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[Jc2043]

These two swivels came in an old Duro tool box. The one on the left is a Duro 3217 (pretty sure...) but the one on the right is an unmarked hex ball swivel. Is it a Duro?




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[Oldtuleguy]

No that is a hole-set

 

[Private Lugnutz]

He means Hol-Set, and I've been looking for one for a long time! Mine is missing. All the pieces were kept on the shank of a speeder, no box. You can see examples - including mine, in a thread here on GJ that you can find in the Index in the Sticky at the top of the page. Please let me know if you'd sell it or be willing to trade.

 

[d42jeep]

These two swivels came in an old Duro tool box. The one on the left is a Duro 3217 (pretty sure...) but the one on the right is an unmarked hex ball swivel. Is it a Duro?




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I believe that the 3217 is actually an Indestro part number. The Duro Chrome number is 588D.
-Don

 

[Mintgrun]

I just picked up one of those U-joints yesterday, along with some other USN marked tools. (the Challenger box came out of a scrap metal bin a few months ago).





The 13/16" socket is missing, unfortunately. Forgive my ignorance, but does the D-1 denote the year?





The ratchet and long extension fill in the rest of the box pretty well... for now. I do have another ratchet that may be Indestro, but I don't have the removable drive plug for it.



Tom

 

[Private Lugnutz]

The 13/16" socket is missing, unfortunately. Forgive my ignorance, but does the D-1 denote the year?

It's an "I", not a "'1", Tom, so "-D-I-", which intuition suggests "Duro-Indestro" to most collectors, although nobody has ever found that stated in a document. You can infer a general production timeframe from the marking, though, because it tends to show up with characteristics, and with handles, etc with characteristics, of being wartime and possibly immediate post-war (because they do show up occasionally plated).

 

[Mintgrun]

Thank you Lugz. 1 feel a little silly, misreading the I.

The Tee handle doesn't have any markings, other than USN = I D. The same's true for the extension. "wartime" is close enough for me, I guess.

The other U-joint is marked E1732 and USN - 1 1, or I I.

The tapered female end of the 3217 is pretty cool.

I'm glad my Challenger box finally has some contents... inappropriate though they may be.

Tom

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thank you Lugz. 1 feel a little silly, misreading the I.

I see what you did there! Haha.

It's actual very understandable. The figures are separated quite a bit, first of all, more like " - D - I - ". There are no serifs on it. Maybe your wartime intuition was tingling. And Blackhawk and Snap-on used date codes, and Blackhawk's were often preceded by a hyphen.

Don's going to love this set. A mixed combination of two of his faves: "DI" and Navy. And a Snap-on ratchet. All wartime. It's a neat find, for sure.

 

[d42jeep]

I see what you did there! Haha.

It's actual very understandable. The figures are separated quite a bit, first of all, more like " - D - I - ". There are no serifs on it. Maybe your wartime intuition was tingling. And Blackhawk and Snap-on used date codes, and Blackhawk's were often preceded by a hyphen.

Don's going to love this set. A mixed combination of two of his faves: "DI" and Navy. And a Snap-on ratchet. All wartime. It's a neat find, for sure.

Check out these D-I pieces with the same markings I found last year and added to a set to go with my Navy NAF toolbox.
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8260094&postcount=1070
-Don

 

[Mintgrun]

I swapped out the ratchets, after seeing your photo.








Thank you for sharing the link with the contents list. Now I know what I am missing. The problem is, now I'm wondering if I possibly missed anything yesterday. Or, if some remaining contents will get put out today.

Aside from the Speeder--Handle, I'll bet that complete kit would fit in this little Challenger box.



Tom

P.S. I went back to look for the G61 ignition wrench, with no luck. (post #1349) Now I want to go look harder for the smaller sockets for this set!

 

[Jc2043]

I believe that the 3217 is actually an Indestro part number. The Duro Chrome number is 588D.

-Don

Don,

I believe you are correct. The other sockets are labeled D I. The speeder is actual a Duro Chrome 651. Here’s the set.



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[d42jeep]

Here are are a couple of complete sets. I added a cross bar. They didn’t come with them.
-Don

 

[humber2]

2192 MADE IN USA is all that is stamped on the Ford V8 valve tool but I have found the reference in the 1938 Duro-Chrome catalog.

Other more common bars are longer and have the same jaw at each end in a symmetrical layout.

Not so on the Duro, one end is familiar but the other is narrower and has a back-Stop kink and knob suggesting it is worked against a lip.

I have to ask if this dual jaw size is to enable working on the V8 Sixty?

 

[d42jeep]

Thank you for that information, Don. You can bet I'll be looking for the G61 when I go back there.

There was an extra G63 in the set... anybody want to trade? (heh)

I checked my extra ignition wrenches and found a G61. PM me your address and it’ll be coming your way
-Don

 

[Mintgrun]

That's amazing Don. I just sat down and brought up the forum and there's your awesome offer. Thank you!

I was going to bring up this thread again, because I found the box for my USN set in the scrap metal bin today. I gladly paid a buck for it. It was a little bent up, but not bad. I'll share photos shortly.

Tom

 

[d42jeep]

Here is my bent up one. It was empty so I had to start from scratch. I call it my masochist set. I’ll throw in an extra 13/16” socket for your set. It’s a little rusty but workable.
-Don

 

[Mintgrun]

One of the little hasps is broken off. I suppose I could make a new end for it and TIG it together. The other hasp is missing the part that goes on the lid. That's makeable too, I suppose. A guy's got to prioritize though....

Thank you again, Don. Here are a couple of photos, just for the fun of it.

Tom

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Snagged this No. 19 Indestro Socket Set at the flea this morning. Fairly complete, though mixed vintage sockets, some with the stars, some without.

These are hard to search for on the thread, so if you have one, and it's already been posted, my apologies in advance for neglecting to give you credit, and please let me know the post numbers.

The example on AA only has the marking on the Ell handle. My example has that marking, but also boasts the early ascending letters logo on the carrier, which was patented in 1926.

It's a stylish, handsome carrier. The two hinged ends release the Ell handle, which allows that retainer to be flipped up, releasing the sockets. AA compares it to a steaming locomotive, it does have those lines, and the railroading allusion is probably more apt, but something about it makes me think of Jules Verne, "Twenty-thousand Leagues Under the Sea."

 

[damon18]

Snagged this No. 19 Indestro Socket Set at the flea this morning...

Wow, stylish is right, very cool. Never seen a mechanism like that. Are there patent papers on it? Would be interesting to see how they described it.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Wow, stylish is right, very cool. Never seen a mechanism like that. Are there patent papers on it? Would be interesting to see how they described it.

It was the first of H.G Rice's three related holder patents. 1,654,703, granted June 3, 1928. DATAMP summary with link to USPTO data here.

 

[Outlawmws]

"Stylish" is almost inadequate! Elegant compared to the usual racks!

 

[damon18]

Nice, a lot more expensive to manufacture than this Indestro PeeWee set.

 

[cmccoy]

I just recently purchased a complete combination wrench set for $40. SAE set. Think I bought it off eBay. USA made of course with the satin finish chrome and 6 point box end! I love them.

 

[Lesserstore]

I purchased this Wizard ratchet a while back for a dollar a few months ago at a garage sale, when I got it home I accidentally broke the selector off, and it kinda just sat there in parts before I decided to bite the bullet and buy a repair kit. The kit was for an Indestro version, and the threads were messed up in the original cover plate (don't ask me how that happened) so I have to use the Indestro cover plate. It's a 24 tooth gear and it's pretty smooth.

 

[Mintgrun]

Don, the tools you sent arrived today. Just as you'd predicted. Thank you again!

It was very satisfying to add the G61 to the end of the row and complete that little set.


The 13/16" socket filled in the gap and I found another ratchet today to go with it. No plug, but at least this one has the directional lever.



Tom

 

[ssdave]

Put a wizard adjustable on ebay today, in with a couple of other old adjustables:

 

[Username already in use]

Perhaps the find of the day for me today was this apparently never used Indestro 'CLASSIC' 3/8" drive set. All the pieces are there. Just a bit of light surface rust on a couple of the pieces from the years of storage.

 

[bmwrd0]

Man, that is nice! I love finding things like that.

 

[d42jeep]

Nice set. I’m sure they will clean right up. In another coincidence, I found an Indestro Supreme 3/8” drive ratchet at a yard sale this morning.
-Don

 

[Old Radar]

I posted this find on the Garage Sale thread last week but forgot to add it here. The outside of the box is completely unmarked--had to open it up to see the brand. The paper brochure is still stapled closed.
I found a couple of extra ratchets, sockets and a universal and threw them in the box, too.

 

[d42jeep]

Wow. They don’t get any newer looking than that.
-Don

 

[Username already in use]

Man, that is nice! I love finding things like that.

Thanks!

Nice set. I’m sure they will clean right up. In another coincidence, I found an Indestro Supreme 3/8” drive ratchet at a yard sale this morning.

We seem to be finding the same stuff but from opposite ends of the country lately!

I posted this find on the Garage Sale thread last week but forgot to add it here. The outside of the box is completely unmarked--had to open it up to see the brand. The paper brochure is still stapled closed.
I found a couple of extra ratchets, sockets and a universal and threw them in the box, too.

That's a nice set as well! Nice snag.

 

[outofbounds]

I posted this find on the Garage Sale thread last week but forgot to add it here. The outside of the box is completely unmarked--had to open it up to see the brand. The paper brochure is still stapled closed.
I found a couple of extra ratchets, sockets and a universal and threw them in the box, too.

Terrific looking score, Radar!

 

[Old Radar]

Wow. They don’t get any newer looking than that.
-Don

That's a nice set as well! Nice snag.

Terrific looking score, Radar!

Thanks gentlemen! Username, I especially like your case!

 

[3baygarage]

Some nice sets and ratchets fellas.

Since we’re on the topic, a couple recent additions:

Duro Indestro 1/2” drive 6472. it looks like the part number on the handle may have been mis-stamped. It has 647(2?) and 672. Should be a 6472.

Duro-Chrome 3/8” drive 4499. No 1/2” version to pair it with yet.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Thats a rare 3/8 ratchet. Congrats on that one! I have a couple of the 1/2" drive versions. I suspect the 3/8 is much less common.

 

[3baygarage]

It is less common. The 1/2” isn’t the most common either, but I’ve seen quite a few. A number of them with damaged selectors as well it seems.

 

[ALLFAST]

Wonderful finds Gentlemend !

 

[ALLFAST]

Does anyone need a very nice Wartime Duro - Chrome 2015 A circle X , DBE ? It was in a group of.vintage things I bought and is the oddball of the group. I'd prefer to see it go to someone who needs to complete their own set. PM if interested.

 

[d42jeep]

That wrench is a GMTK correct wartime wrench and should go to someone starting to put together a GMTK. I think that bmwrd0 may be working on one since he recently found a toolbox.
-Don