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I know that there was a jack and lug wrench originally available with these trucks, but was there any other tools that they could have come with originally. I have a tire iron that was stuffed in the back of my cab when I bought it. It was pretty useless until I bought the original hub caps and put them on ...they're impossible to get off without screwing up your wheel paint. The tire iron, aside from being used in breaking and setting the bead when replacing tires, has a perfect head to pop the hub caps off when being pryed against the tire.
Is this an original tool? Has anyone ever seen one of these before? I've put a few pictures of it below.
Is this an original tool? Has anyone ever seen one of these before? I've put a few pictures of it below.
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Genuine Ford lug wrench...but 1953/56 hubcaps had red painted letters. The blue painted lettered hubcaps were used on late 1947, 1948 passenger cars, and 1948/52 F1 pickups.
Ford's from Model T days had a "full" complement of tools in a canvas bag. There was a two way spark plug socket, end wrenches, pliers, several screwdrivers, and an adjustable wrench. Since spare tires were originally optional, the jack and handle was not included. The tools were made by K. R. Wilson, and all had the Ford script on them. By the 1940's, the "full" complement of tools was reduced to a combo pliers/blade screwdriver (!), a two way spark plug socket and an adjustable wrench. When Ford went to the "innie" type of hubcaps, the jack handle came with a thin tapered curved end, to get the caps off the wheels. Every car swap meet you attend, someone is buying/selling these Ford tools.
btw. Baling wire was never in the tool kits, though many ppl joked at the time it should have been!
Ford's from Model T days had a "full" complement of tools in a canvas bag. There was a two way spark plug socket, end wrenches, pliers, several screwdrivers, and an adjustable wrench. Since spare tires were originally optional, the jack and handle was not included. The tools were made by K. R. Wilson, and all had the Ford script on them. By the 1940's, the "full" complement of tools was reduced to a combo pliers/blade screwdriver (!), a two way spark plug socket and an adjustable wrench. When Ford went to the "innie" type of hubcaps, the jack handle came with a thin tapered curved end, to get the caps off the wheels. Every car swap meet you attend, someone is buying/selling these Ford tools.
btw. Baling wire was never in the tool kits, though many ppl joked at the time it should have been!
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There was also a crank for the engine, at least up thru '52, wasn't there? I have part of it (the offset crank) but not the actual piece that went thru the grille to the crank. Actually I have that piece but it has been cooty-bobbed; I suspect the original was worn out!
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NumberDummy, I don't think it is a lug wrench as neither side of it has any way to take off lug nuts. It looks very similar to the tire iron shown in the pictures in the owners manual, thats why I thought it could be original. It doesn't have a ford script anywhere on it though. Oh, and this is on a 55 F100.
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Originally Posted by peecubed
NumberDummy, I don't think it is a lug wrench as neither side of it has any way to take off lug nuts. It looks very similar to the tire iron shown in the pictures in the owners manual, thats why I thought it could be original. It doesn't have a ford script anywhere on it though. Oh, and this is on a 55 F100.
The original 1948/56 lug wrenches have the tapered curved end I mentioned in the above post = O1A-17035 (fits 1940-1956). The tire iron, lug wrench and jack were not a part of the original tool kit. Except for early Model T jacks, none of these tools have a Ford script on them.
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Originally Posted by NumberDummy
Genuine Ford lug wrench...but 1953/56 hubcaps had red painted letters. The blue painted lettered hubcaps were used on late 1947, 1948 passenger cars, and 1948/52 F1 pickups.
It obviously isn't a lug wrench because it doesn't take off lug nuts.
It obviously isn't the original tool to pop the hub caps off with since, as numberdummy stated, that was the reverse end of the jack handle.
BUT, it does still look like a tire iron and it does still pop off the hubcaps nicely. And if the spare was still optional in 55 ( I don't know if it was) how were you supposed to get your hub caps off if you didn't buy the jack and handle (since you wouldn't have a spare to put on)
Has anyone definetively seen a tire iron that came with a 55 Ford truck or was the tire iron even an option by then? And it is it the same as picture above?
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I just took a look at your gallery, awesome truck. Love the color. It looks like you painted the block letters on the hubcaps green to match the truck, nice touch.
I just took a look at your gallery, awesome truck. Love the color. It looks like you painted the block letters on the hubcaps green to match the truck, nice touch.
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Originally Posted by peecubed
I guess I don't know what this is supposed to mean then.
It obviously isn't a lug wrench because it doesn't take off lug nuts.
It obviously isn't the original tool to pop the hub caps off with since, as numberdummy stated, that was the reverse end of the jack handle.
BUT, it does still look like a tire iron and it does still pop off the hubcaps nicely. And if the spare was still optional in 55 ( I don't know if it was) how were you supposed to get your hub caps off if you didn't buy the jack and handle (since you wouldn't have a spare to put on)
Has anyone definetively seen a tire iron that came with a 55 Ford truck or was the tire iron even an option by then? And it is it the same as picture above?
It obviously isn't a lug wrench because it doesn't take off lug nuts.
It obviously isn't the original tool to pop the hub caps off with since, as numberdummy stated, that was the reverse end of the jack handle.
BUT, it does still look like a tire iron and it does still pop off the hubcaps nicely. And if the spare was still optional in 55 ( I don't know if it was) how were you supposed to get your hub caps off if you didn't buy the jack and handle (since you wouldn't have a spare to put on)
Has anyone definetively seen a tire iron that came with a 55 Ford truck or was the tire iron even an option by then? And it is it the same as picture above?
Update: >>>Found in an old Ford Parts Catalog dated: May 1953.
78-17081 .. Wrench--Use as a Tire Iron ~ F100
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