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Yesterday I had a poke around in my favourite antique shop which has a good selection of tools, and I found the top one. It is in very good order, and is branded PMG on the handle. The Post Master General's department was charged with running our postal service and the telephone system for the whole country before the phone system was privatised

It will replace the lower one in my 1912 van toolkit.

The lower one has a round shaft like the A model screwdriver, but it does not go right through the handle. It does have a Ford script though. Does anyone know it's correct application? Allan from down under.

Least we all forget...to turn slotted screws.

Varmint-- Hah! That really did make me laugh out loud!

Got to be careful if you use the one with the shaft going through to test the spark plugs for miss firing. You might use your body for the test.
Norm

Norm, we had a lawnmower that powered off by pushing a lever with your foot about forty years ago. It snapped in place and grounded the sparkplug. Well, it broke off. So, I used a screwdriver to ground it manually. I did not know that the shaft went all the way through, flush end. The palm of my hand figured it out before I did. For a moment I could not understand why I hand was behaving the way it did.

The pull cord also broke off. So, now I've got to cut grass with a mower that doesn't want to start nor stop. I popped the Briggs & Stratton label top off of the cooling grill to reveal a large nut and proceeded to turn the nut with a ratchet in righty tighty mode. When it stared, the ratchet merely spun with a zizz until I removed it.

Great score.
I know Ford marked many tools used by workers in the factories, for sure at the Rouge complex in Dearborn. My Dad worked for Ford in the power department, high voltage maintenance from 1935 to 1975. I have a few tools marked with an identical Ford stamp couple of drill bits, taps, a file. The file is later probably early 60’s as it is marked FMCo.
Dad grew up in southwest Detroit one of his colorful neighbors had a habit of helping out with everyone’s repairs and projects. He was famous for yelling out to his son (my dad’s best friend) “Hey Fuzz bring over that big …” some usually oversized tool to make it easier, things like a 24” pipe wrench or a 1000-watt light on a stand. Inevitably these were marked “Ford” making folks wonder how did he manage to sneak that out.
Occasionally, I have found ford marked tools at garage/estate sales in the area. That’s where I got the Armstrong hand pipe threading set.
Now that I know how to identify a Ford T screwdriver I will keep an eye out for one.

Good find, Allan.

The wood handled Model T screwdriver was sure a lot handier
than it's replacement, the plier/screwdriver combination.
Interesting that a screwdriver was furnished once again starting
with the Model A car.