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Offline international3414

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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2019, 10:05:17 AM »
this would be more my speed,item 163547732578,anyone know what the wrenches look like
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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2019, 12:43:58 PM »
Thanks.  Anyone have any more info about williams silent salesman wrench display boards other than what i posted ?  i kinda hope its not the board in the illustration above... it'd be hard trying to find all those "superiors".   Maybe its for the "engineer" wrenches would be easier.   Or maybe the williams vulcan chain wrenches,  i got the biggest 1.     


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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2019, 01:04:59 PM »
Wow!!!   I have a 3' Vulcan Chain Wrench here. Is yours a 6' Chain Wrench, or longer??? Regards, Lou
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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2019, 01:39:45 PM »
Largest chain wrench Williams made, 7' long, 141lbs. This NOS 1 i picked up hudson valley antique engine club sale 5-6 years back.

Place of distinction over the door.

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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #19 on: March 10, 2019, 03:51:35 PM »
Great display ! I see a  Papaw's big wrench  there also. :grin:
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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2019, 09:03:28 PM »
Quote from: Papaw on March 10, 2019, 03:51:35 PM
Great display ! I see a  Papaw's big wrench  there also. :grin:

Yep!  With the distinction it deserves.   I haven't been wrench collecting for like 15 years since my big "d" sale. Now with the wrench shaped display i got a good excuse @70 years old to start again with williams.  Years back they use to be a fairly easy wrench to find.
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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #21 on: March 10, 2019, 09:28:12 PM »
Here are some pictures of Williams superior carbon steel wrenches.
-Don
« Last Edit: March 10, 2019, 09:35:18 PM by d42jeep »
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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #22 on: March 11, 2019, 08:33:36 AM »
Right don,  not having it in hand yet i believe its for the superior line.  If research is correct the board should display 246 wrenches in 6 different classes, weighing 174 lbs.

Your thoughts about finding the superior wrenches?  As i mentioned b4,  years ago they seemed common finds. 
« Last Edit: March 11, 2019, 08:46:59 AM by wrenchguy »
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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #23 on: March 11, 2019, 12:59:12 PM »
I don't think the ones I pictured are really rare. Some of us WW2 collectors grab them when we see them as they were supplied in some WW2 toolsets. I still have the one with the traces of green paint on it.
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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #24 on: March 11, 2019, 06:39:02 PM »
Thanks, it'll give me a realistic goal rather than looking for a $60,000 JD wrench.
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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #25 on: March 28, 2019, 03:52:34 PM »
Any updates on this one WG? Did you get it home okay? Figured out where to set it up?
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Re: What a Wrench
« Reply #26 on: March 28, 2019, 04:50:20 PM »
another post,wood williams wrench...showing its final resting place :huh:
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