Hey guys I purchased something that the seller wasn't able to identify - but I figured it out right away. It was a T-handled rod with a socket on the end and the words 'THOMAS A. EDISON INC.' stamped into the metal of the handle. It is an Edison spark plug wrench!!!! I had never seen one, anyone here have experience with it? I am taking it to the CAPS show next month, don't know quite what to price it at, any ideas? Also what models/years of auto did the Edison plugs fit? Twenties and Thirties, I would think...I should get a couple of Edison Spark Plugs to sell with it! Here is a link to pics. http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/john9ten/Edison%20Wrench/ John From [email protected] Mon Jul 9 14:36:14 2007 From: [email protected] (Andrew Baron) Date: Mon Jul 9 14:37:46 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] All you phonograph/old car guys - check this out In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Hi John ~ The hex end looks like it might be a tad shallow to accommodate the full length of the spark plug porcelain and terminal, but I can't imagine what else this could be, so I'll go with your assumption. It certainly looks like a plug wrench. As for price, I would guess that it's not too much given that the spark plugs themselves seem to have survived in strong numbers and generally don't bring much unless they're a full compliment accompanied by a clean carton. That being said there would certainly be some cross-over appeal to owners of cars of this era who also happen to be Edison fans (enthusiasts, not appliances). Venturing a guess in an otherwise total vacuum, I'd say that $40 + / - might be about right? If it were a no-name vintage plug wrench I'd put the value at about $10.00 to the guy who needs it. Like anything else, if this tool is widely known to be exceptionally rare as well as desirable, then I would assume a higher price. Andy Baron On Jul 9, 2007, at 1:33 PM, john robles wrote: > Hey guys > I purchased something that the seller wasn't able to identify - > but I figured it out right away. It was a T-handled rod with a > socket on the end and the words 'THOMAS A. EDISON INC.' stamped > into the metal of the handle. It is an Edison spark plug wrench!!!! > I had never seen one, anyone here have experience with it? > I am taking it to the CAPS show next month, don't know quite what > to price it at, any ideas? Also what models/years of auto did the > Edison plugs fit? Twenties and Thirties, I would think...I should > get a couple of Edison Spark Plugs to sell with it! > Here is a link to pics. > http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/john9ten/Edison%20Wrench/ > John > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
