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GreyOwl
04-13-2009, 03:30 PM
I got this passed down from my FIL several years back and have not thought about it much since but just use it when it is handy. The set ranges from 7/16" to 1-1/16" and everything is in the picture. Did a search and found very little besides a single tool or ratchet here and there. The ratchet picture has a replacement button head bolt that I replaced ( it had an ugly bolt and nut from sometime in the past. Just curious as to who made and maybe who sold this brand. :headscrat
Thanks,
Charles
Vulturej
04-13-2009, 03:41 PM
I think they were sold through Montgomery Wards.
PowderKeg
04-13-2009, 04:03 PM
I think they were sold through Montgomery Wards.

I think you're right there - the latest Pendelton/Penens sourced Speedmaster ratchet I picked up has the Monkey Wards "M/W" between "Speed" and "Master".
fatfillup
04-13-2009, 05:05 PM
Nice looking stuff and in great condition! Love the rat and speeder.
krusty the clown
04-13-2009, 07:59 PM
interestingly enough..........

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34065


it looks like it's made by wright!
jpilgrim
04-13-2009, 08:18 PM
I have a set of 1/2" dr Speed Master sockets passed down to me from my grandfather:
http://johnpilgrim.net/reference/speedmaster/

Nobody seems to know much about them.

I'm still trying to find a Montgomery Wards catalog listing these Speed Masters, as opposed to their Powr Kraft series.

Grandpa didn't seem to the matching ratchet, but he did have the 8 point sockets:
http://johnpilgrim.net/reference/speedmaster/P1070479crop.jpg

Sorry, he like to spray paint his tools red to identify them. Better than engraving!
I could clean them up with acetone, but the red reminds me of him.


I found this great photo on flickr from someone else looking for info on them:
http://johnpilgrim.net/reference/speedmaster/speedmaster_800w.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8492055@N08/3270662626/