2019 Garage Sale Thread

[bmwrd0]

That bag is F-ing Awesome, Lugz.
I usually disparage the consumption of antique handsaws slopped over with “rustic” amateur acrylics or (more destructive) plasma-cutout “Pop-pop’s Shoppe” signs, or the welded-up milk canister swine, wrench & horseshoe centipedes, etc. Aesthetically uninspired. But that object, in its utility and style, is worth the expenditure of materials.

I agree with this on both points. My business, post being a tech, is marketing for antique shops. Which puts me into contact with antique fairs, junk shops and malls. I see more of this bland, uninspired **** than I want to think of. From milk painted furniture to "steampunk" lamps to uninspiring signs of banal messages. But to see something that is truly personal like that, it is a nice change.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Lugz That bag is great! Also enjoyed your Mission Plum & Firesticks report.

BB I'm thinking your new Impala is a '61 because it looks exactly (color being the exception) like the one my dad brought home new out of the blue one day back in '61. His was gold in color and a sedan. Nice ride. You de man!

 

[BlueBomber]

Txlonghorn: if your Dad's Impala had flat tailfins and a big round speedometer, it was a '60. Maybe he got a good deal on last year's model. Your old man had a good eye. IMHO, both the '59 and the '61 aren't as clean and streamlined as the '60s. But I am admittedly and unabashedly biased.

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[d42jeep]

Txlonghorn: if your Dad's Impala had flat tailfins and a big round speedometer, it was a '60. Maybe he got a good deal on last year's model. Your old man had a good eye. IMHO, both the '59 and the '61 aren't as clean and streamlined as the '60s. But I am admittedly and unabashedly biased.

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Yep, BB knows his '60 Chevys. Here is my Brother's wagon parked behind what eventually became my Model A Ford.
-Don

 

[Provincial]

My Junior High basketball coach had an all-black 60 Impala with a four-barrel 283 and four-speed floor shift. Fast car! I always thought that the three-taillight version with the backup lights was the best!

 

[txlonghorn1989]

Txlonghorn: if your Dad's Impala had flat tailfins and a big round speedometer, it was a '60. Maybe he got a good deal on last year's model. Your old man had a good eye. IMHO, both the '59 and the '61 aren't as clean and streamlined as the '60s. But I am admittedly and unabashedly biased.

Nah, it was definitely a '61. My aunt, his sister-in-law, had a red '59 which I thought was awesome even though I was pretty young. I recall being disappointed in the car my dad brought home that day. It was just kind of plain - no fins and it seemed small in comparison. That aunt and uncle always had excellent taste in cars when I was young - '58 Apache, '59 Impala, '62 Impala Super Sport.

Still you got a nice car!!!

 

[RedVise]

The wooden handle is from a soldering iron. The shoulder strap is a lineman's belt. The lining is from a sleeping bag. Most of the heavy duck is a coal bag and a transport bag. The leather is from the radio bag. The pocket is a rubberized radio bag.

Well done by both of you! You, for the design, the maker, for this work!

Again, well done !!

Brian

 

[LesserSon]

One of my high school buddies had a well-used mid-‘60s black convertible Impala his dad bought him for his 16th birthday. He’d pick up another friend and me on the way to school most days. Great gas-guzzler for cruising the town, and learning the value of money in the early ‘80s. Back seat like a sunken living room. I think he drove some of the queens in our homecoming parade.
One time, we were trout fishing up in the mountains on a single lane dirt road and tore off one of the rear wheel well covers on a stump going around a tight corner. Not the best vehicle for that type of road. His dad traded him a salmon-colored Ford Ranger after that. It was pretty cramped with three of us across the compact bench seat, and not as impressive for cruising.
Trade-offs.

 

[d42jeep]

Nah, it was definitely a '61. My aunt, his sister-in-law, had a red '59 which I thought was awesome even though I was pretty young. I recall being disappointed in the car my dad brought home that day. It was just kind of plain - no fins and it seemed small in comparison. That aunt and uncle always had excellent taste in cars when I was young - '58 Apache, '59 Impala, '62 Impala Super Sport.

Still you got a nice car!!!

I found this picture of a '61 on the internet.
-Don

 

[Cruzan80]

Nah, when I was younger, I wanted a 59...

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[Magnum440d100]

Picked these up for $6. All SAE and all are Taiwan except one which is Proto. The Proto is a 1/2”, perfect for the distributor on my 360 Dodge.

Not sure I have an immediate use for the rest of them, but $6 and a nifty case, how could I go wrong! HAHAHA

 

[Outlawmws]

Awesome Bag Lugz!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Well done by both of you! You, for the design, the maker, for this work!

Awesome Bag Lugz!

Thanks, guys.

 

[Shelbylex]

Thank you for kind words, BlueBomber!
One day I will need to grow up and start collecting cars like you do!

 

[txlonghorn1989]

I found this picture of a '61 on the internet.
-Don

Looks way cooler now than it did then to a kid about to turn 6 years old.

 

[BlueBomber]

Thanks for the compliments, guys. I'm enjoying this car immensely.

One of the advantages to driving a classic car across country and using it in lieu of a rental car for my business meetings in Dayton is that I can pounce on good deals that I'd normally have to let pass because of the size/weight constraints of checked airlines baggage.

But when you've got a kick-*** ride...



...with a huge trunk....



...you can scoop up something like this!



Neat, you might say, a Millers Falls circular saw in it's original metal case.



Well, what if the saw inside was the 1948 Buck Rogers version of that saw!!!



For those not in the know, Millers Falls started using a red plastic in their hand and power tools around 1948. This red plastic, known as "tenite" back in the day, have earned the tools that bore it the nickname "Buck Rogers" tools due to the resemblance to the named hero's plastic toy ray guns sold in that era. These Buck Rogers hand tools fetch good coin on Ebay, and I can't find even one picture of this saw anywhere on the Internet!!

This old guy is a beast! 12 amp motor, 9 inch blade gigantic 3/4" thick power cord...



...with original arbor and allen wrenches...



...and envelope with the Nov 1948 printing of the parts list and instruction sheet!



At 15" on the long edge, there's no way I could have grabbed this without the Impala. So at $40 cash, this big guy is getting a ride back to his home state!

 

[BFBOB]

Nah, when I was younger, I wanted a 59...

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Yup, '59 is the one. Love the swoopy fins and teardrop taillights. Though the same basic style idea - horizontal fins - the 60 looks way too hmm.. civilized?

They did kinda the same thing a few years earlier. Had a good idea in '55, got it right in '56 and screwed it up in '57.

everyone's got an opinion but since I actually have a '56, that makes my opinion right!

 

[BlueBomber]

Yup, '59 is the one. Love the swoopy fins and teardrop taillights. Though the same basic style idea - horizontal fins - the 60 looks way too hmm.. civilized?

They did kinda the same thing a few years earlier. Had a good idea in '55, got it right in '56 and screwed it up in '57.

everyone's got an opinion but since I actually have a '56, that makes my opinion right!

The '59 did have a pretty sinister looking rear end...

...but was ruined (IMHO) by a pretty ****-ugly front end.

Again, I admit to my bias. Opinions are like belly buttons...etc.

 

[jakemac]

All I see is a Unibrow on that ‘59’s ****.


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[Outlawmws]

That hood looks like the early 60's GMC truck hood, only squashed:

 

[Provincial]

Almost like they were designed by the same committee!

 

[BlueBomber]

Here's a fun fact: all 1959 and 1960 GM products had different bodies but the same roof and window glass. Here are the other makes:

Alright, since this is the Garage Sale Thread, not the "Forgotten GM Products (except for the '59 Caddy) Thread, it's time to get back to our regular programming....who else found something cool yesterday/today?

 

[Provincial]

One estate sale this weekend. Only purchase was a Hickok 600a Tube Tester. Upon inspection, it needs two knobs for the big row of switches, two of the big switches (they are stuck solid), and the reference scroll doesn't work properly. Cosmetics are excellent and the thing powers up, with both vacuum tubes heating up. I paid less than one knob sells for on Ebay, so I don't think I did too badly.

 

[LesserSon]

BB-
Thanks for the GM pinups. But BIG thanks for the BRMF circular saw! (That’s perilously close to a different acronym, isn’t it?) Wow, what a beaut!
Here’s a photoessay on the nonpower tools:
Valley Woodworker
Maybe repost your find on Bonneyman’s MF thread?

 

[PacificaVette]

OK---back to posting our "found treasures". I picked up this oiler at an estate sale on Sunday, when everything was being discounted. Not bad for $3. There is no label identifying the brand or manufacturer, although the vertical "box" on the pistol grip looks like it once held a tag of some sort.

When I got home, I did a search of the patent numbers that are cast into the pump (19000668 and 1953990). The patents were granted in 1933 and 1934, and assigned to the DeVilbiss Co. The diagram is from the original patent application.

I'll do a mild restoration on this, mostly clean-up and see how the surface of the oil container looks. The pump itself is in pretty good shape.

 

[Provincial]

PacificalVette, that is actually a paint gun. They are often used in the Northwest forests to mark trees for thinning.

 

[Davefr]

One estate sale this weekend. Only purchase was a Hickok 600a Tube Tester. Upon inspection, it needs two knobs for the big row of switches, two of the big switches (they are stuck solid), and the reference scroll doesn't work properly. Cosmetics are excellent and the thing powers up, with both vacuum tubes heating up. I paid less than one knob sells for on Ebay, so I don't think I did too badly.

You **** on that tube tester! It looks real clean.

All it takes is a quick squirt of Deoxit on those switches and they'll work like new.

I'd suggest downloading a PDF of the chart to have as backup:
https://stevenjohnson.com/hickok/data/hickok-533a-600a-605a-data.pdf

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That type of DeVilbliss sprayer will spray any kind of liquid you want to put in it. The Army used them for lubrication (as PacificaVette suggested), painting (as Provincial suggested), and also kerosene - for engine cleaning - in WWII.

 

[PacificaVette]

That type of DeVilbliss sprayer will spray any kind of liquid you want to put in it. The Army used them for lubrication (as PacificaVette suggested), painting (as Provincial suggested), and also kerosene - for engine cleaning - in WWII.

I looked in an archived Devilbiss catalog for some more information on this oil gun. They describe only lubrication, but I guess it could be used for paint or solvents, also. It was actually sold as two different models--the HW-501, which shoots a stream of lubricant, and the HWA-501, which sprays a mist. It looks like the only difference is in the tip.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

That makes sense.

 

[Provincial]

Thanks Dave!

 

[BlueBomber]

BB-
Thanks for the GM pinups. But BIG thanks for the BRMF circular saw! (That’s perilously close to a different acronym, isn’t it?) Wow, what a beaut!
Here’s a photoessay on the nonpower tools:
Valley Woodworker
Maybe repost your find on Bonneyman’s MF thread?

Done!

 

[bluebolt]

I've got a lot of catching up to do!

I have only been gone a couple of weeks with family stuff and I am way behind too! Only got to page 95. Good to hear from you!

 

[bluebolt]

I'm out on travel and vacay, headed from Richmond, VA to my parents' farm in Culpeper. Yesterday, I hit two thrift stores on the east side of Richmond with no joy, but the ReStore in Hanover was success.

I was pawing through the buckets in the tool department when a lady working there dumps a few hammers into a tub I had yet to search. When I got down there and was perusing the hammers, she came back and dumped more tools in another tub. I suddenly realized she was sorting and pricing a fresh donation, so I followed her back to where she and another lady were working. With permission, I opened a Heritage-era C-man hip-top toolbox they hadn't started on yet and started picking.

Blackhawk 49977 ratchet
Craftsman DOEs
Craftsman non-marking hammer
No name brass plumb bob--heavy!
Stanley No 46 Yankee pushdrill with a compete set of bits in the handle!
New Britain ratcheting DBE
Westline DBEs
Bridgeport DBE
Heller smooth-jawed Masterench, 8-inch size
Penncraft 10-in adjustable
Three USA-made no-name c-clamps

The Craftsman socket set seems complete, but I can't tell if the contents are period correct. The socket sides are tapered, almost bullet shaped. Can any of you Crafty SMEs advise?

My final price was a dollar per tool, except for the socket set and the Blackhawk ratchet, which were two dollars each.


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That Craftsman socket set is the 15 piece set circa 1948 and looks to be in great shape. Looks like it has an extra larger bar to make a breaker bar into a T handle, maybe for a 3/8" breaker bar. Rarely is the paint and lettering on the case that nice! And yes the early Craftsman "V" sockets have that tapered shape.

 

[bluebolt]

I have caught up to page 100, so many great finds!

 

[bluebolt]

Well I need to get my **** to work but here is a find from last Friday. Estate sale had a low turnout due to weather and had a 75% off sale the next week. This Craftsman top chest and bottom roller have a lot of surface rust and the Craftsman tools inside are rusty too. But it had the original Crown logo key for the bottom and after the discount was only $12.50. THEN while looking at some bags of hardware I spotted the keys for the top chest, 50 cents and they were mine!

 

[BlueBomber]

That Craftsman socket set is the 15 piece set circa 1948 and looks to be in great shape. Looks like it has an extra larger bar to make a breaker bar into a T handle, maybe for a 3/8" breaker bar. Rarely is the paint and lettering on the case that nice! And yes the early Craftsman "V" sockets have that tapered shape.

Thanks, Bob. The paint was so good I thought at first it was a modern production "tribute" item.

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EDIT: sorry, bluebolt--my phone autocorrected you to "Bob" Guess that's your new callsign now...

 

[emeraldcoupe]

I have only been gone a couple of weeks with family stuff and I am way behind too! Only got to page 95. Good to hear from you!

that's why I keep the default page setting at 100, much easier to read that way, don't have to keep clicking pages

 

[3baygarage]

Hot one out at the flea market. The snow birds have flown home too, enormous difference from March. Less vendors as well, but still a good day and a good haul.

Mac 5/16 combo, Craftsman pocket socket, Stanley screwsriver, Palm Grip nut driver designed with a drive square in the handle, Artisan pliers (forgot a pic of the handles)and a Bonney open end-not sure if any of you guys need that on a board.

Then I picked up a little Stanley plane, a massive Fairmount 2” wrench, and a Jeff Moss favorite, Enderes, extra long 7/8 chisel. Also a nice P&C offset screwdriver.

P&C 1/2” open gear ratchet.
It was kind of a Dayton day though, picked up a few pieces. Two variants of the 1/2” ratchet.

Dayton breaker bar handle.

 

[3baygarage]

-Dayton socket
-Plomb 9/32 t handle with socket, deep well LA socket marked “Not Guar” which I didn’t realize they did, and a WF socket.
-Wizard 3/8 t handle
-Kobalt 32mm socket
-Mac 1-3/16 socket