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

[snapmom]

I still have some of my dad's tools too. They are quite special.
The box may have the model number and date code stamped on it, take a look all around it.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Is that style of BP wrench cadmium plated?

Not much if anything left on this one

 

[bluebolt]

Picked up this WWII A-59444 long 3/8" drive ratchet a few months back. No Snap-On markings but Snapmom identified it. Snapmom is about the only person I could find that has posted information about this model before. Date code is G. Ratchets OK by hand but you can see the drive gear has a few teeth in poor condition.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice find, bb. Classic handle shape and Snap/on date code placement in the selector panel. Speaking of the handle, what is that, a hole?

 

[bluebolt]

Nice find, bb. Classic handle shape and Snap/on date code placement in the selector panel. Speaking of the handle, what is that, a hole?

Yup it is a hole. Don't know if it as drilled by Snap On or more likely an end user. If it was used on airplanes it may have been "tethered" for working in certain areas where a dropped tool was nearly impossible to retrieve.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Yup.

 

[Username already in use]

Picked up a few vintage SnapOn goodies today. 1/2" drive '45 dated ratchet and a '45 dated F-16 swivel socket.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

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

I still use some of my dad's tools as well. They made that stuff to last!

 

[LesserSon]

Picked up these eight S/O overstrike ½dr 6pt sockets today.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I like the overstrike stuff. No excess logos, part numbers etc

 

[dkroth]

What year was the 'CA' catalog? It's not terribly vintage, but this is the group who will know. $1 at a garage sale.

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[J.A.F.E.]

what year was the 'ca' catalog?

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1971

 

[dkroth]

1971

Thank you, sir.




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[LesserSon]

Came across this today at the flea market. RS1012 “ratcheting open end” Blue Point Supreme. No date code that I can see.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

None of the standard Supreme line DOE wrenches had date codes in this era, either, LS, which I think is wartime through late 40's.

 

[snapmom]

Here is a set of 7 with 48 codes. Also some odd balls with no date codes.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

No date codes on these

 

[snapmom]

No date codes on these

Do you have any history on these. Never figured out the odd model numbers.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Just bought them cause they looked cool! Thought it was odd no date codes. 55 catalog shows them as a set for industrial maintenance, but gives no individual model numbers. Then on next page shows same wrenches in pouches but they are bluepoint!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

These are some sockets with double/over stamped date codes of 37 38 and also a couple of whitworths I got in a set from australia.

 

[snapmom]

are the whitworths 37-38

 

[Oldtuleguy]

They are

 

[RagTopTA]

I picked this fella up at the flea for a dollar this weekend. what are these little socket type wrenches called?

 

[r_olson_06]

I picked this fella up at the flea for a dollar this weekend. what are these little socket type wrenches called?

That is a hammerhead wrench.

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[RagTopTA]

That is a hammerhead wrench.

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Found a few more on the web, Thanks had no clue what to call it. I like it! Most I see say they were made in the 20s. Mine has no date code I can find.

 

[snapmom]

Usually if they have a code, it would be on top of the socket.

 

[RagTopTA]

Usually if they have a code, it would be on top of the socket.

I'll take another look I didnt see anything on the backs of the sockets, thanks for the info!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I think they lingered into early thirties

 

[RagTopTA]

Man, this is terrible, a dollar tool from the flea market is gonna cost me. Now I must own a set... I'm ok with that thought really.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

They are cool looking.

 

[RagTopTA]

They are cool looking.

I agree, it was pretty rusty couldnt ready any lettering on it but thought it was neat for a buck. to my surprise...Snappy!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

As far as I know, snap on was the only maker of this style of tool

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Walden 'tomahawk' series, and Blackhawk too.
I thought I'd posted the one got awhile back, but it looks like I need to take a pic.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That would be interesting to see, thanks slewfoot

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

1930 model 7/16 and 1/2 hammerhead double socket wrench with a 1940 slide bar.

The Walden patent

 

[HobbyistWolf]

I have an vintage 1/4 Snap-On set from my grandfather, it consists of 8 sockets, a 6-inch extension, a driver with an orange plastic handle, a sliding T-bar, a unmarked/no-name breaker-bar (presumably added), a modern Thorsen 77M ratchet (added), and a vintage Bonney RF22 refrigeration ratchet converted to 1/4 drive by the addition of a piece of 1/4 square bar-stock held in place with two nails acting as cotter pins on either side of the ratchet head. All Snap-On pieces have an E after their part-number. Pictures here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u33vpnmbzbjeiw3/AAC6DHiKTYHPhc_NLE9vD2cva?dl=0

 

[d42jeep]

Walden 'tomahawk' series, and Blackhawk too.
I thought I'd posted the one got awhile back, but it looks like I need to take a pic.

Here is my Walden version.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

1930 model 7/16 and 1/2 hammerhead double socket wrench with a 1940 slide bar.

The Walden patent

Nice, thanks for pics.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here are a some more snap on versions. It appears the sockets were cross drilled and then plug welded from the top, perhaps to avoid the above patent

 

[3baygarage]

There was a thread on the hammer head wrenches a couple weeks ago.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=391771

Here’s what I learned on the age:


“After some research in the Collecting Snap On catalogs, I think they were first marketed in 1927.

-1927, part of the Ferret 3/8 socket set, which included just two wrenches 7/16x 1/2 and 9/16x 5/8.

-1928-1931, now three wrenches listed. 7/16x1/2, 9/16x5/8, 11/16x3/4.

- 1932-1938, only one wrench available. 9/16 x 5/8.


That’s what I found with the catalogs available on the site. What a great resource as always.”