four.cycle
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I thought it was just another generic Petersen or Pathfinder until I got to the photo of the back.
Looks like you scored quite a deal on it.
Looks like you scored quite a deal on it.
Show us your Vintage Automobile Paraphernalia
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Beerhippie
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And I didn't pay the asking price!
Just gotta make a bracket for it and run a wire from the trailer plug (I am not planning on towing a trailer with a Vanagon) to the rear hatch--that may be easier said than done.
four.cycle
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Beerhippie
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There are already two of those going to the rear hatch. Accessing them and fishing a wire through might not be easy.
Here's a vintage Strook Motorobe. It was tucked away in a cedar chest at my dad's place. Its big- I didn't measure it but its laid out on a king-size bed. The construction is a bit coarse, either wool or possibly horsehair.
Its another undiscovered treasure that I never saw growing up and unfortunately don't have any idea who owned it or how old it is. Google dates it to early 20th century.
Its came home with us even tho the Mrs hates the fabric and the pattern.
Its another undiscovered treasure that I never saw growing up and unfortunately don't have any idea who owned it or how old it is. Google dates it to early 20th century.
Its came home with us even tho the Mrs hates the fabric and the pattern.
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1930artdeco
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Smokeshow69
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Added a couple cans to the socony vacuum/ Mobil collection
four.cycle
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Jay__Dub
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Picked up this dealer promo sample, 1964 Galaxie. Windshield is gone, but it's still got the cool factor for me.
I figure Motor Oil's pretty closely related to Automobiles and their Paraphernalia.
Motolube Motor Oil Co. Advertising Screwdriver made by J.L Sommer Mfg. Co. Established 1876, Newark New Jersey
According to the Miami News of January 11, 1925, “ John L. Sommer . . . “has made more presents than perhaps any man in the world”, so says Don Thorton in Just For Openers, January-December 2025, a publication of “The International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts”(ICCA) This Screwdriver is one of his many advertising successes. The PDF; https://www.just-for-openers.org/2025-Openers-14.pdf
After cleaning the Handle, I found a PAT date that was wrong (1-4-19 that might have been 11-4-19), but DATAMP helped me find my way to Design Patent D54,142 for a “DESIGN FOR A HANDLE FOR A SCREW-DRIVER, OR SIMILAR ARTICLE”; Applied: Jan. 12, 1917 and Granted: Nov. 04, 1919.
That Handle became an advertising space for a myriad of entities as a search on ebay and elsewhere will show. It’s a functional little Screwdriver; slightly bent, but quite sturdy. The Screwdriver has outlived the Advertiser.
Motolube Motor Oil Co. Advertising Screwdriver made by J.L Sommer Mfg. Co. Established 1876, Newark New Jersey
According to the Miami News of January 11, 1925, “ John L. Sommer . . . “has made more presents than perhaps any man in the world”, so says Don Thorton in Just For Openers, January-December 2025, a publication of “The International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts”(ICCA) This Screwdriver is one of his many advertising successes. The PDF; https://www.just-for-openers.org/2025-Openers-14.pdf
After cleaning the Handle, I found a PAT date that was wrong (1-4-19 that might have been 11-4-19), but DATAMP helped me find my way to Design Patent D54,142 for a “DESIGN FOR A HANDLE FOR A SCREW-DRIVER, OR SIMILAR ARTICLE”; Applied: Jan. 12, 1917 and Granted: Nov. 04, 1919.
That Handle became an advertising space for a myriad of entities as a search on ebay and elsewhere will show. It’s a functional little Screwdriver; slightly bent, but quite sturdy. The Screwdriver has outlived the Advertiser.
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INSP380
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A couple from my collection…
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GarageHobbyist
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Not sure if this should be here or with the paper goods, but it looked like mostly magazines over there.
driftpin
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I hope that I have about a year which may be enough time to sell-off my acquisitions before I croak. I just cannot bear to think of someone throwing into a dumpster a collection of gauges like that after I'm gone. I have a single set of S-W gauges I took off a long-ago Dodge van, back in the 1970's.
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Private Lugnutz
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Technically, traditionally, historically, across all collectibles writ large, ephemera is paper (receipts, bills of lading, flyers, ticket stubs, etc) - and matchbook covers are classic ephemera, while paraphernalia is things, but it's all good, neither @kyrbz or I care that much.
Very cool matchbooks. Love the mascot.
Found this small tin of wax. For $0.25 I had to buy it. Looks like it has never been used.
This Electric Wax was in Black & Decker's 1954 and 1955 catalogs. However, they only showed the full 7-ounce can (U-2197) that was recommended to be used to refill this smaller 1.75 ounce tin. They did not have this Electric Wax in their 1947, 1949, 1953, 1958, or 1965 catalogs. This tin is 2.9” diameter and 7/8” tall.
(Since it was Electric Wax, I tried plugging it in, but it didn't to do anything.
Maybe they used DC voltage back then?
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This Electric Wax was in Black & Decker's 1954 and 1955 catalogs. However, they only showed the full 7-ounce can (U-2197) that was recommended to be used to refill this smaller 1.75 ounce tin. They did not have this Electric Wax in their 1947, 1949, 1953, 1958, or 1965 catalogs. This tin is 2.9” diameter and 7/8” tall.
(Since it was Electric Wax, I tried plugging it in, but it didn't to do anything.
Maybe they used DC voltage back then?
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Wow! That’s pretty Kewl! Never seen one b4Found this small tin of wax. For $0.25 I had to buy it. Looks like it has never been used.
This Electric Wax was in Black & Decker's 1954 and 1955 catalogs. However, they only showed the full 7-ounce can (U-2197) that was recommended to be used to refill this smaller 1.75 ounce tin. They did not have this Electric Wax in their 1947, 1949, 1953, 1958, or 1965 catalogs. This tin is 2.9” diameter and 7/8” tall.
(Since it was Electric Wax, I tried plugging it in, but it didn't to do anything.
Maybe they used DC voltage back then?