ACCESSORY OF THE DAY - 6/30/14 - THOR TIRE IRON

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: ACCESSORY OF THE DAY - 6/30/14 - THOR TIRE IRON
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Monday, June 30, 2014 - 10:41 am:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ed in California on Monday, June 30, 2014 - 11:29 am:

I wonder if that is the same company that made the Thor motorcycle. They made all kinds of things from tools to dishwashers.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Monday, June 30, 2014 - 06:23 pm:

Maybe the Bridgeport Hardware Co. made that tire iron for the Thor motorcycle? If so, I expect all the Thor bike owners will be clamoring to get one! :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By James Baker on Monday, June 30, 2014 - 08:33 pm:

Thor also made outboards


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Monday, June 30, 2014 - 08:42 pm:

I have an exhaust manifold made by Thor.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Barker - Dayton, OH on Tuesday, July 01, 2014 - 02:44 am:

Are these Thor tire irons fairly plentiful? I found three in an old Snap-On tool box from the 40s that I found, along with some old Ford tools, and some other odds and ends. I used the Thor irons to mount my tires.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Karlsson, southern Sweden on Wednesday, July 02, 2014 - 09:12 am:

The Thor motorcycle was made by the Aurora Automatiic Machinery Co, in Aurora, Ill. They started producing engines and various castings for Indian in 1902 and were allowed to sell their own version of the Indian motorcycle under their own name. A few years later Indian got their own foundry and didn't have to buy engines and the designs diverted until Thor dropped motorcycle production during WW1. The Aurora company and their separate division Hubley Manufacturing made numerous other products under the Thor name but the tire iron above seems to have been made by some other company in Bridgeport, Conn?

http://scripophily.net/auaumacode19.html


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Todd on Wednesday, July 02, 2014 - 10:09 am:

Now that's a real tire iron.
What I'd like to know is, why do so many people call an L shaped combination jack handle/wheel nut wrench a "tire iron"?


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