Who Manufactured Firestone Ratchets?

[Indexmill]

Hi Guys,

Does anybody know who manufactured the ratchets branded as "Firestone"?

How about when were they made and who sold them?

Please see pictures below. This is a 1/4" ratchet. Thank you, Indexmill.

 

[Catfishdan]

Plomb/proto I believe.

 

[Rileysan]

They were made by Plomb/Proto. I don't know the exact timeline but think it was from the end of the war through the 50s.

Brian

 

[Indexmill]

Thank you Guys!

So, this ratchet I have could be 70 years old? Wow. Hope I look so good at that age.

Thanks again.

 

[Rileysan]

Thank you Guys!

So, this ratchet I have could be 70 years old? Wow. Hope I look so good at that age.

Thanks again.

Most definitely! You have a popular ratchet amongst collectors. Nice find!

Brian

 

[r_olson_06]

Yes Plomb made. And the 1/4 is the hardest to come by. Took me 2 years to find one. The 1/2 and 3/8 are pretty common.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches 3060, 3061, 3070

 

[WagonHo!]

What’s that finish?
Thanks

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks chrome, but steel left a bit rough in some areas

 

[oldmantaylor]

Here they are in a 1948 Firestone catalog, and a picture of my pieces.

 

[d42jeep]

Jim, that is an impressive collection!
-Don

 

[M_George]

Thank you Guys!

So, this ratchet I have could be 70 years old? Wow. Hope I look so good at that age.

Thanks again.

Wish I looked that good now and I'm not quite 70 yet.

 

[SuperCat]

Yet another tool I don't need, but now feel that I must find. I have a few Plomb tools, mostly in the pebble style, but that Firestone ratchet style is an eye catcher. Thanks for posting, Indexmill. Fantastic pix everyone!

 

[four.cycle]

fabulous collection there, Jim.

I thought I was fortunate to have been able to score this little set:

 

[oldmantaylor]

One of my 1/4" sets has a round hinge handle, and the other has the pebble style.

 

[d42jeep]

Nice set, BK. I especially like the correct pin handle. I once picked up a partial Firestone 1/2” drive set and had it for months without making any progress on it. I passed it along to Oldtuleguy and it seemed like he had it completed in a week or so. They were beautiful tools.
-Don

 

[r_olson_06]

Here they are in a 1948 Firestone catalog, and a picture of my pieces.

There is a catalog where[emoji50]? That is news to me.

Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrenches 3060, 3061, 3070

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Nice set, BK. I especially like the correct pin handle. I once picked up a partial Firestone 1/2” drive set and had it for months without making any progress on it. I passed it along to Oldtuleguy and it seemed like he had it completed in a week or so. They were beautiful tools.
-Don

And here it is with my other firestone goodies

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have since found a few odd firestone wrenches

 

[Oldtuleguy]

All marked Chrome alloy, and apparently stamped 221, the number of the firestone they are from?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Also aquired a 3/8 set from the folks now selling off that huge plomb collection on ebay

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here is rest of 1/4 set. No pebble on hinge handle.

 

[BajaScout]

$5. Needs a little TLC. Swap meet this morning.

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[BarryWells]

Great stuff there. Just as good as 70 years ago and good for another seventy. Problem today is the " teeth whiners". That breaker there is for a reason.The fellow that owned the set was the real deal.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

An odd little firestone tool. Looks like a gapper with an end for valve cores

 

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[Oldtuleguy]

Some combo wrenches. Not sure who made them

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice. I have 1 lonely example. I keep it with 3 DOEs inside my 3/8-drive set. Posted on the other Firestone thread.

 

[isb cornbinder]

Thank you Guys!

So, this ratchet I have could be 70 years old? Wow. Hope I look so good at that age.

Thanks again.

You are there. You have a square nose and you have a clicking in one ear.