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Been there- - - -done that!
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Good one Jerry. grin
I've gone through that progression as well. wink


Kevin
1951 Chevy 3100 work truck
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I have been known to just go to the last one and skip all the steps in between.
We called it the gas axe! Got pretty good at scarfing off big bolts, but don’t do it wearing frayed jeans, they tend to catch fire.

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1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck
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We called it the "Victor Hot Wrench"- - - -works every time!


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Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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That's my heat wrench. Before some idiot made it so I couldn't refill my big oxy/acetylene tanks I used it alot more. My plasma cutter is my go to now!


1941 Chevy YR 1.5 ton Dump Truck
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I always called it my red and green wrench.


Brian
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I've also heard it called the Blue Wrench.


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Don king we call it the gas axe downunder works a treat


57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
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In our plumbing shop it was the flame wrench


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I bought my Craftsman 2 stage smoke wrench set-up in my senior year of high school, that was in '74. I still have the same set and use it often, invaluable!


1957 Chevrolet 5700 LCF 283 SM420 2 speed rear, 1955 IH 300U T/A, 1978 Corvette 350 auto, 1978 Yamaha DT175, 1999 Harley Davidson Softail Fat Boy
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Originally Posted by 55shaker
I always called it my red and green wrench.
Could also be "The Red Green Wrench" Red Green should have found it handy!


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Jerry - your picture is missing the 4 foot piece of pipe that slips over the end of the breaker bar. VERY useful for tightening carburetor screws!

Jon


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