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    Snap On Black Screwdriver handles

    My CAT 1/4-in drive socket driver is certainly private label production by Snap-on.
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    What is this? “BF Goodrich Silvertown” punch?

    How about something used on the rim rather than the tire? Something like a reaming tool to help seat or a punch to knock out a valve stem or something like that?
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    Snap On Black Screwdriver handles

    Snap-on owns Williams.
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    What are my garage walls made out of?

    Indeed. Looks like asbestos cement, sometimes called by one of the old brand names Transite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transite
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    Coating parts to prevent rust

    Yep. Or even a halfway-decent coat of paint. It sure won't take much to protect an inside trim piece. Here's an example, @Rick D, of what I'd expect your trim to look like with a few easy steps. The console bracketry on my 2003 Tacoma (a replacement for my previous 2001) had some very light...
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    Tools of Japan

    Ah -- indeed there is! It didn't show in the thumbnails.
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    Tools of Japan

    Nice anvil, @four.cycle. Can you give us an idea of its relative size?
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    Dating a Stanley No. 36 level

    Good reference, and most interesting. Seems logical that Solo received a summary judgement that there was no intent to deceive in leaving an expired patent number in their tooling. That original act was passed in 1952, I believe. Was there anything governing expired patents prior to that, I...
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    Dating a Stanley No. 36 level

    Yes on the latest patent date part, but I'm not sure a company would have changed their tooling as soon as the original patent expired. It could easily have been made after that, simply showing a patent that was no longer in force.
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