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Title: Looking for info on this Wallace multi wrench
Post by: lebaron on June 22, 2012, 10:39:42 PM

Couldn't find anything about this. 9" long. Other side is marked Pat. Apl'd For. Sizes are 7/8, 13/16, 3/4, 5/8. Is this a lug wrench.

Title: Re: Looking for info on this Wallace multi wrench
Post by: Bus on June 23, 2012, 01:32:02 AM

That's a neat looking wrench, would like to own one.

I did sell a two socket variant on Virgil Saak auction in 2010 (Lot 692). Didn't find a patent or any other information. I wonder now if the other two sockets were broken and then ground smooth.

(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd3/buswrench/saak-2011/VS-688-694.jpg)

0692. Lot of two: Cast Malleable Oddball Wrenches.
(1.) WALLACE UNIVERSAL WRENCH / PAT APL'D FOR - - 10.5" different double hex socket wrench. Pitting. (unlisted, no info, patent not found)
(2.) Unmarked - - 7" bed key wrench with seven sizes and a screwdriver. Poor, pitted, grind marks, (S881).

Title: Re: Looking for info on this Wallace multi wrench
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on June 23, 2012, 04:16:09 PM

Bus, your Wallace Universal lot 692 looks like the same wrench broken off and carefully ground. JMHO

Title: Re: Looking for info on this Wallace multi wrench
Post by: OilyRascal on June 23, 2012, 09:33:43 PM

Sure seems there could be that chance - or designed that way intentionally to save production time.

Title: Re: Looking for info on this Wallace multi wrench
Post by: rusty on June 24, 2012, 08:59:41 AM

Looks like that wrench would be difficult to manufacture with hollow openings opposite each other, it's possible a 2 socket version was a way to sell production fallout....

Given that Wallace is a common English name, I can't help wondering if it's patented there rather than US.....

>7/8, 13/16, 3/4, 5/8. Is this a lug wrench

5/8 seems small for a lug wrench, particularly for older cars, and it seems too short to give the needed leverage, I am inclined to think something more along the lines of  head bolt wrench....

Making a lot of assumptions about probable age tho....

Title: Re: Looking for info on this Wallace multi wrench
Post by: lebaron on June 25, 2012, 10:17:15 PM

Thanks for your help. Hey Bus, I gonna hold on to it. You already had a half of one. Thanks.

Title: Re: Looking for info on this Wallace multi wrench
Post by: Bus on June 25, 2012, 11:00:30 PM

Quote from: lebaron on June 25, 2012, 10:17:15 PM

Thanks for your help. Hey Bus, I gonna hold on to it. You already had a half of one. Thanks.

I don't blame you for keeping it, it's a neat wrench. BTW I didn't own the half of one, it belonged to Virgil Saak. It was in his dispersal sale that I managed for him in April of 2011. I wish I had it now to check for grind marks.