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Armstrong wrench

Post by pj128 » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:05 am

Recently I saw a set of Armstrong wrenches for sale they were all the right size and had and had correct #'s 723 ,721etc.The guy selling them said they were correct for ww2 Dodge and Jeep. I have never heard of Armstrong being a Jeep tool supplier . Does anybody know :?:


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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by lt.luke » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:42 am

Armstrong is ok for a motorpool set in a jeep, assuming that the production period was during the war. Armstrong is a known supplier of tools to the government.

NOT factory correct, at least for a jeep. They should be fairly inexpensive, but check out alloy artifacts for war-time production characteristics before you get them.

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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by Chuck Lutz » Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:52 am

WHAT tools did Armstrong supply the government during WWII?
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Post by lucas » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:24 am

Although I am not sure what specific tools Armstrong supplied during WW2, AA cites 2 wartime catalogs (1942 and 1944) showing the Company was awarded the "Army-Navy E Award"...I have a 1723 and 1027C , and have had a 1025 and 28S (gone somewhere?), although I am not sure of the vintage of any.....
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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by Chuck Lutz » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:09 pm

They may be correct for a government wrench contract and then again the provenance based on "they had WWII contracts" isn't quite 100% foolproof. Based on that I would put them in the "MAYBE" category and if they were cheap enough, perhaps take a gamble perhaps that down the line something to corroborate them selling the actual wrenches found in a G503 toolkit to the government adds something to the provenance....and makes them "OK" for at least a motorpool kit.
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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by lucakiki » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:22 pm

It is very unlikely we can find contracts for specific tools.That does apply not only to Armstrong tools, but to about all the manufacturers who had contracts with the goverment.
See for instance what Robin or Brian J. had posted about this kind of contracts.
If we do give some plausibility for tools that fall in the" prewar supplier likely war time supplier" axiom,than a known government supplier rightfully has some chance for motorpool.
That is as far as I would go.
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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by pj128 » Sun Jul 29, 2012 12:50 am

Thanks everybody I was thinking of using them for my GMTK if they were feasible :?

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Post by lucakiki » Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:23 pm

pj128 wrote:Thanks everybody I was thinking of using them for my GMTK if they were feasible :?
I think it is a very good idea once you are sure they are from WWII,checking for instance on Alloy Artifacts site.
As you know,over the jeep sizes you need a 33C.
Happy hunting.
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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by Wingnutt » Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:29 am

One cool little extra benefit of having an Armstrong wrench set in a WW2 GMTK is the fact that Armstrong owns the current GMTK contract. That adds some cachet to the brand and makes for one of those interesting details that liven up a story around a campfire or in conversation with an observer at a show...
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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by pj128 » Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:26 am

One of the reasons I thought of changing my Duro Chrome set over to Armstrong was I haven't seen anybody body else with them in there GMTK I didn't know they had the current contract so that's another justification in using them 8)

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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by MisterEd » Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:21 pm

Seems like an Armstrong 723 is a Wrench that fits in this G503 world. How about an Armstrong 723A TORCHWELD 3/8 x 1/2"? And what's a TORCHWELD?
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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by pjones » Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:51 am

Many of us have picked up a small wrench with just the right era branding, had an adrenaline rush thinking we had scored a 723, only to be disappointed to find it’s a 723A. Unfortunately the 723A is not correct.

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Re: Armstrong wrench

Post by MisterEd » Fri Jul 16, 2021 7:51 pm

Have since learned elsewhere that it was made specifically for TORCHWELD. It's an atypical wrench where they mostly have other wrench type needs. The 723A designation follows the Williams code where any 723A will be 3/8 x 1/2.

We'll keep looking for 723s just for all y'all.


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