Cadillac Wrench

[HeelSpur]

Got the funk and gunk off this. Glad it wasn't severely pitted.
Made by Dodge Mfg. Co.

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[48RON54]

cool wrench..........any clue how old it might be?

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

It would be back when they used a threaded cap to cover the hub bearing. Looking it up now...


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[Stillgottimefor1]

It would be back when they used a threaded cap to cover the hub bearing. Looking it up now...


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. Like this from 1905



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[3baygarage]

That came out great Heelspur. I never heard of Dodge mfg. before. I believe someone else just posted a Cadillac wrench in the Garage Sale Thread after you did.

 

[48RON54]

I had no clue it would be that old........I thought maybe 30s.............

 

[Stuart in MN]

Neat old wrench but I'm not sure it's for a Cadillac automobile - I seem to remember reading here in the past that they were made by a different company that just happened to have the same name. You may be able to find something through the search function.

 

[notlob]

Looks like the Cadillac auto logo from the 1910 era.

 

[Gmonkee]

Cars designed ny Henry Ford, parts cast by Dodge Bros and sold by a luxury brand.

Nothing has changed.

 

[1982fxr]

It’s not a Cadillac lathe tool is it?

 

[Stuart in MN]

Looks like the Cadillac auto logo from the 1910 era.

That it does, so a hubcap wrench may well be the correct answer.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

"James Dean in a Mercury `49
Junior Johnson running in the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in a black Trans Am
Are gonna meet me down at the Cadillac Ranch."

Didn't anyone else start humming the Bruce Springsteen song when they saw this thread title?

Made by Dodge Mfg. Co.

What is your source for that Diamond-D logo being Dodge Manufacturing Company?

I never heard of Dodge mfg. before.

I did (but only because I confused them with Dodge Brothers once), but I didn't know they made wrenches, let alone wrenches for the automotive industry.

Cars designed ny Henry Ford, parts cast by Dodge Bros and sold by a luxury brand.

Dodge Manufacturing was a completely different outfit first made their name in factory equipment. Kansas, if I am remembering correctly. Or somewhere in the Midwest. EDIT: Indiana, not Kansas. And power transmission equipment, not factory equipment. Link here.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Oh, and that is one cool wrench to have in one's collection with that logo, HeelSpur. Congrats.

 

[930dreamer]

Didn't the Dodge Brothers make their fortune selling parts to Henry Ford?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Didn't the Dodge Brothers make their fortune selling parts to Henry Ford?

That's an understatement. Before the struck out on their own, they had a stake in Ford and made everything but the seats. But as far as I know, they didn't make any tools, and HeelSpur is referring to Dodge Mfg Co. (I can see that Gmonkee may have just been making a completely separate comment, not confusing Dodge Brothers with Dodge Mfgf Co at all.)

 

[BFBOB]

...and here I thought my Cadillac wrench was cool. The script on yours puts mine in the shade. Nice find!

 

[Gmonkee]

Henry was chief designer at Cadillac the early years. He had differences along the way and made his own car company. Dodge Bros made castings like axles and engine blocks for nearly everyone to their specs.
The earliest vehicle Dodge Bros made in quantity was trucks for the WW1 war effort and noted for reliability over the Ford T. Also used very widely as ambulances and scout cars.
Henry got miffed his foundry was competeing and by 1916 was making his own axles and engines in house. Dodge Bros continued to make cars a bit better than the Ford but always more costly.
That price difference kept Ford sales well over all others.

 

[HeelSpur]

"James Dean in a Mercury `49
Junior Johnson running in the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in a black Trans Am
Are gonna meet me down at the Cadillac Ranch."

Didn't anyone else start humming the Bruce Springsteen song when they saw this thread title?


What is your source for that Diamond-D logo being Dodge Manufacturing Company?


I did (but only because I confused them with Dodge Brothers once), but I didn't know they made wrenches, let alone wrenches for the automotive industry.


Dodge Manufacturing was a completely different outfit first made their name in factory equipment. Kansas, if I am remembering correctly. Or somewhere in the Midwest. EDIT: Indiana, not Kansas. And power transmission equipment, not factory equipment. Link here.

The Wrenching News;
"D" in a horizontal diamond
Dodge Mfg. Co. of Mishawaka, Indiana
Source: Early 1900's Dodge Mfg. Co. Catalog.
Found on a silo type wrench probably made to use on Dodge Mfg. Co. pulley bolts, shaft couplings, etc.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks.

Found on a silo type wrench probably made to use on Dodge Mfg. Co. pulley bolts, shaft couplings, etc.

If they made tools, that's what I would expect. That makes sense. I didn't expect them to be servicing the automotive industry, though.

 

[1982fxr]

Henry was chief designer at Cadillac the early years. He had differences along the way and made his own car company. Dodge Bros made castings like axles and engine blocks for nearly everyone to their specs.
The earliest vehicle Dodge Bros made in quantity was trucks for the WW1 war effort and noted for reliability over the Ford T. Also used very widely as ambulances and scout cars.
Henry got miffed his foundry was competeing and by 1916 was making his own axles and engines in house. Dodge Bros continued to make cars a bit better than the Ford but always more costly.
That price difference kept Ford sales well over all others.

Wasn’t he basically kicked out by the majority owner who was a Michigan lumber baron?

 

[Gmonkee]

Wasn’t he basically kicked out by the majority owner who was a Michigan lumber baron?

The sources I learned from were from the Ford camps and not the Caddy side. I never read of the details of it.
Henry was notorious for not sharing the profits with anyone to the point of great lakes ships and his own railroad to get materials to his factories.

He could steal your thunder but you dare not steal his.

 

[ChefRex]

I know this is an old thread but doing some much needed
cleaning in the garage I came upon this wrench,
Same era?

 

[humber2]

I'm thinking that Heelspur's wrench may not for the hub caps.....

On early fixed head engines a screwed cap covered each valve, one housed the spark plug and the other often a priming tap.

Both were removed to perform valve grinds.

 

[3baygarage]

That's a nice logo.

Gave it a little turn. What letter is in the diamond, a W?

 

[ChefRex]

That's a nice logo.

Gave it a little turn. What letter is in the diamond, a W?

Yes it is.

 

[leg17]

Here is a couple of Cadillac wrenches. Note at least three different marking styles.
The raised script is not very distinct. The diamond logo is too hard for these old eyes to make out, but it looks almost like a diamond H.

The stamped script surely is a Williams product.

And also see the depressed text logo.

Anyone know if these different logos imply year of useage?