Triumph Tool - Help with Identification please

[dogzbody1]

Hi all

I spotted a "Triumph Tool" on CL, having a TR6 I thought I'd have a look. It's not for a TR6 and the owner doesn't know if its for a car or motorcycle.

Any ideas what this is for? I just want to inform the seller so they can describe it more accurately.

https://s28.postimg.org/jql8membh/Triumph_Tool.png

Thanks!
Steve

 

[kwoswalt99]

Hi all

I spotted a "Triumph Tool" on CL, having a TR6 I thought I'd have a look. It's not for a TR6 and the owner doesn't know if its for a car or motorcycle.

Any ideas what this is for? I just want to inform the seller so they can describe it more accurately.

https://s28.postimg.org/jql8membh/Triumph_Tool.png

Thanks!
Steve

It's a wrench for nuts or bolts.

 

[dogzbody1]

I should have been more specific it seems, can anyone identify the model of Triumph (car or motorcycle) that the wrench - or "spanner" is for?

 

[4xdog]

My guess it's just just a name and has nothing to do with Standard-Triumph or BL Triumph. Dunno the bikes. All of the TR (car) toolkits I have or have seen are nuthin' special UK-brands. Churchill made the specialty automotive shop tools.

(1962 Triumph TR3B here)

 

[Mickey O]

That's a motorcycle toolkit wrench, I don't know if they used the same tools for their car tool kits.

Does it have and size markings? Whitworth?

 

[dogzbody1]

I have only this picture, but Whitworth would be a good bet.

 

[6PTsocket]

That's a motorcycle toolkit wrench, I don't know if they used the same tools for their car tool kits.

Does it have and size markings? Whitworth?

Triumph motorcycles and cars parted company in the 1920's.

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[Username already in use]

I don't know if that wrench is for the car or the motorcycle, but I think I have one as well. So, I'm subscribed. I hope someone knows.
I've got a few Triumph branded wrenches that I really don't know what they belong to.

 

[454ragtop]

Can't help thinking it may have nothing to do with the car or the bike, maybe it's just a tool brand like Bonney, SK, etc?

 

[6PTsocket]

I did a lot of looking and it appears to be tools from Triumph motorcycle. Some sets with the Triumph name, like the OP's, are listed as maintenance sets for a particular bike. They are for sale individually. They go way back to the start of the 20'th century. It's anybody's guess whether Triumph made them or bought them.

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[ttpete]

That is from pre-WW2.

There were different British companies that made tool kit tools and jacks for both cars and motorcycles. Shelley was one of the largest ones.

 

[6PTsocket]

That is from pre-WW2.

There were different British companies that made tool kit tools and jacks for both cars and motorcycles. Shelley was one of the largest ones.

Were they marked Triumph only for bikes or cars or both?

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[ttpete]

Were they marked Triumph only for bikes or cars or both?

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Before 1936, Triumph made cars as well as motorcycles. The motorcycle business was sold in that year. So the tools could be for either or both. Hard to tell.

 

[Pig9r]

I think the bottom two are for the rear axle nut and/or fork top nuts on a Triumph motorcycle. Contact Baxter Cycles and ask if Randy can ID them. http://baxtercycle.com/ They are the vintage British bike HQ in the US.

 

[2oolhound]

I'd expect it to be made for a Triumph tool kit, not sure if a car or bike though. Other common names cast into British tools were Vincent and BSA (motorcycles) and Merlin (airplanes). Gray Tools of Canada made a series of doe wrenches imprinted with DREADNAUGHT which was the name of a British battle ship and later became the name of a type of WWII air plane.

 

[ttpete]

I think the bottom two are for the rear axle nut and/or fork top nuts on a Triumph motorcycle. Contact Baxter Cycles and ask if Randy can ID them. http://baxtercycle.com/ They are the vintage British bike HQ in the US.

That's a possibility. They're a bit short for an axle nut, though. I have almost all of the Triumph factory special tools, but only a few of the cheap tool kit wrenches because I have snap-on and other quality hand tools for that purpose.

 

[HarryJM]

Looks like it could be a cylinder stud nut wrench.

http://www.britbike.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=656794&page=all

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