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Offline HeelSpur

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Hubco wrench
« on: February 05, 2014, 06:39:33 PM »
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2014, 09:14:30 AM »
Finally found one of these here, #1711 and says, "10" cast hub cap wrench ?"
http://www.wrenchingnews.com/nail-auction-2007/catalog.html

I noticed the question mark after the description.
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2014, 09:19:57 AM »
I would guess hupcap on large end , water pump packing on small end.
No clue as to make of vehicle.
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2014, 09:43:18 AM »
Here's a 1914 AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURER directory advertisement that narrows the application possibilities
( http://books.google.com/books?id=6nzmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA40&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U3ZhOQRcGiJd6kcFhn0KUyy-NQrOg&ci=28%2C315%2C337%2C175&edge=0 ) -- wheels, hubs / hub caps
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2014, 02:41:26 PM »
Am I confusing myself here? what does that radio museum have to do with hubs?
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2014, 05:08:47 PM »
Wood wheel maker evolves into wood radio cabinet builder --  we need a Baltimore historian to supply the intermediate steps & background.
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2014, 06:09:16 PM »
They made a Ford hub puller ....

(Chilton, 1920)

Also parts for your rims....
(The Automobile Trade Directory, Volume 20, Issue 1 ; 1922)

Name change to Hubco Mfg seems to be just about 1929, and they vanish after 1930....Victim of the depression?


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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2014, 06:45:26 PM »
There's a 1919 picture of the business (or at least its retail outlet)  in "Printers Ink" -- as part of a lead in to an Auto Show in Baltimore
(http://books.google.com/books?id=g4sviHmCj0EC&dq=baltimore%20hub-wheel&pg=RA6-PA98#v=onepage&q=baltimore%20hub-wheel&f=false ) 

The business was also the focus of action early in the existence of the Federal Trade Commission
( http://books.google.com/books?id=zP0rsBlQhCUC&dq=baltimore%20hub-wheel&pg=PA395#v=onepage&q=baltimore%20hub-wheel&f=false )

Further -- Robert C. LOOCK was president of the Baltimore Hub & Wheel co.  There is an R. J. LOOCK Co. Baltimore Chevrolet  Hub Cap & Water Pump Nut Wrench that is very close in size & shape to this HUBCO -- it has a straight sided small open end rather than the "notched" 12-pt opening on the HUBCO, and the large opening is for "octagon" hub caps just like the HUBCO.
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2014, 07:47:48 PM »
Last bit, just because it is odd, from 1919

Is there anyone who did not make an improved distributor for the Ford? LOL

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Where Loock apparently learned his trade....
(American carriage and wagon... 1903)
(I get sidetracked easily, doesn't say anything about the wrench,
but it is surprising me how many dots are connecting tonight)
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2014, 06:52:32 AM »
Quote from: Lostmind on February 06, 2014, 09:19:57 AM
I would guess hupcap on large end , water pump packing on small end.
No clue as to make of vehicle.


 I would agree
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2014, 09:32:02 PM »
After market wrench for Chevrolets. Fits 1929 to 1932 water pumps and 1929 and 1930 hubcaps. The first photo shows an insert found with a NOS tool, the second is from a 1925 1934 Western Auto Catalog. This information has been published in past issues of the Missouri Valley Wrench Club Newsletters.




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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2014, 04:35:21 PM »
Ding, we have a winner!

Good job Bus
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Re: Hubco wrench
« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2014, 04:40:23 PM »
19 cents, I paid to much. Thanks for all the info.
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