.
The Rambler wrenches I have seen seem to be from an earlier era.
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Five different manufacturers made bicycles branded "Rambler" between 1888 and 1908. Maybe bicycle wrenches?
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I would like to find websites that have photos and details of the tools that came in tool kits, for autos, trucks, tractors, motorcycles, etc.
Here is an example from the Ford-Fordson Collectors Assoc.:
https://fordtractorcollectors.com/tool-kit/ (https://fordtractorcollectors.com/tool-kit/)
(https://fordtractorcollectors.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ntools2-241x300-1.jpg)
This website lists factory/dealer tools for GM cars - Note that there is a list of tools they are looking for:
https://www.vintageautotools.com/index.html (https://www.vintageautotools.com/index.html)
I saw these pliers at an estate sale yesterday and paid the $2.00 asking price. Probably the closest I’ll come to owning a Lexus. Pretty well made pliers though.
-Don
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Every WW2 Jeep came with a fairly extensive toolset. Here is mine.
-Don
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Thanks for the photos Don. A number of those kit tools are very ordinary looking. How many have slipped thru our hands because we don't know the details of what to look for?
Al
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Here is an early Ford marked auto wrench made by Moore Drop Forge. Probably for an early Ford toolset. Moore Drop Forge is better known for the Craftsman =v= tools that they made over the years. They also made the wartime 12” auto wrench in my Jeep toolset above.
-Don