After making a commitment to starting selling and purging, and with a garage still full of stuff on tables set up from last weekend's garage sale, I couldn't resist slipping over to a "Barn Sale" in town with "Unbelievable amount of scrap metal!" in the ad. Family run sale, not widely advertised on the traditional sites, so when I arrived a half hour after opening, it wasn't mobbed.
I perused the workshop on the first floor--the ad was right about all the steel laying around. Some welding stuff (mostly old rods), but some interesting tools too.
I first called the male family member pricing the tools around the side of the barn for a big 50" diameter wagon wheel hoop that had been welded onto a heavy floor stand, presumably for a firewood holder. I aksed for a price, and prefaced with "I'm looking for cheap hoops for a yard art project." "Ten bucks," he said. Since I was willing to pay $20, I said "Sold!".
Later, in the garage, I called him in to ask for a number on the two United Delco metal parts cabinets. I've been looking for a set ever since I drywalled the high bay garage. "$20 each," he said. "Sold, but can I leave the contents here?" "Sure." He even emptied them out for me. He had to evict a mouse family, to the horror of one female family member, who had the heebee geebies over them, and the coos of "How adorable!" from another. Maybe all the commotion over the mice made them miss emptying the three drawers in the one cabinet. Still full of NOS ignition parts. Ebay fodder.
Out back was an out building with a small block Ford engine and transmission wedged way in the back, overrun with acorns shells. I asked the guy if I could buy just the valve covers off of it. "Yes." (he was motivated to move stuff!).
With the valve covers, I made a pile of the rest of my finds and said "We're up to $50 for the hoop and the two cabinets...how about an even $60 for everything?" "Yes." I handed him three Jacksons and loaded up!
Two United Delco parts cabinets with three drawers of NOS ignition parts
50" wagon hoop firewood holder
Pair of SBF Mickey Thompson 103-R 55 aluminum valve covers, with 11 of 12 screw-in studs.
1979 GMC truck service manual supplement
Proto 234 compound adjustable pliers (left these in the grass when loading and had to go back for them!)
Craftsman piston ring expander pliers
Jorgensen curved 2"C-clamp, missing the swivel. (ALL of this guy's clamps, and I mean every single one I found, were missing the swivel. Is that welder thing?)
Billings & Spencer 2017 S-wrench
Unmarked double ended alligator wrench (my first in the wild!)
Herbrand 179 battery pliers
Blue Point AT-425 pneumatic disc sander
Billings 208 spud wrench
Proto AN-3505-31 hydraulic service line wrench--three of the same size, I grabbed the nicest one
Dunlap H-00 pipe vise
Durbin Durco Midget M1 chain binder
Bosch 3/8" x 12" hammer drill bit
Irwin 1/2" x 18" installer drill bit
Milwaukee 7/16" x 18" hex bit extender
Walden Worcester 1/2" speeder
5 Ford Motor Company truck hub caps--I'll sell four on Ebay and put the fifth one on the wall.
Brinkman Q-beam magnetic mount Super Spot--this was a bust. The bulb is dead and I can't find replacements online.
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I feel some suckage is in order on that...the boxes, A Plomb wrenchs and I have a feeling that Stromberg wrench might be worth a few bucks! Nicely done!
on the suckage! 
