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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: Yadda on April 11, 2021, 12:39:01 PM

Title: Thorsen Wrenches
Post by: Yadda on April 11, 2021, 12:39:01 PM

This is the two Thorsen  wrenches I found in my estate sale toolbox.

Title: Re: Thorsen Wrenches
Post by: bonneyman on April 13, 2021, 09:14:01 AM

Solid wrenches! They made a short and long style. I'm working on a set myself, 1950-1970 according to AA. Only size of either style I don't have is the 16mm.

Title: Re: Thorsen Wrenches
Post by: d42jeep on April 13, 2021, 03:36:07 PM

I don’t have any 16mm in that style either. I do have one in the more modern Vee wrenches.
-Don

Title: Re: Thorsen Wrenches
Post by: bonneyman on April 15, 2021, 09:45:33 AM

Thanks for looking, Don. I thought the 18mm was going to be the impossible one to find. Found that, can't find the 16mm. Go figure.

Title: Re: Thorsen Wrenches
Post by: Lostmind on April 15, 2021, 12:30:31 PM

Quote from: bonneyman on April 15, 2021, 09:45:33 AM

Thanks for looking, Don. I thought the 18mm was going to be the impossible one to find. Found that, can't find the 16mm. Go figure.

Did they make a 16mm? Maybe they expect you to use a sae 5/8?

Title: Re: Thorsen Wrenches
Post by: d42jeep on April 15, 2021, 05:03:03 PM

Yeah, they made them. I did some catalog checking. Back when those wrenches were made, 16mm and 18mm bolts and nuts were extremely rare. I worked on a lot of air cooled Volkswagens back in the day and everything was 10, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 19mm. The demand for the 16 and 18mm wrenches was probably minimal.
-Don

Title: Re: Thorsen Wrenches
Post by: four.cycle on April 17, 2021, 12:19:37 AM

1988 catalog shows 7-19, 21, 22, and 24 in that "v groove" style.
and....
(pretty sure this is a 1983 catalog... at least the prices sheets are dated! )
catalog TD-1008-10 shows same as above - all "v groove" style.
(which begs the question: when did they go from the flat panel to the "v groove" style?)

Meridian Tool in Oklahoma City had a boatload of the "v groove" combination wrench sets, but they do NOT ship orders.

(sorry about crappy images - haven't got the scanner up and working yet.)