Old Williams 3/4" drive socket set

[n8n]

Just curious what they would have come with back in the day, got most of one for cheap off Craigslist.

I have:

Williams H-51 ratchet
several extensions, two Williams, one SK
Williams universal (didn't note down part no.)
rusty T-handle with a Craftsman socket welded on it

Sockets are mostly Williams with H-xxxx part numbers, e.g. the smallest is a 1" and the part no. is H-1232.

I'm curious what sockets would have come with the set, as heavy-duty stuff is a little out of my range of experience, I'm guessing I'm missing a few, and I'm also guessing that based on looking at current production sets e.g.

http://www.snaponindustrialbrands.c.../PDF/Snap-on Industrial Brands - CAT3 347.pdf

for the 29 piece set it doesn't have every size by 1/16" but skips some. I'm guessing those sizes are seldom used? Could I use that as a guide to identify which sockets I am missing? (if that is correct, I am missing only 7/8". 15/16", 1-1/16", and 1-1/2", with two more sockets being non-matching, one Snap-On and one S-K.)

I'm also guessing I should have at least a T-handle, should I have a flex handle as well?

Just trying to identify what I should keep an eye out for to make this a complete set.

I also got a tool box with this but I have no idea if it is Williams or just something that the previous owner put all the tools in. Didn't see a name on it, and it's a little banged up.

Thanks for any help!

 

[CNGsaves]

You know the rules . . . . gotta have PICS !!

 

[n8n]

Here's all I have, I have only lubed the ratchet to see if it worked (it was locked up when I got it, but on disassembly it appears to be very lightly used, it was just bound up by old hard grease), haven't cleaned anything yet.

Just a family photograph next to my usual drive tools... this was complete coincidence, honest!

 

[3baygarage]

Nice collection there n8n.

Here's an earlier catalog pic of a 3/4" set:

 

[n8n]

Interesting, and thanks for the pic.

So that *did* come with the flex handle, which I'm missing

However, if this was originally that set, I do have all but one or two of those sockets plus some more!

Is that your catalog, or do you have the list of what was included in some of the larger sets?

I'm pretty sure from that pic the box mine is in is not a Williams box, just a box of expediency :/

 

[n8n]

Follow up question, if I find I need a size that I don't have, I saw an eBay auction for a "New" Williams socket and it looks identical to the old ones I have. Do the new production 3/4" sockets still use the old curved logo not the "WILLIAMS" block letters like their newer 1/2" drive stuff does?

 

[3baygarage]

There's no way to tell what your set originally came with. This is an older cat. and they offered sets without a ratchet too,just a T- handle. There were probably a multitude of sets offered over the years. In this cat., the 3/4 sockets they made ranged from 7/8- 2-1/4".
* It is my catalog, I can look through some other ones for larger sets.

Modern Williams switched to the block letters some time ago.