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

[snapmom]

Snap on alien logo: revisit. Am going to try to find out what was marked with the alien logo, and years..
I think dates are 54-55. with some 54 marks having the normal logo.
Seems to be only the DBE shorts, xs...., maybe the whitworth shorts and maybe metric.
Post what you have.

 

[MShaw]

Here is what I have. Sae sizes from 1955. I have a full set of these wrenches bought in the 1950s and these are the only two "aliens".
I have ones from 1954 and 1956 that are "normal"

 

[Ricky Joe]

Blue Point 7/8” wrench, dated 1941. I have never seen another large six point Blue Point wrench.

 

[Ricky Joe]

The originals! These contravert AA ‘s information. The group on the left is all dated 1936 or 1937. The 1 1/4” and 11/16” are undated. These would be from the first combination wrenches Snap-On made.

 

[Ricky Joe]

These were bought as a set. They have the same owners marks.

 

[Ricky Joe]

These were acquired separately from the others and each other.

 

[snapmom]

Blue Point combinations are hard to date. Show up in the 34 cat. But 34-35-36 date codes I have not seen. the -7 -8 -9 codes are probably 37-39 but I have seen examples that do not fit this.
the six point with the 12 point code is odd.
There is a change in about 1940. Made in USA shows up, also the size stamp is moved to the head. Also over 1" starts in the 39 cat.
I think the early ones are model number are -oex-16- later oex-16- but I have seen examples that contradict this. Blue Point in the 30s and early 40s have lots of contradictions.

 

[humber2]

Here’s an unnumbered, undated and possibly uncataloged Whitworth wrench.

Would have been in the WX-.. series and I guess prior to WWII.

Are there any others out there to form a set?

 

[snapmom]

I have a lot of blue point whitworth, I have never seen those

 

[Ricky Joe]

Blue Point combinations are hard to date. Show up in the 34 cat. But 34-35-36 date codes I have not seen. the -7 -8 -9 codes are probably 37-39 but I have seen examples that do not fit this.
the six point with the 12 point code is odd.
There is a change in about 1940. Made in USA shows up, also the size stamp is moved to the head. Also over 1" starts in the 39 cat.
I think the early ones are model number are -oex-16- later oex-16- but I have seen examples that contradict this. Blue Point in the 30s and early 40s have lots of contradictions.

Funny, but due to the orientation of the number, I didn’t even consider that it could be 1939. I *** umed it was a six, with the dash placed to the right instead of the left. I have seen that done unequivocally with a seven before. Undoubtedly you are correct. The six point does have the size in the head and is dated 1941. You can have it if you want it.

 

[d42jeep]

This may be a little modern but it’s the first Snap-on putty knife I’ve run across.
-Don

 

[Ricky Joe]

This may be a little modern but it’s the first Snap-on putty knife I’ve run across.
-Don

All those rules render it all but useless!

 

[Marvin Berry]

I've had this hammer that I inherited from my father in law for awhile, but had never cleaned the grime off before.

"BH" I assume stands for brass hammer, what's the '2' mean? Two pounds? I haven't weighed it, and I don't have it in hand, but I guess it could weigh about the same as the 32oz ball peen hammer I have here in the garage. Pretty sure the handle on it has turned sideways, unless that was on purpose for this hammer for some reason.

 

[RagTopTA]

A buddy at work gave me a ratchet the other day that cleaned up and now functions good. And another guy just brought in this obstruction wrench but I cant find it using the patent. Anyone seen this wrench ? Common?

 

[Ricky Joe]

Looks like Cummins accessory drive wrench.

 

[RTM]

And another guy just brought in this obstruction wrench but I cant find it using the patent.

Try here

US3273430A - Wrench sockets, socket drives and similar couplers - Google Patents

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I think what Rags means is that's the patent for Snap-on's entire so-called "flank drive" system. Their version of a broaching that uses the flats, not the points. They put it on anything and everything that had that broaching in the 60s. It won't help uniquely identify that funky wrench.

 

[RTM]

I think what Rags means is that's the patent for Snap-on's entire so-called "flank drive" system. Their version of a broaching that uses the flats, not the points. They put it on anything and everything that had that broaching in the 60s. It won't help uniquely identify that funky wrench.

Two parts of the country separated by a common language. Usually that's us and the UK (boot vs trunk, vise vs vice, wrench vs spanner). I would chase the M?328A number to figure out the wrench's purpose, of that's the question.

And with CollectingSnapon in a full reboot, don't think that'll happen anytime soon. MAny catalogs from the 50's not back in yet.

 

[LesserSon]

The half-moon is usually marketed as a starter-manifold wrench. This one differs by having an open end, facing inward. So, obstruction or confined space, to turn something that is best approached from the side instead of the top.
What is the size?

EDIT - Wait; I’ve got it. 5/8x11/16. Air compressor / fuel pump, Cummins Diesel, like Ricky Joe said.

 

[Ricky Joe]

There is one of these on eBay right now with three days to go, bidding is up to $405 plus shipping! Unbelievable!! I would sell this one in a heartbeat for that!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...bidding is up to $405 plus shipping! Unbelievable!! I would sell this one in a heartbeat for that!

Only one bidder is going to win. You could give all the others who've already showed a propensity to bid that high another chance.

 

[Ricky Joe]

Only one bidder is going to win. You could give all the others who've already showed a propensity to bid that high another chance.

I might, if I can figure out how!

 

[snapmom]

List if as a buy it now. 400. would sell.

 

[joel63]

Two parts of the country separated by a common language. Usually that's us and the UK (boot vs trunk, vise vs vice, wrench vs spanner). I would chase the M?328A number to figure out the wrench's purpose, of that's the question.

And with CollectingSnapon in a full reboot, don't think that'll happen anytime soon. MAny catalogs from the 50's not back in yet.

Catalogs for 1950 and 1953 are showing up now.

 

[MattVette89]

A buddy at work gave me a ratchet the other day that cleaned up and now functions good. And another guy just brought in this obstruction wrench but I cant find it using the patent. Anyone seen this wrench ? Common?

Still made.

Air Compressor/ Fuel Pump Wrench
Item no :M1328A

• Includes a 5/8", 12-point box wrench on one end for servicing fuel pumps and a specially designed 11/16" open end for access to air compressor bolts

 

[MisterEd]

Cleaned this 650 Prybar enough to expose a number "8". The Collecting Snap-On has a Date Chart which suggests that this "8" means 1928. The Snap-On site seems to be in limbo, so are there any Snap-On knowledgeable people who can clarify the Date Code for this?

 

[snapmom]

looks like 78. They did not make this tool in 28

 

[Private Lugnutz]

And there were no mandatory OSHA warnings on striking tools in '68.

 

[MisterEd]

Was certain it was not 1928, but the abstract manner in which they created numbers makes the 3 letter code by Klein and other approaches seem much better. I'm sure y'all have seen the List from Collecting Snap-On.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I appreciate the other date codes (Bonney, J.P. Danielson, Plomb, etc), but I've always thought the Snap-on system (the same number, depicted differently) was kind of neat. It has certainly given collectors something to mull over and talk about!

 

[RTM]

Especially when poorly stamped, or rusted.

 

[Debcrow]

Blue Point Ignition C-52B Set (or Carb set?). 1953 date code

 

[saukit]

Found some rats the other day, some in better shape than others. L710 on the left and some other 710 in the middle, this one is rough. Nice clean f70m and a few other parts that I grabbed with some sockets. Will post that later.

 

[LesserSon]

Shop or factory? The “socket” is 1/2sq to 1/2sq. No date code, size or part#. No detent, but it does look like there could have been another socket peened on the other end.
I plucked this, plus a longer extension with similar, but rusted-beyond-recognition socket pinned to it that has a pressed nib along the shaft.

EDIT: Two weeks later, at a different vendor at a different flea market, I saw another extension just like this..same-age 4pt-4pt “socket” on the end, no detent ball on the other end. So I think it must be factory. I would have bought it but the vendor wanted $15, if I understood correctly. I may see it again and check that price.

 

[snapmom]

maybe it has been turned around, or just cut off

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Turned around I think

 

[saukit]

Not sure how vintage all this stuff is but here are some new acquisitions: On the socket rail is an almost uninterrupted run of IMFM 3/8" impact metric sockets, missing the 14 unfortunately. The cornwell wobbler is just on there because it's 3/8", the three wobblers next to it are Snap on. The hammer is a 16, the handle is stamped and I assume original. The punch is a Blue Point and next to it are a little hex drive and two big torx looking things but they're labeled weirdly with a 10 and a 12. Then there are 6 Whitworth sockets continuing the theme of missing one in the set, a shiny breaker bar, some random tool marked 2140-~9, and two more misc sockets. This stuff came from a sale where I had an existential crisis about ripping off a random lady and so I didn't dig for the missing impact and Whitworth which I now regret

 

[humber2]

The Triple Square sockets feature the elusive black bands which some collectors seek.

The 1/2 drive Whitworth sockets showing W sizing date from the 1950’s formed part of set of 11 sizes from 1/8 thru 3/4 in 1/16 increments.

WW or BS sets faded out of Catalogs last Century.

My image shows the extent.

 

[saukit]

Thanks humber2, very helpful info!

 

[d42jeep]

Roy has found quite a few tools lately that are of interest to me. This PWA marked push rod adjuster was patented in 1925 but I’m sure it was made around a couple of decades after that. It’ll be a cool addition to my NAF box.
-Don