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I would like to post a short video to my thread but I can't find a format that is acceptable to the site. Is there a way to post it?

I've had this Nugget tool box for some time and have decided that the time has come to get it cleaned up and loaded with the Nugget set that came with these boxes. So lets get the ball rolling. First on the agenda was to build the tray that was missing. I pulled out a sheet of 18 gauge metal...

I've decided to do a restoration thread on my Lincoln portable grease wagon It was named the Autoluber by Lincoln Here is a picture of one in its original condition And here is mine the day it arrived It has been sitting around here for a few months. When I scheduled a mobile sand blast...

A couple months ago I was fortunate enough to receive an empty Tomb Stone porto power case in poor condition. I already had one with the original porto power in it. I thought it would display better if one could see the open case with the tools inside and the closed case next to it. I went ahead...

I'm far enough along to start this thread on restoring my SJ18 jack I found it in Salt Lake City Utah one night while surfing the internet.I called my Daughter who lives up there and she and my SIL ran out and picked it up for me. She called mr the next day to tell me that a friend of theirs was...

Is it just me or is the big old vintage blackhawk thread missing? I can only find it if I search by my own entries Joshotto94 posted in it Saturday at 1:40 PM but it is not listed in my screen

Hey guys I'm trying to fill a blackhawk display cabinet and only need 2 more pieces The T-11 Valve grinder and the T-8X extension Please help I'm more than willing to buy Thanks Don

I went out to a vintage tool swap meet this morning. The threat of rain spoiled what might have been a good day There were only 5 tables set up. The one item that caught my eye was this #3 wilton vise. Having never seen one before I pulled out my wallet and took it home

A little back history on the car I bought it back in 2000 for a daily driver while I was creating a new bodyshop in Van Nuys Ca. One day we needed a car to work on so I gave up my El Camino for a fresh paint job. we never finished the car. I brought it home and started working on it The body...

When I was a young boy I went with my dad to the repair garage to get the headlights aimed on our car. They used these big tall machines that the headlamps shined there light into. For some reason I always remembered that. When I started gathering up things to put in the party garage I thought...

I've been wanting an old phone booth ever since I first opened the party garage. I mentioned it to one of my well connected friends and in less that a week he had one located and we went after it together. (It was at another friends shop) It was in pieces and had a few broken corners. It came...

I found this tool made by Marquette. Can you guess what it was used for?

A few weeks ago a thread was started about an Alemite cart that wes posted in an auction. It caught my eye and the Thread generator kindly gave me the link to the auction. Well I won the bid on this cart and a few weeks later it was shipped to me. After some heavy searching and help from the...

The first time I saw this jack I wanted one so I went on the hunt for one. Some time later I picked up one. An old twin post manual jack. I started to research it to find out what it was. It turned out to be a shop jack used back in the 1920's to roll cars around the shop when working on...

I just found this old S-8 blackhawk floor jack. It looks older than the S-13 that I've restored. The badging is very different. I've spent the last few days looking for some information on this jack but came up empty. I'm wondering what time period it was used? What the weight limit is on it...

I found this old jack on the internet a few weeks ago and bought it. The previous owner was willing to ship it to me. It arrived mounted to a piece of pine 12" long and 5" wide wrapped in a black plastic bag and the handle wired to the jack and shrink wrap about an inch thick holding it all...

I saw this display board on the blackhawk tool box thread and started looking for one. Has anyone ever seen one like it or have a better picture of it? I'd like to add one to my blackhawk collection!! I have all the nugget tools for it.

DSCN3564 by don long, on Flickr After collecting ALL the Blackhawk hydraulic jacks I wanted a totem pole to display them. One evening I received a P.M. from another G.J. member alerting me of this pole offered on Ebay. It was across the country from me and I was too late. I missed it, but the...

I'm about 1/2 way through the restoration of one of my Alemite work benches. I bought this bench in Wyoming a few years ago with the intention of making it look like new again. About a month ago I brought the bench into the work shop and started the project 2019-08-30 16.11.27 by don long, on...

I made the commitment to work on my 40 sedan delivery until it is back on the road again. Paul my friend that worked on the Corvette is also committed to coming over every Monday and Tuesday until we have it back on the street again. I bought this car several years ago and this is what it...