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What are these wrenches?

Hellcat6

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Need some help identifying these small wrenches. They were in a toolbox that dates back to the 1940s. I assume that they are for older ignition systems and may be specific to Fords or might be generic. Anyone help to ID these things as I am not familiar with them.

The tools in the first picture are all marked. Most have small feeler guages attached that say "distributor", "spark plug" or "magneto". The one on the top left says "American Bosch Magneto Corp". The top center one is brass and says "Outlook Standard Windshield Cleaner". Top right has two feeler guages attached and 4 letters (ARMC I think, can't see in the pic). The bottom left three are marked "REMY", bottom center is not marked and bottom right is also a small wrench but is marked 1/4 and 5/16 :headscrat .

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The wrenches in the second picture are mostly unmarked (top left one says SBS-47). Some have feeler guages, most have holes in them.

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CAT_serviceman927

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I have some like in the 2nd pic, bottom left corner. Mine say "Wagner" on them and they are in a little old canvas roll-up that is on its last life so I don't like to touch it to much for fear of it falling apart even more. But as you said, my guess would be old ignition wrenches. I'm interested to see if anyone can shed some light on these as well.
 

A_Pmech

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Ignition wrenches. Most of them are special tools. No idea what for. My aircraft magneto service tools look nothing like those.

The double-end box wrench marked SBS-47 is likely the arbor wrench for the 1/2" spindle cartridge in for a Rockwell 3HP wood shaper. I have several.
 
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Hellcat6

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Thanks for the ideas so far. Never even considered the idea that they might be for something other than automotive but that could be. The guy who owned these was a lifelong Ford mechanic but he did also have quite a few power tools. These were all found together in a small box in a Craftsman toolbox from the 1940s, they could be newer of course. Since I don't even know what they are I will have no use for them of course but I always like to try and learn something if possible. The brass one is interesting.
 

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Kind of looks like my bicycle specialty wrenches most come with parts or with service bulletins. I bet most of those are from the early age of power equipment and like power tools.

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