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Wright Socket Set Closeout
« on: October 21, 2022, 11:18:38 AM »
Check out the close out on the wright sets at H J Epstein


https://www.harryepstein.com/nos-12-piece-wright-allied-tools-us-made-1-4-drive-metric-socket-set-a26.html

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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2022, 05:10:02 PM »
 i think goodfellow was a fan of those allied sets. some of them may have been labeled as "couger".

i suspect they may have been stanley sourced.
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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2022, 05:19:40 PM »
i think goodfellow was a fan of those allied sets. some of them may have been labeled as "couger".

i suspect they may have been stanley sourced.

Yes indeed Harlan, I'm a big fan of those sets, and I think you're dead-on with the Cougar connection. I think they sourced the Cougar line from Stanley and Danaher at some point in time.

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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2022, 05:50:20 PM »
i think goodfellow was a fan of those allied sets. some of them may have been labeled as "couger".

i suspect they may have been stanley sourced.

Yes indeed Harlan, I'm a big fan of those sets, and I think you're dead-on with the Cougar connection. I think they sourced the Cougar line from Stanley and Danaher at some point in time.

Cougar was absolutely Wright brand. I bought a 1/4 set from HE for my pop in the 1990's. The set is in the clutter that is my shop now.
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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2022, 08:58:25 PM »
I'd definitely say Cougar and Wright are the same as well.....









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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2022, 10:28:30 PM »
I'd definitely say Cougar and Wright are the same as well.....









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The Cougar set I bought dad in the 1990's was in a box that looked just like that and the tools are first rate. The only difference I can see is the set I bought pop has no plastic liner, it just had the little metal fence that hold the sockets captive then the other side for all the drive tools.
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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2022, 07:16:02 PM »
I'll see if I can date this one.

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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2022, 08:40:18 PM »
I'll see if I can date this one.

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I think you are in the wrong forum, if you are trying to date a cougar.

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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2022, 07:48:39 AM »
I'll see if I can date this one.

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I think you are in the wrong forum, if you are trying to date a cougar.

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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2022, 07:31:10 PM »
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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2022, 08:11:31 PM »
I missed out on one of those 3/8 cougar sets on Ebay a few months back.

I saw these allied sets on HJE recently , but I passed because the ratchet looks identical to the Stanley sourced JS technologies set I already have.
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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2022, 06:34:02 PM »
I picked up one of those Cougar 3/8" SAE sets many years ago as well, to add the ratchet to the obsess... er, "collection".  Unfortunately the ratchet itself doesn't have a USA COO stamped on it (a rather critical requirement to keep in the collection, with only a couple very specific exceptions), so out of the drawers it came.  The set gives off a strong Stanley vibe to me as well, which also causes me to question the actual COO of the ratchet considering Stanley's checkered past with the FTC.

Interesting that the ratchet in the Wright Allied set has a USA COO stamp but no brand stamp.  And the ratchet reeks of Stanley too.  Back in the day there was TAT (Thorsen Allied Tools) which were very clearly imports.

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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2022, 01:44:00 PM »
Btw Cougar pro is the current budget line from WRIGHT, and it's the exact same logo.
The cougar stuff is absolutely WRIGHT.
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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2022, 01:49:05 PM »
I picked up one of those Cougar 3/8" SAE sets many years ago as well, to add the ratchet to the obsess... er, "collection".  Unfortunately the ratchet itself doesn't have a USA COO stamped on it (a rather critical requirement to keep in the collection, with only a couple very specific exceptions), so out of the drawers it came.  The set gives off a strong Stanley vibe to me as well, which also causes me to question the actual COO of the ratchet considering Stanley's checkered past with the FTC.

Interesting that the ratchet in the Wright Allied set has a USA COO stamp but no brand stamp.  And the ratchet reeks of Stanley too.  Back in the day there was TAT (Thorsen Allied Tools) which were very clearly imports.
Apparently some of them like the W.A.T Stanley round heads were also only marked USA ( these are still readily available NOS online it seems )
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Re: Wright Socket Set Closeout
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2022, 10:43:06 AM »
That's the pearhead ratchet in my set, but mine is marked Cougar with no COO.  Hopefully quality/longevity of the tools isn't as random as what's put in the sets....