History ford wrenches ?

Simian Spanner... W.C. Fields in The Bank ****...

 

Chevy, not to be outdone, could round off the corners with the best of 'em, too.

 

I think you got a hammer and a box of nails with the early Chevys.

 

Just went and looked at the one I have, never paid attention to how far opens..

 

Years ago I collected any tool that had “ Ford” embossed on it. Thought I was doing pretty good, had 50-75 wrenches, several oil cans, several sets of pliers, many jacks, one complete with the combo lever/ tire changer.
Really proud of efforts! Went to Canton, Texas, Trade days to seek out more Ford tools and found a guy that had a 16 ft trailer full of Ford wrenches! I had never seen anything like it before.Picked through it a little, but some how after that I drifted off to other things.
I still look and buy “ Ford “ tools but just not as intense as I once did.

Bones

 

My Grandpa used to call that wrench a "knucklebuster".

 

I just picked up an Indian motorcycle monkeywrench.

 

These were in my grandfathers tool box, he worked as a Ford mechanic during the 20's,30's,40's. I never knew what they could be for, but thought they were odd since they were large but thin. I found out when I rebuilt my `32 rear axle.

 

That's a Ford wrench, technically I think a monkey wrench is similar but different. Ford wrenches were actually pretty useful, a monkey wrench, not so much. When I worked in the heavy equipment repair biz every mechanic I knew had at least 1 Ford wrench in his tool box. We used them all the time, most often for large tubing fittings.

BTW here's a monkey wrench, you can see why they weren't as well respected as a Ford wrench: