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The top one dates from prior to ~1966 and the bottom one is from after ~1966 thru ~1970. Earlier wrenches of the =V= series (which started in the late 40's) had a thin shank on them like the top onepictured. Starting in the mid to late 60's they went to a thicker shank and updated the font for...

Yes they did. They made Z-series (Chinese) tappet wrench sets in both SAE and metric. I just came across a set of each on eBay and bought them both for my collection. Posted are photos of the metric ones. BTW, the sets I found are not the same as the ones fordmw mentioned above. I got mine for...

The =V= series came in two widths, slim and wide. The slim ones are earlier and date back into the '50s but transitioned to the more modern look that we know today which is wider and a somewhat fatter open end. Prior to WWII wrenches were all pretty fat and it is my suspicion that once the war...

Lifelong tool-aholic - I have a hobby of collecting Craftsman wrenches, particularly all variants of V series and earlier. I will post pics as time allows. I will try to answer wrench specific questions as well if I know the answer. Thx.