Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
5/1/21 3:30 p.m.

Vass is dis?

pirate
pirate HalfDork
5/1/21 3:51 p.m.

Well it's hard to judge size without a reference. However, it looks like a tool that you would place between the two beads of a tire. When you pull the lever it spreads the beads apart to give you room to scuff inside of tire so you can then apply a rubber patch.

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy MegaDork
5/1/21 5:16 p.m.

In reply to pirate :

That's not unreasonable.  Not sure about actual size, just got the photo forwarded from a friend.

QuasiMofo (John Brown)
QuasiMofo (John Brown) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/1/21 5:28 p.m.

It's the wallet spreader from an early Jaguar repair facility.

Jesse Ransom
Jesse Ransom GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/1/21 6:58 p.m.

Pirate's guess seems good; all I could figure was that I'm pretty sure that going from upper pic to lower pic you get increasing mechanical advantage as it spreads, and is just about to cam over in the lower pic.

fasted58
fasted58 MegaDork
5/1/21 7:17 p.m.

I think it's name starts with gyne- , but not sure

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy MegaDork
5/1/21 8:00 p.m.

I think it's the tool Curly used to carry the ice up the stairs.  
 

 

L5wolvesf
L5wolvesf HalfDork
5/1/21 8:05 p.m.

Kinky sex toy? surprise 

Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter)
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/1/21 10:37 p.m.
Jesse Ransom said:

Pirate's guess seems good; all I could figure was that I'm pretty sure that going from upper pic to lower pic you get increasing mechanical advantage as it spreads, and is just about to cam over in the lower pic.

I noticed that too. It makes me think it's intended to keep whatever it is spread open when it cams over, allowing you to do whatever with both hands free. 

pirate
pirate HalfDork
5/1/21 10:51 p.m.

I'll soon be 75 and I kind of recognized it as something they had in a gas station I work at when I was 14. A quick search on eBay, they have everything!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-MANUAL-TIRE-SPREADER-U-S-A-RARE-COLLECTIBLE-/264881734067?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

ShawnG
ShawnG UltimaDork
5/2/21 12:34 a.m.
L5wolvesf said:

Kinky sex toy? surprise 

That's pretty much anything if you try hard enough.

In reply to QuasiMofo (John Brown) :

This made me laugh, maybe too hard.  I just bought an XJ8.

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