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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: Mike H on April 21, 2019, 05:21:51 AM

Title: Ford Wrench
Post by: Mike H on April 21, 2019, 05:21:51 AM
Saw my first Ford wrench "in the wild' Saturday
Was a combo open-end, It didn't have size/s stamped on it
Had small raised flats at each end where something could have been placed
Both ends looked to be well over 1" in size
I didn't buy it since the wrench bug hasn't bitten as yet, just thought it was interesting
Title: Re: Ford Wrench
Post by: moparthug on May 10, 2019, 08:45:16 PM
Be careful, finding a rusty Ford combo wrench in a vacant lot when I was 12 years old started my tool hoarding. Collecting?... no, hoarding, I'm a hoarder. There are plenty of folks who collect old automotive and motorcycle tools.
Title: Re: Ford Wrench
Post by: p_toad on May 11, 2019, 04:57:29 PM
i found some wrenches today at the Restore and just pulled them out of the scrap bin without looking at most of them.   I'm not really a collector; more of a "saver".   At least one was Williams I think. :tongue:
Title: Re: Ford Wrench
Post by: amecks on May 11, 2019, 05:32:22 PM
Last weekend and today I was at swap meets selling tools.  I brought a nice box of reasonably priced Ford wrenches including pliers and an adjustable and a nice example of the plow wrench.  None of them sold.  I did sell stuff, though.  Sold $90 last week ($30 for gas) and $190 this week ($5 for gas). 
Title: Re: Ford Wrench
Post by: Northwoods on May 11, 2019, 06:12:54 PM
I took a bucket of stuff to a swap meet 2 weeks ago and sold it to a seller for $225.
He wanted to give me $160, I threw some more on the pile and he came up.

3 old Snappy T spinners (one with no center grip, one with pinched retainer center grip, and one with detent balls center grip)
2 double headed adjustables (8X10 Crescent and 6X8 Diamond Calk Horseshoe)
2 Ford logo speed wrenches
A Winchester plane

Being a wise shopper, I had less than $20 and some clean-up time invested.
But the buyer got a good deal.  I like it that way, because I want to be welcome when I visit him again.
Title: Re: Ford Wrench
Post by: lptools on May 11, 2019, 06:16:03 PM
Hello, Al. I am glad that I made at least a small contribution to your gas money ($5.00)!!! Regards, Lou