Prob OT - What's the Vintage on these Tools?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 11:10 pm:

Picked up this pair for 69 cents today.

The wrench on the right is stamped, "TAPPET ADJUSTING WRENCH - SCREW AND NUT"

JUst curious if anyone of you tool gurus had any information on these.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Vaughn on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 11:19 pm:

The Busch Classic tool on the left has been around for many decades, it is a multiple use tool! :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 11:27 pm:

hahaha... that's for scale man! BUt I can say one thing, that tool served its purpose well as I was working on my Trans Am this evening.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 11:27 pm:

The tool at the left is the one you use after changing bands........


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 11:32 pm:

When it's empty I can prob use it for a part of the coupe...ho ho ho


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Matthew David Maiers on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 11:45 pm:

after bands???? before, during, in between, then after. thats called using the right tools;)

as for age i would guess pre 1950's, pretty much everything was plated after that, but theres nothing sying they couldnt be from th 20's. tappet wrenches are pretty common, in fact sears still sells them! and they sure are handy for when you need em' although i think you paid too much;)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 12:53 am:

Any more markings or symbols of any sort? If so I could possibly even give the maker's name to you.

Stamped wrenches became popular in the teens and have held a place the budget tools market ever since.

Give them a light scrub with fine sandpaper and a wipe with oil to reveal marks on stamped wrenches.
Just a small sample of the stuff I've accumulated:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By mike conrad on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 12:58 am:

Danial, that's a good deal you can't even buy the beer for 69 cents!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Danial - Veneta OR US Earth Solar System on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 01:06 am:

Brian, those are all the markings I can see on the one wrench. The other has none as far as I can tell. May take the dremel and wire brush them next time I have nothing better to do.

The place where I got these had a boatload more of different stamped tools like this and all were pretty cheap. Should I snag them?

Mike, even though Matthew may think me mad, I may go back and get more..grin...they had a bin full of these cheap, old stamped wrenches similarly priced in pairs like these.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 01:25 am:

Look for those with a M inside a diamond for the Frank Mossberg offerings, those will be 20's to 30's vintage and still very usable. Odd size markings like '5/16 USS' on a wrench that is bigger than 5/16" or those just marked with a number like 729 or 1104 are most likely pre'29 when the US changed to the current SAE system we now use.

Those are the focus of my collections.

Another option is to offer a batch price on the box and take them all home. The few gems among the rocks will bring it up to price for you and the rest are profit.
Old Dodge car kit stamped wrenches after '28 were unmarked DOE or simply marked with a number 1 through 5. There are Dodge restorers looking for those.

Multi size wrenches with 3 or more sizings are a crapshoot. Some are rare and highly sought after and most others are just useless crap. I just sent out a 'Smith's of Mexico' torch wrench and recieved a Maytag multi wrench. Us collectors are weird.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 01:25 am:

LMAO @ Matthew....... :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Brian on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 01:33 am:

Oh, and regardless of collector or market value, if it looks cool or useful to you grab it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Knoll on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 01:40 am:

I have 4 portable hand carried tool boxes full of nothing but 1920's tools from the flea market...the best find was the Knowleson ? spring spreader I bought for $1 just cause it looked like an "auto" tool.....and it was !


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Knoll on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 01:42 am:

Some of those thin tappet wrenches may actually be saw blade wrenches.... still useful for cars and bikes !


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