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Was the early hub wrench painted?
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moozark
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Was the early hub wrench painted?
The earliest Model T toolkits for 1909-11 contained a hub wrench that Ford purchased from Weston Mott. Does anyone know if this wrench was originally painted, and if so, what color? Most of them I've seen are unpainted but is that original? Someone on this forum once posted a photo of one that was red. Are they supposed to be red? I'm referring to the top wrench in this photo.
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Re: Was the early hub wrench painted?
That very early 1909-1910 hub cap wrench was purchased outside and perhaps the mfg. did some finish to it, seems no early records on that detail.
Practice for a tool of this nature, for supply to automotive market would be some finish IMO, and certainly no finish and left to rust.
Best guess would be black finish.
if you go by the later early socket style spark plug wrench, it was specified in Ford print as Black Enamel.
Practice for a tool of this nature, for supply to automotive market would be some finish IMO, and certainly no finish and left to rust.
Best guess would be black finish.
if you go by the later early socket style spark plug wrench, it was specified in Ford print as Black Enamel.
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