Lets make an all vintage Snap-on tool picture thread!

[LesserSon]

Picked up some Snappy today. Two oxide-finished combos from 1965, two curious Blue-Point Supreme DOES.
The one looks old, can't see a date on it. 1930s?
The other not so old, but two things pop out about it. Looks cadmium-finished, has a "1" stamped into its shank, but in a style I don't see corresponding to any on the code table. Hmmm...1941? 1951? Not really a date code stamp? Then there's the sizing. The part number is S67M. One expects metric openings. Ah yes, one is marked 6mm. But he other is double-stamped. It looks like 5mm is stamped over 7/16. But the part number would suggest 7mm. And the opening is splayed out. So kind of pointless to measure it. Looks narrower in the bottom of the gullet than 5/16.
When should we expect to see metric Supreme?

 

[3baygarage]

Neat find. That sure looks like an error wrench.

You must be right, by the chart the # indicates 6mmx7mm

http://www.collectingsnapon.com/index.php?page=wrenches/Blue%20Point%20Supreme%20Open%20End%20Wrench%20series

I think a metric supreme wrench is odd in itself.

 

[snapmom]

Yours is a mess, never seen a BP that messed up. Here are some 30s-50s. I have most of the set, need a doe 2832 , the comb. bP metric are almost impossible to find.

 

[snapmom]

Do yall think this is military. What is shown is the only markings. 1/2 dr. 7/8 opening. Would prob. date late 30s thru 40s. Cannot find it in the cats.

 

[3baygarage]

Snapmom, it appears shorter than a normal 1/2 drive 7/8 deep well. Is it?

I can only guess, but it could have gone to a military kit. All I really have to add is that I have several earlier Williams tools (long before the Snap On connection), that also have an M- prefix.

Here is one. Oddly, it is also stamped accross the side M-13141. Again I can only speculate but who knows if there may have been some connection as to the who or what. Perhaps military. You may have seen this old topic.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229013

Not to get too far off topic but Williams was known to mark many special order and non catalog tools with the word “Special”, as did others. Not with M-.
Snap On, the N- prefix we see on many tools.

In the middle of the third picture is also a very odd Williams L shape wrench with a six point 5/16 hex. Old pictures from the GS thread, not very good pics but the part # is M 12167.

Who knows if there is a connection, as the Williams logos are also old like your Snap On example. What popped into my mind is your Packard tool roll with various mfrs represented in one set.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I picked this up at the flea market yesterday. I am pretty sure it's the metal box for an MT-26B Motor Tune-Up Set. The size, overall construction, and compartment layout is a dead ringer. They used this same box for the MT-30B and the MT-130B through something like 1955. But the logo ("Snap/on") on the lid is the old pre-war and wartime style. I'd like to be excited about the original paperwork, but keeping it with the box, which is normally a good thing, didn't do the paperwork any favors in this case. It had a KEM vacuum gage in it and some thread adaptors. Not original.

 

[LesserSon]

Lugz, the logo is stenciled and not embossed. Maybe there was a transition period before the new logo entirely replaced the old? What year did red replace gray, as the base color?

 

[snapmom]

What model number is on the gauge

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Lugz, the logo is stenciled and not embossed. Maybe there was a transition period before the new logo entirely replaced the old? What year did red replace gray, as the base color?

All good points. It seemed later to me, too, except for the logo style. There are red boxes in the 42 cat. Some of the boxes are shown in black and white, including the tune-up set, which doesn't help. I've never seen a tune-up kit box before so I'm totally flying blind here.

What model number is on the gauge

I didn't even look. It went into my infamous 'Modern' Bucket (which is pretty much a synonym for 'Discard'). Did they not even bother having their sources mark their gages with the Snap-on brand later? You saw that I said it's a Kem, right? EDIT: No model number.

 

[d42jeep]

All of my boxes are gray. My guess is that the red is postwar.
-Don

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Mine, too, Don. But I don't have a Tune-Up box, and I've never seen one. I'm leaning postwar, too. Maybe transition (1946-1947), as LS suggested. But it's curious.

 

[d42jeep]

The reason I had my 3/8” drive Ferret set out was that I finally found a wartime (1942) u-joint to complete the set. It replaces my ‘47 placeholder.
-Don

 

[snapmom]

I think 48-50.
Here is a pre war red box.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have a similar one. How can you tell the age? No stampings on mine. Assumed it was prewar based on decal.

 

[snapmom]

Yes, decal. Would date 38-very early 40s/
Nice collection. Are you a carb tool collector?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I enjoy collecting the midget stuff in general.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Picked up some Snappy orphan goodness at the flea market today. Nothing special, but this is how I collect, and these are in my wheelhouse (or close) and will go into sets I am slowly building or someone else's. It also illustrates the logo schemes and the rule of thumb I am most familiar with, identifying the A-17 drag link bit as post-war as soon as I saw the slanted font, before I saw the 1949 ("9") date code. The font on the Ferret F-240 (3/4") socket - a 1942 ("2"), and the F-18 (9/16") Flexocket - a 1945 ("G"), is the same (erect!) and unmistakably wartime.

 

[snapmom]

The 48-49 logos Are guite different

 

[snapmom]

The photobucket pics are back up.

 

[3baygarage]

The photobucket pics are back up.

It’s a miracle!

 

[406Rich]

Gents where might I find the original style retaining screw for this snapon, picked it up a week ago at a garage sale...

 

[Oldtuleguy]

The photobucket pics are back up.

Nice. Just went back through old posts to see them.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I keep waiting for the Photobucket thing to catch up to me. When it first erupted I stopped uploading new photos, thinking that it was only a matter of time. They still haven't shut me down and I can still link my old photos. I try to not do that, because eventually I do believe I will be shut down, so best to not proliferate them further. As a paying customer ($2.99/month plan) for so many years, I believe I was grandfathered. I've gotten several emails informing me of the new system and rates, but I just ignore them. Now it's just a game to see how long I can slip through their cracks.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

snapmom: Did Blue-Point make a version of the ratchet shown in this thread, linked here? Someone thought they remembered someone else finding one. If so, when? And do you have a photo?

 

[snapmom]

I do not think so. Do not recall seeing one.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks. Seemed odd to me, but thought I'd ask.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I ran into a bunch of unusual 1-inch drive tools today, all with what appear to be military "AN" designations, including a few Blue-Point hex sockets with what look to perhaps be 1958 and 1959 (maybe later than that?) date codes. The other hex wrenches in the set were OTC and MATCO (when did they start?). The standard forged steel 1-inch drive sockets next to them are a vintage 40's Bonney and a vintage 40's Wright with an Air Corps stamp. The strange hex socket wrenches remind me of big wheel hub nut wrenches from the 40's and early 50's. Those had holes or slots drilled through the base to turn with a bar or a handle. These have heavy plates with 1-inch square drive openings welded on the base.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Full floating axle nut sockets

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thanks. Dang. Them'r for some bigger trucks than the little old Willys MB!

 

[scottd03820]

Hello,

I just picked this set up. Can anyone tell me anything about it? Year made? Value? I can not find anything on the internet about it.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[snapmom]

Early 30's

 

[SAA44-40]

Acquired this yesterday from an old farmer. 3/4” drive 15/16. Snap On wasn’t afraid to put stampings on this. Ironically- I have a use for this on my tractor so hoping for more decades of service

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks like ww2 Era 3/4 drive loxocket

 

[Farmer J.]

Thanks. Dang. Them'r for some bigger trucks than the little old Willys MB!

If you have a 2 1/16" it would be perfect for the Land Rover wheel hub bearing adjuster nuts..

 

[Farmer J.]

Acquired this yesterday from an old farmer. 3/4” drive 15/16. Snap On wasn’t afraid to put stampings on this. Ironically- I have a use for this on my tractor so hoping for more decades of service

For John Deere wheel rim nuts? I have a well used Britool in that size..

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here is a nice bluepoint wrench, not sure of year. Just thought it looked cool so I forked over the 8$ for it.

 

[snapmom]

Here is a nice bluepoint wrench, not sure of year. Just thought it looked cool so I forked over the 8$ for it.

There has been lots of debate as to the age. I am thinking only made during the war.

 

[Snaparxon]

Is that style of BP wrench cadmium plated?

 

[snapmom]

Yes. Came in long and standard lengths.

 

[Billy Jack]

I have a similar one. How can you tell the age? No stampings on mine. Assumed it was prewar based on decal.

I have that same box with a different label placement. My Dad bought it in the mid-50's when he worked as a mechanic at a Chrysler dealer, but I don't know if he bought it new or used and he's been gone for over 20 years, so I can't date it.
My Dad called it his "ignition box", as he carried all his 1/4" drive stuff in it, ignition wrenches, ignition point tools, as well as some points and condensers when he'd make a road trip to do a tuneup. Many a night or weekend I'd carry that box as a child, while he toted his timing light, tach/dwell meter and other tools in a larger open tote. After he passed away, I loaded it with all my 1/4" drive stuff, tucked it into the bottom compartment of my roller cabinet and use it to this day. I don't visit his gravesite often, but that box and his two-drawer middle section incorporated into my tool cabinet are all I need to rekindle memories.

Bill