Blue Points Ignition Wrenches.

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J.A.F.E.
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Blue Points Ignition Wrenches.

Post by J.A.F.E. »

This thread belongs here but I also posted it at The Garage Gazette. Came into possession of these recently and I was quite excited. I believe the Blue Points name was not used after 1929 so when these were new they could have been used on a new Model T or new Model A.

The set was eight pieces up to 7/16 when I got it.

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In a real twist I had the 1/2.

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There are a couple features I consider a bit odd. One is the 7/16 and the 1/2 have the name upside down relative to the rest.

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Another is the wrenches seem to have been made from a limited number of forgings and broached to size. This would seem to indicate the forgings may have been bought and broached in house.

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So I believe these were made in the 23-29 time frame and they were probably made at different times - certainly the name stampings are a little different font wise. None the less I am really pleased to have found them.
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Re: Blue Points Ignition Wrenches.

Post by snapmom »

I think they Would probably date 27-29. Some were made with the about 15 degree offset and some with no offset, you can see one with the offset in your pic. Hard to find, you got lucky.
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