Tool roll ID?

[MarrsCars]

I picked up this old canvas and leather tool roll yesterday at a sale and was curious if anyone knows what car it might have gone with?

 

The first two pics show close ups of a wrench marked “Merit” and a well-worn logo on what looks like a tappet wrench, but I can’t make it out, and others have part numbers.

 

Any and all info appreciated! 

 

 

 

 

 

[keiser31]

Well, there was a car called a Merit. Is that the only one with the Merit name on it?

 

I see Merit wrenches on eBay, but with different lettering font.

[paul55]

Merit was an unregistered brand used by Sears for their cheaper line of wrenches. Today's equivalent would be Companion brand.

[keiser31]

Yes, the Merit tools I saw were those, but I think the one in question may be from the automobile. I believe they were built from 1920 to 1922.

[ragtop4two]

They look like machine tools to me, such as an early milling machine or engine lathe.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

The wrench in the second pic looks like VLCHeck, a common wrench. Many GM cars had them in the '30s.

[MarrsCars]

On 1/21/2018 at 12:43 AM, Dave Mellor NJ said:

The wrench in the second pic looks like VLCHeck, a common wrench. Many GM cars had them in the '30s.

 

You nailed it on that one! Thanks!

 

On 1/20/2018 at 6:35 PM, keiser31 said:

Yes, the Merit tools I saw were those, but I think the one in question may be from the automobile. I believe they were built from 1920 to 1922.

 

I do see a difference in the font between the brand "Merit" which is a bit more flowery and the sans serif font on my wrench so this could be a possibility. I think this is the only one that says Merit, and based on what Dave found above it seems this is a pieced-together set.