2022 Garage Sale Thread
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Old Man Roger
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I was going to say that reminded me of my old catholic school playground bell.
Private Lugnutz
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Welcome to the Colton Club! (And if you're already a member, congrats on another one!)
That is the best find I have seen in the last week or so.
all aboveYou both look like you're ready for duty if your Hip Pocket Orders were invoked tomorrow!
Snerk.
Fixed it for you.
That's a cool find.
Thanks! And so jealous! The 70's era Enduro-riding teen in me just did a wheelie on Main Street on his non-licensed Husqy, then evaded the police cutting through Memorial Park over to Franklin, down to 4th Street, up the "snake path" to the High School through the PL out to Fireline Road, the trail between the stadium and Chestnut Ridge over to 3rd Street down the hill to the alley behind Princeton Ave safely into the garage, all in his golden-tinged memory.
Old Man Roger
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AAHH who doesnt have fond memories of their first police chase..lol I think I was about 8 on my YZ80..lolThe 70's era Enduro-riding teen in me just did a wheelie on Main Street on his non-licensed Husqy, then evaded the police cutting through Memorial Park over to Franklin, down to 4th Street, up the "snake path" to the HS out on Fireline Road, and back around to 3rd Street down the hill to the alley behind Princeton Ave safely into the garage, all in his golden-tinged memory.
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MrsLS & I picked up a King Seely powerbronze Craftsman 150 drill press this morning after answering a CL ad. Paid $125 asking price. Seller was up front about the slow speed attachment he had swapped onto another 150 and a couple pieces that were missing, but I am pretty sure I have what it needs on my other 150 (which suffers from suspicious cracks in the headstock and base). I’m not a particular fan of powerbronze, but I have half a rattlecan of champaign mist. If it still sprays, I’ll spiff up the base, maybe the table. The headstock is pretty good as is.
My previous 150 lack the model plate, but the base is identical, though the table is slightly different.
Motor is a general purpose 1/2hp, but a Craftsman nonetheless.
Not sure if it was swapped from the guy’s other 150, which was an Emerson (snapped a pic of its plate).
My previous 150 lack the model plate, but the base is identical, though the table is slightly different.
Motor is a general purpose 1/2hp, but a Craftsman nonetheless.
Not sure if it was swapped from the guy’s other 150, which was an Emerson (snapped a pic of its plate).
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These are some items I picked up today at an Estate Sale for $15.
S-K 52 series 12, 15, 16mm Wrenches
S-K # 8208 8&10mm Wrench
S-K # 88311 11mm Wrench
S-K # 88313 13mm Wrench
S-K # 311 6pt 3/8 11mm Socket
Indestro # 751 3/8 - 7/16 BBE Wrench
Indestro # 2875 Ratchet
Snap On # SFSM10 10mm 6pt 3/8 Socket
William # B-40 3/8 Breaker Bar
Craftsman # 43542 6pt 3/8 10mm Socket
Craftsman # 44304 12pt 3/8 10mm Socket
Craftsman # 44302 12pt 3/8 10mm Socket
Craftsman # 44301 12pt 3/8 9mm Socket
Thorsen 12mm Wrench
Walden Worcester 1/4 Inch Breaker Bar
Petersen Vice Grips #'s 5 & 10
Ortho Spray Elite 2
Master Lock # 5
Vintage Screw Jack
Vintage Muffler Clamp
S-K 52 series 12, 15, 16mm Wrenches
S-K # 8208 8&10mm Wrench
S-K # 88311 11mm Wrench
S-K # 88313 13mm Wrench
S-K # 311 6pt 3/8 11mm Socket
Indestro # 751 3/8 - 7/16 BBE Wrench
Indestro # 2875 Ratchet
Snap On # SFSM10 10mm 6pt 3/8 Socket
William # B-40 3/8 Breaker Bar
Craftsman # 43542 6pt 3/8 10mm Socket
Craftsman # 44304 12pt 3/8 10mm Socket
Craftsman # 44302 12pt 3/8 10mm Socket
Craftsman # 44301 12pt 3/8 9mm Socket
Thorsen 12mm Wrench
Walden Worcester 1/4 Inch Breaker Bar
Petersen Vice Grips #'s 5 & 10
Ortho Spray Elite 2
Master Lock # 5
Vintage Screw Jack
Vintage Muffler Clamp
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As stated in my last post, I went to a couple of sales on Friday, strictly because I was at a nearby appointment in the early afternoon. Pictures didn’t indicate anything to get excited about but the reality—as reality often does—turned out completely different. So much so, I’m going to have to break this down into two posts.
At the first one, several tool boxes presented themselves along with a few tubs of wrenches. Two tool boxes were loaded and I spent about 20-30 minutes digging through them. In the first one, I found an unpriced Ziploc bag chock full of old sockets, 9/32” Snap-on rats and PL∇MB extensions—including three WF-5s, all of slightly different lengths. Also in the boxes I found the Williams beavertail 3/8 ratchet, the 3/8 drive plug, Starrett center punch (just like Beemer’s find a couple of days ago—but without a point), a Union Tool Co. 6” rule that looks just like a Starrett and an old Pearl Brewery keychain bottle/can opener. In the tubs I picked up the Williams and PL∇MB wrenches.
Unfortunately, the hex ell has its tip torqued off. I’m not sure the ½” extension in the Williams group is actually a Williams. It has a stamped diamond but the letter inside is illegible. The numbers are 41 – B – 309 ½. OAL is 10-1/4”
Top to bottom, L to R:
Pearl Brewery keychain bottle/can opener
Williams Group
S-K ext & socket
Three Wright Sockets; MS 55, 56 & 57
Starrett Center Punch
9/32 Snap-on Group w/ two 3/8 sockets
PL∇MB wrenches & a Proto, mfd
9/32 PL∇MB WF extensions & a well worn ¼” chisel
3/8” drive plug
Assorted PL∇MB WF 9/32 & 3/8 sockets
Union Tool Co. 6” rule
Duro Chrome 3/8 ignition wrench and orphan sockets: Indestro, Thorsen, Fleet, Hinsdale and last, one I’m not familiar with a logo something like this: —\W/_
I held my breath as the garage agent looked things over and declared the “long tools” are about $1 apiece, let’s call it $13. Then he hefted the Ziploc full of sockets, etc., and said: $2. Out the door for $15+tax.
I didn’t think that the day could get any better, but I was wrong.
At the first one, several tool boxes presented themselves along with a few tubs of wrenches. Two tool boxes were loaded and I spent about 20-30 minutes digging through them. In the first one, I found an unpriced Ziploc bag chock full of old sockets, 9/32” Snap-on rats and PL∇MB extensions—including three WF-5s, all of slightly different lengths. Also in the boxes I found the Williams beavertail 3/8 ratchet, the 3/8 drive plug, Starrett center punch (just like Beemer’s find a couple of days ago—but without a point), a Union Tool Co. 6” rule that looks just like a Starrett and an old Pearl Brewery keychain bottle/can opener. In the tubs I picked up the Williams and PL∇MB wrenches.
Unfortunately, the hex ell has its tip torqued off. I’m not sure the ½” extension in the Williams group is actually a Williams. It has a stamped diamond but the letter inside is illegible. The numbers are 41 – B – 309 ½. OAL is 10-1/4”
Top to bottom, L to R:
Pearl Brewery keychain bottle/can opener
Williams Group
S-K ext & socket
Three Wright Sockets; MS 55, 56 & 57
Starrett Center Punch
9/32 Snap-on Group w/ two 3/8 sockets
PL∇MB wrenches & a Proto, mfd
9/32 PL∇MB WF extensions & a well worn ¼” chisel
3/8” drive plug
Assorted PL∇MB WF 9/32 & 3/8 sockets
Union Tool Co. 6” rule
Duro Chrome 3/8 ignition wrench and orphan sockets: Indestro, Thorsen, Fleet, Hinsdale and last, one I’m not familiar with a logo something like this: —\W/_
I held my breath as the garage agent looked things over and declared the “long tools” are about $1 apiece, let’s call it $13. Then he hefted the Ziploc full of sockets, etc., and said: $2. Out the door for $15+tax.
I didn’t think that the day could get any better, but I was wrong.
This is the second stop of my Friday adventure.
I went directly to the back yard where a nice guy was monitoring the shed. Just outside were arrayed four decrepit tool boxes and their rusty contents. Each box had a $20 or $25 price tag. I told the nice guy that didn’t need another tool box and asked if it would be alright to pick through them for individual tools. He said he would have to ask the boss and went off to do so while I started identifying items of interest. The boss came by in short order and I reiterated my desire. She said to make a pile and then she would redistribute the remaining tools to even out the boxes
There was a lot of New Britain manufactured Craftsman (BE). Unfortunately, there had also been several of those nasty screw drivers with the handles that deteriorate, off-gassing the **** out of things and rusting whatever was in near contact. (At this point I found out that the house had been vacant for five years before the descendants of the owner’s got around to dealing with it.)
After picking my fill from the decrepit tool boxes, I went into the shed and saw another $20 tool box that wasn’t so decrepit. It was mostly a familiar dark blue and had the remains of a still recognizable water decal. I looked at all the Craftsman (BE) in my bag, hurriedly calculated the sum of two plus two and came up with the requisite answer. I dove into the Long C Craftsman box but only found a few CM items—most of the contents was actual junk with a healthy (or unhealthy) helping of deteriorated screw driver handle dust in the bottom drawer. About this time the boss came back in to see how I was doing. I told her that despite my earlier misgivings about buying another tool box, I would buy this one if she let me dump all the dreck out of it and replace it with my pickings. I fully expected a harsh rejoinder on the disparity between dreck and pickings accompanied by a new price in the neighborhood of $60, from which we would work our way to a mutually acceptable midpoint. Instead, she exclaimed “Bingo! Deal!!” Afterward, concerned about a possible hernia, she brought me a dolly and helped me heft the box into my trunk.
After I got home and started sorting through everything, I began to worry I might have overlooked some items. I went back the next day and am glad I did. I added the Amber Handle hacksaw and screw driver, a couple of deep sockets that I missed, the 3/8 speeder that I had originally left behind due to the massive amount of rust, the Walden-Worchester T-socket, PL∇MB feeler gauge and several other items—including the largest needles I have ever seen at 16 inches. The boss was not in as good a mood as the day before, apparently due to some very rude customers, so for the comparatively small secondary haul she charged me $12. I didn’t complain, though!!
Also found in the box was a receipt for some aircraft parts (I can read tailwheel) from 1946.
Now comes the big job of cleaning up this rusty mess! I’ll post better pictures when I’m done.
I went directly to the back yard where a nice guy was monitoring the shed. Just outside were arrayed four decrepit tool boxes and their rusty contents. Each box had a $20 or $25 price tag. I told the nice guy that didn’t need another tool box and asked if it would be alright to pick through them for individual tools. He said he would have to ask the boss and went off to do so while I started identifying items of interest. The boss came by in short order and I reiterated my desire. She said to make a pile and then she would redistribute the remaining tools to even out the boxes
There was a lot of New Britain manufactured Craftsman (BE). Unfortunately, there had also been several of those nasty screw drivers with the handles that deteriorate, off-gassing the **** out of things and rusting whatever was in near contact. (At this point I found out that the house had been vacant for five years before the descendants of the owner’s got around to dealing with it.)
After picking my fill from the decrepit tool boxes, I went into the shed and saw another $20 tool box that wasn’t so decrepit. It was mostly a familiar dark blue and had the remains of a still recognizable water decal. I looked at all the Craftsman (BE) in my bag, hurriedly calculated the sum of two plus two and came up with the requisite answer. I dove into the Long C Craftsman box but only found a few CM items—most of the contents was actual junk with a healthy (or unhealthy) helping of deteriorated screw driver handle dust in the bottom drawer. About this time the boss came back in to see how I was doing. I told her that despite my earlier misgivings about buying another tool box, I would buy this one if she let me dump all the dreck out of it and replace it with my pickings. I fully expected a harsh rejoinder on the disparity between dreck and pickings accompanied by a new price in the neighborhood of $60, from which we would work our way to a mutually acceptable midpoint. Instead, she exclaimed “Bingo! Deal!!” Afterward, concerned about a possible hernia, she brought me a dolly and helped me heft the box into my trunk.
After I got home and started sorting through everything, I began to worry I might have overlooked some items. I went back the next day and am glad I did. I added the Amber Handle hacksaw and screw driver, a couple of deep sockets that I missed, the 3/8 speeder that I had originally left behind due to the massive amount of rust, the Walden-Worchester T-socket, PL∇MB feeler gauge and several other items—including the largest needles I have ever seen at 16 inches. The boss was not in as good a mood as the day before, apparently due to some very rude customers, so for the comparatively small secondary haul she charged me $12. I didn’t complain, though!!
Also found in the box was a receipt for some aircraft parts (I can read tailwheel) from 1946.
Now comes the big job of cleaning up this rusty mess! I’ll post better pictures when I’m done.
Private Lugnutz
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Snerk. They're ALWAYS the boss!
Probably a good clue. It's like archeology!
That's what the grad students are for! (Oh, wait, I got carried away with the metaphor...)
alinc100
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I'd think that would be quite desirable to the Craftsman Collectors. You ****.
After I got home and started sorting through everything, I began to worry I might have overlooked some items. I went back the next day and am glad I did. I added the Amber Handle hacksaw and screw driver, The boss was not in as good a mood as the day before, apparently due to some very rude customers, so for the comparatively small secondary haul she charged me $12. I didn’t complain, though!!
gpw_42
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OR *****...profusely for the mix of Cman and Plvmb! That box is awesome, and even better with so much of its original contents. Lugz, Don and I are acquainted with a collector in Scotland who has a large, and largely complete, C-man box of that era, which has a removable carry tray.
Hit a ToT this afternoon. Below is the only "tool" they had, on top of a Desert Storm era rucksack cover, from the same sale. To beat a dead horse, I passed on the steel Jerry can they had on site - exterior condition OK, but too new for my tastes.
Hit a ToT this afternoon. Below is the only "tool" they had, on top of a Desert Storm era rucksack cover, from the same sale. To beat a dead horse, I passed on the steel Jerry can they had on site - exterior condition OK, but too new for my tastes.
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Outlawmws
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What gauge was the Jerry can? 
Taking break from receiver hitch fab... No trouble from the hernia incision, but after 2+ months doing almost nothing, I'm out of shape...
Mixed bag, today, 6 planned, lots of TOO's one paid off:
First planned stop was a pretty good one however, a guy doing a personal "clean-out":
This is a fire ring (4 pieces). WAY too big assembled by my standards, (about 3 feet..) but I may see if I can get access to a set of rolls and make a smaller ring from 2 or 3. I liked the deer motif. It needs some wing nuts and bolts to assemble.
He had a box of car related books and magazines, the mags were all old hot rodding -just a sample:
and this was in with the mags - A history of a local foundry, on their centennial: (Sorry for the glare - its still wrapped in plastic)
Tossed these in the book/mag box:
And these, The Box needs the hasp re-attached and the hinges re-set, but its a decent sized box adn all finger joint construction.
And lastly from that stop - these free jacks - He really was clearing out!
The red is a Blackahwk, I have not deciphered the other one.
$10 all!
Another place had the Giants fan stuff:
And this was from the TOO - Klein Cable cutters, Cresent compound dykes, an old pair of JMC Blasting cap Crimpers, Kline extension, and 2 Indestro ratchets. $5
Taking break from receiver hitch fab... No trouble from the hernia incision, but after 2+ months doing almost nothing, I'm out of shape...
Mixed bag, today, 6 planned, lots of TOO's one paid off:
First planned stop was a pretty good one however, a guy doing a personal "clean-out":
This is a fire ring (4 pieces). WAY too big assembled by my standards, (about 3 feet..) but I may see if I can get access to a set of rolls and make a smaller ring from 2 or 3. I liked the deer motif. It needs some wing nuts and bolts to assemble.
He had a box of car related books and magazines, the mags were all old hot rodding -just a sample:
and this was in with the mags - A history of a local foundry, on their centennial: (Sorry for the glare - its still wrapped in plastic)
Tossed these in the book/mag box:
And these, The Box needs the hasp re-attached and the hinges re-set, but its a decent sized box adn all finger joint construction.
And lastly from that stop - these free jacks - He really was clearing out!
The red is a Blackahwk, I have not deciphered the other one.
$10 all!
Another place had the Giants fan stuff:
And this was from the TOO - Klein Cable cutters, Cresent compound dykes, an old pair of JMC Blasting cap Crimpers, Kline extension, and 2 Indestro ratchets. $5
I tried to get the dates the W.B. Mathews company was in operation here on Grayson Street. Nothing on the internet and even the Chamber of Commerce came up dry. The earliest date I could find is 1989, when "Nightmare on Grayson" first opened up as a seasonal Haunted House. It remained in operation for 24 years. The building is currently occupied by West Elm, a modern furniture and home decor store.
Mine, too! Archive.org shows it as 99 AC 4375 in the 1939 through 1942 catalogs. By 1948 the same numbered case was an inch longer and "Machine Gray" instead of Crackle Blue.
83VillageRepair
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I grew up in rural SD. When I ran from the police they just went to my house and waited for meteen in me just did a wheelie on Main Street on his non-licensed Husqy, then evaded the police cutting through Memorial Park over to Franklin, down to 4th Street, up the "snake path" to the High School through the PL out to Fireline Road, the trail between the stadium and Chestnut Ridge over to 3rd Street down the hill to the alley behind Princeton Ave safely into the garage, all in his golden-tinged memory.
Private Lugnutz
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Haha! My hometown wasn't a metropolis, either. Small working class town in coalcracker country. Being recognized was a concern. My brother and I tried not to wear the same helmets too often!
jeffmoss26
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today's haul
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Lotusnut
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The needles are for rib stitching on fabric covered aircraft wings, I can honestly say I havent done that in 4 decades.several other items—including the largest needles I have ever seen at 16 inches.
Also found in the box was a receipt for some aircraft parts (I can read tailwheel) fromQ
Nice Klein hammer. That’s sweet.
That’s a you **** box with you **** tools at a you **** price! Careful, now, or you’ll find a crinkle blue roll cart out on a curb.
Private Lugnutz
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You have the receipt, Orville!
Which is a timeframe that matches the 1946 on the receipt, Wilbur. If you really wanted to find actual references in between '42 and '48, you could consult the wartime Christmas catalogs at the Wishbook Web site, which is what I use to try to fill in that free and open source cat gap.
Terrific box.
alinc100
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One large annual flea market last week, local to me so I finally went. Lots of fall decorations,pumpkin spice everywhere. Not as many vendors with tools as I had hoped. $3 entry fee + $4 netted me these Craftsman items: 
In the left behind segment I thought of Outlaw instantly :
In the left behind segment I thought of Outlaw instantly :
d42jeep
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Outlaw,
Nice find on the Giants stuff. You might want to wait until next season to put the parking sign up, though.
-Don
My Friday finds are barely worth mentioning.
Nice find on the Giants stuff. You might want to wait until next season to put the parking sign up, though.
-Don
My Friday finds are barely worth mentioning.
alinc100
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OR , I believe your toolbox first appeared in 1939 , and by 1945 it was replaced with a Heritage badge box. 1st pic 1939,2nd pic 1942,3rd pic 1941. I believe the catalogs in 43,44 were light on mechanics tools as the war efforts continued.
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Private Lugnutz
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Pretty good (by my own standards) small haul (Lugz 2022_45) from the flea this morning.
- The folding Corona 41 pruning saw is a rare user purchase for me. (I need one.)
- The only reason I even spotted the SW & the 7D's is because I though they were some kind of bits. They are pewter candle holders for a birthday cake. I'm not a big Disney fan, to be honest, but Mrs. Lugz is, and I always like to bring her something every once in awhile.
- The Shelton Socketool kit is classic 60's. I have a bigger one that this junior version will complement very nicely.
- Last but definitely not least, that envelope-shaped OD pouch with the "US" ink stamp on the flap is a wartime Jeep toolkit pouch.
Seemingly in another lifetime it's been so long now and so much has changed since then, I quite literally "wrote the book" on Willys MB toolkits (it was a chapter, actually) in a collectors' guide, with a friend and colleague, and the pouch (technically, a "bag") was a section I spent considerable time on. This is a later war (May 1943 >) No. 15-B pouch, with a flexible metal stiffener sewn into the opening hem and "draw straps" instead of "draw ropes." Not all of the tools in the kit went inside the bag, but for more context, here is a photo from the book showing a figure of the toolkit from a manual, SNL G503 dated January 1944, and I attached a few older photos of a couple other bags I have found, in a couple of the kits that I have assembled.
- The folding Corona 41 pruning saw is a rare user purchase for me. (I need one.)
- The only reason I even spotted the SW & the 7D's is because I though they were some kind of bits. They are pewter candle holders for a birthday cake. I'm not a big Disney fan, to be honest, but Mrs. Lugz is, and I always like to bring her something every once in awhile.
- The Shelton Socketool kit is classic 60's. I have a bigger one that this junior version will complement very nicely.
- Last but definitely not least, that envelope-shaped OD pouch with the "US" ink stamp on the flap is a wartime Jeep toolkit pouch.
Seemingly in another lifetime it's been so long now and so much has changed since then, I quite literally "wrote the book" on Willys MB toolkits (it was a chapter, actually) in a collectors' guide, with a friend and colleague, and the pouch (technically, a "bag") was a section I spent considerable time on. This is a later war (May 1943 >) No. 15-B pouch, with a flexible metal stiffener sewn into the opening hem and "draw straps" instead of "draw ropes." Not all of the tools in the kit went inside the bag, but for more context, here is a photo from the book showing a figure of the toolkit from a manual, SNL G503 dated January 1944, and I attached a few older photos of a couple other bags I have found, in a couple of the kits that I have assembled.
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Private Lugnutz
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Nothing really LEFT-BEHIND worthy, but when I went into the woods to take a leak (we're not that uncivilized, there are porta-potties, I was just too lazy to walk all the way back there with 3 cups of coffee in me!), I ran into a little makeshift hobo's camp, where the cats can apparently read English!
Old Man Roger
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Bringing back all kinds of childhood memories. LolHaha! My hometown wasn't a metropolis, either. Small working class town in coalcracker country. Being recognized was a concern. My brother and I tried not to wear the same helmets too often!
I was blasting through my neighborhood on a yz100 when a local cop apparently decided I had just assassinated a prominent politician..lol I turned on to the railroad tracks that were lined with the biggest whoops you ever saw, I knew I was home free, cause what maniac would ever try to follow a kid on a dirt bike through 4 foot deep whoops in a 4 door dodge diplomat? Ya, this guy was looking like the dukes of hazard trying to run me over, luckily I had hit the first set of whoops just right and Brock Glover’d my way across the top of about 50 of them to the next trail.
That cop was nuts.
Reminding his kids so they don’t get flees?Nothing really LEFT-BEHIND worthy, but when I went into the woods to take a leak (we're not that uncivilized, there are porta-potties, I was just too lazy to walk all the way back there with 3 cups of coffee in me!), I ran into a little makeshift hobo's camp, where the cats can apparently read English!
Outlawmws
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Holy Crud Alinc! but at $5 ea, I don't blame you for leaving behind...
Don, I agree on the sign, but someone else in the house gets the Giants stuff, there is an actual "Giants Shine" in one corner of the FR where the TV is.
Lugz, nice finds! I see very little of the army stuff around here for less than Eprey wish list $$. For all the Shelton's I have, I have yet yo find a box, much less a boxed set. on th hobo camp pic!
Don, I agree on the sign, but someone else in the house gets the Giants stuff, there is an actual "Giants Shine" in one corner of the FR where the TV is.
Lugz, nice finds! I see very little of the army stuff around here for less than Eprey wish list $$. For all the Shelton's I have, I have yet yo find a box, much less a boxed set.
on th hobo camp pic!Smokeshow69
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Major suckage here! A long c top chest isn’t easy to find on the left coast but maybe easier where you are? Regardless you draw a stellar vacuum!This is the second stop of my Friday adventure.
I went directly to the back yard where a nice guy was monitoring the shed. Just outside were arrayed four decrepit tool boxes and their rusty contents. Each box had a $20 or $25 price tag. I told the nice guy that didn’t need another tool box and asked if it would be alright to pick through them for individual tools. He said he would have to ask the boss and went off to do so while I started identifying items of interest. The boss came by in short order and I reiterated my desire. She said to make a pile and then she would redistribute the remaining tools to even out the boxes
There was a lot of New Britain manufactured Craftsman (BE). Unfortunately, there had also been several of those nasty screw drivers with the handles that deteriorate, off-gassing the **** out of things and rusting whatever was in near contact. (At this point I found out that the house had been vacant for five years before the descendants of the owner’s got around to dealing with it.)
After picking my fill from the decrepit tool boxes, I went into the shed and saw another $20 tool box that wasn’t so decrepit. It was mostly a familiar dark blue and had the remains of a still recognizable water decal. I looked at all the Craftsman (BE) in my bag, hurriedly calculated the sum of two plus two and came up with the requisite answer. I dove into the Long C Craftsman box but only found a few CM items—most of the contents was actual junk with a healthy (or unhealthy) helping of deteriorated screw driver handle dust in the bottom drawer. About this time the boss came back in to see how I was doing. I told her that despite my earlier misgivings about buying another tool box, I would buy this one if she let me dump all the dreck out of it and replace it with my pickings. I fully expected a harsh rejoinder on the disparity between dreck and pickings accompanied by a new price in the neighborhood of $60, from which we would work our way to a mutually acceptable midpoint. Instead, she exclaimed “Bingo! Deal!!” Afterward, concerned about a possible hernia, she brought me a dolly and helped me heft the box into my trunk.
After I got home and started sorting through everything, I began to worry I might have overlooked some items. I went back the next day and am glad I did. I added the Amber Handle hacksaw and screw driver, a couple of deep sockets that I missed, the 3/8 speeder that I had originally left behind due to the massive amount of rust, the Walden-Worchester T-socket, PL∇MB feeler gauge and several other items—including the largest needles I have ever seen at 16 inches. The boss was not in as good a mood as the day before, apparently due to some very rude customers, so for the comparatively small secondary haul she charged me $12. I didn’t complain, though!!
Also found in the box was a receipt for some aircraft parts (I can read tailwheel) from 1946.
Now comes the big job of cleaning up this rusty mess! I’ll post better pictures when I’m done.
Correct, not a long run of this style. He inhales profusely!
Nice tool kit pouch!Pretty good (by my own standards) small haul (Lugz 2022_45) from the flea this morning.
- The folding Corona 41 pruning saw is a rare user purchase for me. (I need one.)
- The only reason I even spotted the SW & the 7D's is because I though they were some kind of bits. They are pewter candle holders for a birthday cake. I'm not a big Disney fan, to be honest, but Mrs. Lugz is, and I always like to bring her something every once in awhile.
- The Shelton Socketool kit is classic 60's. I have a bigger one that this junior version will complement very nicely.
- Last but definitely not least, that envelope-shaped OD pouch with the "US" ink stamp on the flap is a wartime Jeep toolkit pouch.
Seemingly in another lifetime it's been so long now and so much has changed since then, I quite literally "wrote the book" on Willys MB toolkits (it was a chapter, actually) in a collectors' guide, with a friend and colleague, and the pouch (technically, a "bag") was a section I spent considerable time on. This is a later war (May 1943 >) No. 15-B pouch, with a flexible metal stiffener sewn into the opening hem and "draw straps" instead of "draw ropes." Not all of the tools in the kit went inside the bag, but for more context, here is a photo from the book showing a figure of the toolkit from a manual, SNL G503 dated January 1944, and I attached a few older photos of a couple other bags I have found, in a couple of the kits that I have assembled.
Private Lugnutz
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Yeah, we didn't have any that gave THAT serious of a chase.
Sometimes I don't know how we survived. I have a pin in my left thumb that is still the first thing that freezes up on me around the dew point. Hit a tree.
Have to tell this quick story now though... The only time I ever set a bike down on the street I was going through town (this was a Kawi), just winding it out into 3rd gear when a car at a stop sign ahead stopped, stopped again, then thought he could beat me across the intersection. I braked, went flat, and hit the rear quarter panel. My bike stayed there and I went over the top. The driver, an oldtimer, got out of the car and proceeded to have a heart attack. Not kidding. He was so upset he sat down on the curb and literally started having a heart attack. When the ambulance came they took him first! LOL. Just wait. It gets better. They took me next and guess who was the nurse on duty at the ER? Yeah, my mom. Another nurse is sitting there picking loose asphalt out of my roadrash and my mom is screaming ****** murder at me.
Oh, and if we're talking dirt bikes and 1970's and we're both beast coasters, I only have one more thing to say: UNA-*******-DILLA!
Old Man Roger
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It was a different time when motorsports were sponsored by cigarette companies. I miss those days.
...heading home between classes to cram for a test (Purdue, November '79 in Indiana, planned to put my Yamaha 360 Enduro up for the winter the next day). Approached an intersection with a green light and a car waiting to turn left. Looked to the road on the right to ensure no one was going to run the red. Looked back to the intersection to see the car had started his left in front of me. Hit the brakes while cursing. He finally saw me and gunned it to get out of my way. Too late. Hit his rear quarter panel, tumbled over the trunk and saw dark-light-dark-light, landed flat on my back in the middle of the intersection. Bike crumpled not far away bleeding fluids and people chasing after my papers and books. Ankle hurt like hell but my helmet was unscratched! Football "team doctor" at Purdue Hospital looked at my ankle, proclaimed it a bad sprain and said no x-ray was needed. Thinking of my AFROTC flying slot, I insisted. Broke bigger than ****. Three months in a non-walking cast in an Indiana winter. When the cast was removed, the leg was skinny but my pecs looked good from climbing stairs with crutches!
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All three are true. My intent and interest, since the box obviously didn't come from the W.B. Mathews Co., was to find the bookend dates of the company's operation in S.A. Was it a major firm (Aircraft Division) or just a flash in the pan post-war start-up?
BTW, the receiver's signature on the receipt matches the name scratched on the inside of the folding lid.
First I've seen in the wild.
Gidge
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Recent haul : Need to clean them up to see if I can spot any maker's marks "
RagTopTA
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Hers is a recent haul I brought in. The large monthly flea turned up quite a few good things this time! I Finally found a Plomb hacksaw in the wild! and for $3!! Also, 2 large Plomb combos, Plomb 3/8 pebble rat, Cornwell 1/4 pivot Rat, a Trig-O-Matic wrench thats pretty dang cool!, Bonney and Vlcheck Bp Hammers, Mac 3/8 driver handle. a Bent Plomb Combo and a super rusty Pebble DOE. Some kinda of wood handled leather work hammer it looks like I cant read the stamping on its side. a Plomb socket , Snappy Vacu Grip side cutters and a 3/8 flex extension. Not too bad of a day! Not shown a tasty order of cat fish and curly fries!
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A few more things I have found recently at the sales. Snappy current tester, CO2 Pellet gun, Schrade Walden knife (already posted) snappy small bearing puller, P&C Ign wrench set, Several Mac and Ampco punches/chisels, Mac ring pliers, Snappy ratchet adapter, Armstrong Rat, some cool NOS green tint safety glasses, small perfect handle clone driver, New Brit 1/4 Rat, and a ingot of Tin ? Dreadnought Metal co. Plomb 20" 3/8 extn, 2 small adjustables, snappy 3/8 air rat that works good! 1930s Mickey Mouse watch in original box with warranty card and another band under neath, not working : ( but $2!! Mr Heater propane heater, Saltgun to shoot bugs and such or seasing my burgers on the grill with out getting too close to the flames : )
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I had mentioned in a previous post to Lugz that I usually bring home the good stuff and put the norm stuff I look for, Plomb, Long C craftsman, Snappy stuff in their places. The rest usually goes into totes or boxes to just pile up. Hers a few of those boxes, one is a Plomb only box of new incoming stuff! : } Also cant forget the find of the century.. not sure if posted here when found or not but a unused box of Sham -Wows for $2!!
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Private Lugnutz
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Now you're cookin'! And that is some good detective work!
Kill...ing...it!
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