Show Your Vlchek Tools

[d42jeep]

Here is a picture of a raised panel 15/16" X 1" slight offset DBE Vlchek.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

So I am posting this here since I have learned this is a vlchek ratchet. It is a wslr6 3/8 model from the 30s. Don't know if there is any way to tell the date, maybe
there are some vlchek experts here! I know there was a 1/2" version sold by sears (craftsman bt).

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

Can't help on the date, but that is cool.

 

[Sunset_Z28]

Picked up this partial set the other day. I haven’t had much luck figuring out what exactly it came with originally.


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[Oldtuleguy]

Nice set. Looks like fleet, which makes sense as vlchek was bought out by pendlton in 59

 

[JMLangford]

This is my one and only Vlchek ....





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[Musicinabottle]

I have an extra long VLCheck DBE 7/8 X 15/16 inch. Just like the one pictured above.....

 

[d42jeep]

Here is a Vlchek 11" Auto wrench.
-Don

 

[bonneyman]

So I am posting this here since I have learned this is a vlchek ratchet. It is a wslr6 3/8 model from the 30s. Don't know if there is any way to tell the date, maybe
there are some vlchek experts here! I know there was a 1/2" version sold by sears (craftsman bt).

Cool! Would love to see the inside mechanism.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Found a pair of Vlchek ignition wrenches today. These are WWII GMTK configuration. (All but one wrench - the largest - in a 7- or 9-wrench set came in pairs, with each size/end getting a 15* and a 60* angle.) These are only second and third Vlchek wrenches I have found in seven years! Needless to say this particular set may take awhile to complete. Haha.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Those look like nicely made wrenches

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Cool! Would love to see the inside mechanism.

Have not yet tried to disassemble. I have however located it's big brrother

 

[2CRUZ]

My 57 Chevy came with a small Vilchek tool kit when it was new.It took me several years but I was finally able to find all the correct tools and a plastic case similar to the original. The small ball pein hammer was the hard one to find. It always raises eyebrows at the car shows.

 

[neitzel]

Here's a motorcycle "multi-tool" hammer/tire lever.
I wish I had some history on this specific tool, but my dad picked it up at a garage sale or something. So I know nothing of where it came from.
I was turning wrenches at a Yamaha shop at the time, so he thought I could use it. Not so much. But glad I let it marinate in the back of one of my tool box drawers for a few years to let my vintage tool addiction take hold before getting rid of it due to lack of use.
OAL - 7 1/8"

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Picked up this wrench at the flea market today marked "VLCHEK TOOL CO." and "MOTORCYCLES WRENCH." on the flip side. I know you Unaiu has one and we talked it to death on his thread (whether or not it was Indian, aftermarket Indian, how old it was, etc), which I didn't want to revive, so I am plopping this here. I am less certain where I am going to keep it physically, with my old Vlchek tools, or with my Indian motocycles tools.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Got this at a yard sale a few weeks back - a Vlchek plastic parts container that's apparently never been used. A little out of the ordinary for this thread.

 

[3baygarage]

Sure is an odd find. Will we ever see another? Who knows.

Vlchek “Trans-Box” trademark info:

https://www.trademarkia.com/transbox-71556383.html

 

[d42jeep]

Here are some Chrome Moly and some Alloy Steel Vlchek wrenches.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That is unusual

 

[bonneyman]

I found a pic of my pair of Vlchek adjustables.

 

[d42jeep]

I found this decent Vlchek combo set today at an estate sale.
-Don

 

[notlob]

Nice! I need to start haunting the estate sale circuit again!

 

[alton1911]

I have some wrenches marked with a trophy logo by VLCHEK but most are not.
When did the “trophy” appear? And why?



Thanks
alton1911

 

[notlob]

I dont think I've ever seen a Vlchek with that mark. Alloy Artifacts indicates it's a remnant of a Challenger logo, but I am unconvinced.

http://alloy-artifacts.org/vlchek-story-p4.html#ersatz

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Here's an oldie, back when they were putting their name in quotes. It's the drive pin punch in this shot above the obstruction wrench. I've got a Vlchek valve lifter and a few other things with the same marking. One day I'll have to get them altogether for a family portrait.

 

[3baygarage]

Found this in a drawer the other day hidden alongside a misplaced Craftsman 4 incher. Haven’t seen it in years and forgot about it. Kind of like going to your own sale.

A little rough but works perfect. Marked CLEV. O..

Around 2-7/8” long.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice. That's very early.

 

[four.cycle]

^ very cool.

I have to wonder if that might have been intended as a promotional item.

 

[drivesitfar]

3Bay: I love finding stuff i forgot I already owned. that is COOL TOO!!

ALL: MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

[UncleDave]

Hello members
I wanted to let you know that I posted pictures of some Vlchek tool Boards for sale at Ricks tool “museum” sale.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=405731
Thanks
Dave

 

[WarrenJ]

picked up these up on Saturday at an auction. A WC 28 and a WC 30.

 

[bluebolt]

Private Lugnutz asked me to post pictures of the Vlchek bricklayers hammer I just picked up. Judging by the top that handle is original. Not sure about the green paint.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Awesome. I have never seen one anywhere except the 1936 and 1940 catalog pages! Original finish was black enamel, but I think yours might be a little later. No doubt the handle is original. Really nice find.

 

[Username already in use]

Interesting S shaped wedge shown in the advertisement. I've only seen that on Heller hammers.

 

[bluebolt]

Interesting S shaped wedge shown in the advertisement. I've only seen that on Heller hammers.

That is interesting, my hammer has double rectangular head wedges.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It is interesting, but it does not deter me from my original assessment of that handle being original. It is the same shape, and note that the profile of the head on yours is not the same as the profile on the head of the hammer in the catalog. The head on the hammer in the catalogs is smooth and uniform across the cheek from the striking face to the tip of the claw. Yours has a shape to it, with a narrowing between the poll and the cheek before it meets the handle. When they went to a new forge design for the head they very well may have gone to a different wedge, too.

EDIT: Note also that the figure in the 1936 catalog, while rendered, indicates a "VLCHEK" - with quote marks - logo. I have several Vlchek tools with that mark (a few of them posted on this thread), which is early. Pre-war. Yours has a wartime or later logo without the quote marks. Again, indicating, I think, that yours is later than 1936, and raising the possibility they changes some things (wedges, shape of head). We just don't have any 40's or 50's catalogs, as far as I know.

 

[d42jeep]

I’ve never seen an original handle with two metal wedges placed unevenly side by side. My opinion is that the handle has been replaced at some point.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I received this #4 Vlchek Phillips driver yesterday. It was an eBay purchase that was covered with surface rust. After an overnight bath in evaporust it came out pretty good. I like the Flying V logo now that I can see it.
-Don

 

[Maui]

Here’s one I purchased last week with a bunch of other tools.

Maui

 

[engineer2]

This is the only Vlchek tool I own. It was my dad's and is one of my favorite 1/2 - 9/16 wrenches. I assume it's from the 1950's or so.