Show us your Vintage Automobile Paraphernalia

[1930artdeco]

Mintgrun, thanks for the tip. I never noticed it before, now if all of the other forums had that option.....

Mike

 

[2oolhound]

Lost speedway race schedules for '61 and '66. Westwood was a beautiful location. It fell victim to urban development (Westwood Plateau) in around 1990. The name originated with the SCCBC paying respect to Earle C. Westwood, the provincial minister of recreation who helped them attain their lease on the Crown land. The bumper stickers read: Westwood. Mountain High Racing.

Fond memories but sadly missed, it was a great venue for the city of Vancouver.



I picked up this cool tire mounting rig ($5) thinking I'll try it out next time I'm doing motorcycle tires.

 

[ooba tooba]

Here’s a rare Pope Toledo hubcap and wheel from 1905 or so

 

[ooba tooba]

Milburn Wagon Co pamphlet for their electric car WW1 era

 

[ooba tooba]

Here’s a 1908 Ford pamphlet featuring the models just prior to the Model T (even though the T did come out the same year. I got both this and the Milburn pamphlets for $25 on eBay.

 

[Modern Garage]

Fond memories but sadly missed, it was a great venue for the city of Vancouver.



I picked up this cool tire mounting rig ($5) thinking I'll try it out next time I'm doing motorcycle tires.

I forgot about that tire bead expander. There used to be one hanging on the wall a 'looooong' time ago at the Standard gas station where I worked. I can't remember what the crank knob looked like so I wonder if it was missing too and waiting for someone with a golfball and time on his hands...
Joe

 

[gearhead1960]

Just found this thread.....love it. Here's an ashtray that has some history. It was my dad's and it was his workbench astray. Many a camel unfiltered rested in this vintage piece of glass. Dates back to the 1960's.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Classic!

 

[humber2]

How about my late 1920’s Lucas mirror?

 

[MR.X]

Radiator flush nozzle. I run into similar K.R. Wilson ones once in a while and still have one somewhere. Not sure I've seen Eveready before.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Cool find, X. I was mildly and temporarily perplexed by the "EVEREADY" branding on a DOE tank wrench I found last year, until I figured out that Union Carbine owned Oxweld! Posted here if you're interested.

But what I really want to comment on is your photo backdrop. Holy Cowling! Is that really a Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft logo I see on that wooden box??!! I see the Wright marking, too. Are they painted or what? Have you shown this box on the 'Toolboxes' thread or anywhere else before? If so, I don't recall.

 

[MR.X]

New Jersey radar activated I see...I think that's whats left of a real old sticker. Besides that and the Air Corp star there's a previous owner's name and the uneven Wright Aeronautical Paterson paint job plus dude's initials painted on side of box too.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

New Jersey radar activated I see...

Haha!

 

[MR.X]

Cool find, X. I was mildly and temporarily perplexed by the "EVEREADY" branding on a DOE tank wrench I found last year, until I figured out that Union Carbine owned Oxweld! Posted here if you're interested.

But what I really want to comment on is your photo backdrop. Holy Cowling! Is that really a Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft logo I see on that wooden box??!! I see the Wright marking, too. Are they painted or what? Have you shown this box on the 'Toolboxes' thread or anywhere else before? If so, I don't recall.

little bit better pic.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Holy Logo, that is even older than Wittemann-Lewis!

 

[1930artdeco]

Not supper fancy but just picked up a Schrader tire pressure gauge. Hoping I can get it functional again to use on my car.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice find. The pressure markings won't match, but that is how I got my balloon era jobbies open. Unlike later vintage and modern TPG's, you can't grab it. It's nested in the other end. We had a little run on them a few weeks or so pages back (page 18) if you want to read up on it.

 

[gearhead1960]

Here's an ashtray I picked up years ago that has always been one of my favorites. It features a few famous names in the automotive field and the aviation field......





Oh yeah, I guess I should mention I used to work for Goodyear and I have ridden on the "blimp", just not the "Akron".

 

[gearhead1960]

Vintage Automobile Paraphernalia can cover a lot of ground from tools to souvenirs. The following don't have a brand on them, but were part of someone's road trip many many years ago. I get a chuckle everytime I look at them.....

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

Here's an ashtray I picked up years ago that has always been one of my favorites. It features a few famous names in the automotive field and the aviation field......





Oh yeah, I guess I should mention I used to work for Goodyear and I have ridden on the "blimp", just not the "Akron".

That’s a beauty! The history of the Akron is interesting in a morbid way. There’s a good podcast about it in “Things you missed in History Class.”

 

[Private Lugnutz]

I guess I should mention I used to work for Goodyear and I have ridden on the "blimp", just not the "Akron".

In the "greybeard panel" (consultant) years of my career now I've been working from home and shuttling between Ft Huachuca, APG, and JBMDL, but I'm pretty sure a propeller from the "Akron" is on display at the security/reception building outside the gate at Lakehurst, where I have a small office for some non public network access. As chance would have it, I will be there later today. I'll snap a photo.

 

[gearhead1960]

In the "greybeard panel" (consultant) years of my career now I've been working from home and shuttling between Ft Huachuca, APG, and JBMDL, but I'm pretty sure a propeller from the "Akron" is on display at the security/reception building outside the gate at Lakehurst, where I have a small office for some non public network access. As chance would have it, I will be there later today. I'll snap a photo.

@Private Lugnutz

Did you "capture" the prop?

 

[Stillgottimefor1]

Not sure if these qualify.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

@gearhead1960

Yup! See Pics 1, 2, and 3 below. I included some detail shots. I don't know if they recovered all four of the props, and if so, if the other three are also here or not. Lakehurst is the site of the Hindenburg crash, of course, and they have a model suspended above the atrium in the same lobby (see Pic 4). The Army is just a tenant, but we maintain a sizable flight operation and range (integration and testing of special R&D payloads on various manned and unmanned fixed wing and rotary platforms) here. Before the new hangar was built, we were using Hangar 5, one of the five old, original airship hangars, believe it or not. I wish I could post photos of those. Not allowed. The doors, which slid open and closed, are affixed to a structural steel ribbed trestle on railroad tracks, and each one had its own motorized sled, operator shack, and crew.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Not sure if these qualify.

Driving goggles would! Driving gloves, too! I'll have to post some later.

We do have a good vintage safety goggles thread. If you enjoy collecting them (I do!), you should page through it and post those. See Sticky Index.

 

[gearhead1960]

@gearhead1960

Yup! See Pics 1, 2, and 3 below. I included some detail shots. I don't know if they recovered all four of the props, and if so, if the other three are also here or not. Lakehurst is the site of the Hindenburg crash, of course, and they have a model suspended above the atrium in the same lobby (see Pic 4). The Army is just a tenant, but we maintain a sizable flight operation and range (integration and testing of special R&D payloads on various manned and unmanned fixed wing and rotary platforms) here. Before the new hangar was built, we were using Hangar 5, one of the five old, original airship hangars, believe it or not. I wish I could post photos of those. Not allowed. The doors, which slid open and closed, are affixed to a structural steel ribbed trestle on railroad tracks, and each one had its own motorized sled, operator shack, and crew.

Very cool! Thanks for doing that. Definitely a unique exhibit. Being in the NOVA area close to NASM @ Dulles, I get the opportunity to see a lot of aviation history. My favorite time to visit is when they have their annual "Open House". They open the restoration wing for visitors to walk the floor right next to the artifacts under preservation/restoration. Typically, the actual personnel doing the work are present to answer questions about their activities on the relics. Makes for a very interesting and enlightening visit.

 

[RAS61]

Some display items on a shelf in the garage (L to R):

* A Lincoln paperweight made from a hood ornament - dealer gift to my grandfather when he got his '66 suicide door Continental. A lot of cool features on that car - powered vent windows, a horizontal bar speedometer, and an 8-track built into the dash

* 1951 Chrysler hood ornament - picked up online for not too much and made a wooden base to display; my poor man's attempt at collecting the Pierce Arrow, Duesy, Packard, and other 20's hood ornaments I'd really like to have

* Old Triumph grille badge - also picked up online years ago when I got my TR6. Heavy and well made, probably from 60's if not older

 

[c1504]

Here's an ashtray I picked up years ago that has always been one of my favorites. It features a few famous names in the automotive field and the aviation field......





Oh yeah, I guess I should mention I used to work for Goodyear and I have ridden on the "blimp", just not the "Akron".

That is without a doubt the coolest ash tray I have ever seen! I find zeppelins so fascinating

 

[Ricky Joe]

Vintage Automobile Paraphernalia can cover a lot of ground from tools to souvenirs. The following don't have a brand on them, but were part of someone's road trip many many years ago. I get a chuckle everytime I look at them.....

My uncle was the administrator for the Parkway the last few years before he retired. I think his ingrained Baptist sensibilities would have been affronted by those!

 

[Farmer J.]

Here's an ashtray I picked up years ago that has always been one of my favorites. It features a few famous names in the automotive field and the aviation field......





Oh yeah, I guess I should mention I used to work for Goodyear and I have ridden on the "blimp", just not the "Akron".

Lovely sunny winters day here so i took my old Land Rover for a ride out on an errand to fetch spare parts. Went past the 2 huge airship hangers at Cardington and stopped for sandwich lunch by the Church there. There is a nice little display commemorating the 1930 crash of the R101 which includes a photograph taken by my uncle at the crash site in Beauvais, France.

British Airship R.101 Crashes, Killing 48 - This Day in 1930 | Airships.net

On October 5, 1930, the British airship R.101 crashed on a hill in Beauvais, France. The impact was gentle and survivable but the ship was...

www.airships.net

 

[Old Radar]

A chilling story of bureaucratic disregard of science, experts and operators resulting in unnecessary tragedy. Thank God humanity has learned its lesson and now trust and follow recommendations of scientists and experts! Oh, wait...

 

[Copymutt]

Was gonna covert my 265 V8 to electronic ignition. Found this in one of my numerous junk drawers. All set to go now.
Thought it was maybe 70’s based on the vehicle on box.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Thought it was maybe 70’s based on the vehicle on box.

See where it says "U.S. PAPTENT OFFICE NO."? What is the number after it? Can't read it. Looks like six digits, so it's probably a trademark registration number, not a patent number. Same office. If you post the number, I'll look it up.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

@Farmer J.
I was thinking about you when I ran into a couple hundred toy cars and trucks at the flea market this morning and I spotted this Rover. Sorry, mate, I like you, but I don't like you as much as $15 + shipping to England.

 

[Copymutt]

See where it says "U.S. PAPTENT OFFICE NO."? What is the number after it? Can't read it. Looks like six digits, so it's probably a trademark registration number, not a patent number. Same office. If you post the number, I'll look it up.

Here ya go, thank you.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Not a big help. TM'd in '59, first use '52. Love the shocking font.

 

[Farmer J.]

@Farmer J.
I was thinking about you when I ran into a couple hundred toy cars and trucks at the flea market this morning and I spotted this Rover. Sorry, mate, I like you, but I don't like you as much as $15 + shipping to England.

Thanks Lugz, 'it's the thought that counts', and I wouldn't want you to splash that much cash on a model 107" wheelbase LR pick up even though they are quite rare now. Those wheels don't look original to me either.
The full size version of those vehicles had the worst turning circle ever, my Father tried one but only for a few days as couldn't turn it around in his own farm yard!

 

[Glemon]

Off the top of my head, old battery charger, 60s maybe, not as old as many of the items posted, but still works and pretty cool looking. Lots of magazines and literature from the 50s and up.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

old battery charger, 60s maybe, not as old as many of the items posted, but still works and pretty cool looking.

Very cool looking. Another high-voltage font. Registered 1962, first use 1961. Funny how taste ages as we age. Thirty years ago I probably wouldn't've had any interest in that, and even now my aesthetics go back much farther, to the antique eras, but all of a sudden, as I hit the 60's, things that were made in the 60's and the 60's look is somehow becoming more and more appealing, less and less junky. From the bright blue to the shape of the vents to the plastic strap and especially the single centrally placed dial on that shiny stainless steel face plate and the "Streak" name, that thing just screams 60's.

I have two tube era battery chargers that I have never potsed here, but they have their own thread...

c. 1920's Westinghouse "Rectigon" Battery Charger

I picked up a c.1920’s Westinghouse “Rectigon” Battery Charger at the flea market this morning. It was part of an old garage/shop estate sale lot that yielded a few other interesting prizes. Looks a little better after a light cleaning. Leads and power cord terminate in the back. That...

www.garagejournal.com

...if anyone is interested in looking closer, and I've attached a few pics below.

 

[d42jeep]

I took this picture of some various oil cans recently moved into my basement in anticipation of my upcoming basement tour thread.
-Don