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Offline m_fumich

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A guy on the bike forum found an old wrench.
« on: May 10, 2013, 04:48:52 PM »
What can you tell me about it?
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Re: A guy on the bike forum found an old wrench.
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2013, 04:55:56 PM »
International Harvester monkey. Handle is bent on it. Pretty common wrench, as are 99% of the IHC wrenches you are most likely to find. Still nice to have them though.

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Re: A guy on the bike forum found an old wrench.
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2013, 05:04:14 PM »
Anyone got a pic of a good one?

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Re: A guy on the bike forum found an old wrench.
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2013, 05:09:56 PM »
that 1 is ok with the hammer head not that beat to death, go strong logo and part numbers. straighten the handle and u got a good one.

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Re: A guy on the bike forum found an old wrench.
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2013, 05:17:26 PM »

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Re: A guy on the bike forum found an old wrench.
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2013, 06:37:24 PM »
How old is it?

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Re: A guy on the bike forum found an old wrench.
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2013, 06:40:16 PM »
Here is one my daughter bought me several years ago.
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Re: A guy on the bike forum found an old wrench.
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2013, 07:17:49 PM »
How old is it?

i think they were available into the 1940's, mostly in equipment toolkits.