Private Lugnutz
Well-known member
Presenting “Black Hills Gold”
Source Notes
I bought the original set in neglected, rusted, but restorable condition at the Collingwood Flea Market in Collingwood, NJ. It included the “C” type attache-style case, and most of the handles, attachments, and sockets, which were 1/2-inch square drive.
My research included Alloy Artifacts, self-study of the set itself, and collaboration with other Blackhawk collectors here at the GJ. The construction and markings of the sockets, the contents - especially some of the handles, the spark plug socket, the square-drive sockets, and the valve grinder adapter - told me it was “Quick Disconnect” (Q.D.) era and a 32-CD set. (Blackhawk Q.D. nomenclature indicates the number of pieces in a set.)
Member CRTDI, in particular, was very helpful in providing this 1931 catalog scan of a Q.D. 32-CD ad...
(I especially dig the part about cussing and the exponential math.)
... as well as much appreciated interpretations, opinions, in-process feedback, and encouragement.
One significant note: I discovered that the information posted in a table on the Alloy Artifacts site about the contents of this set is erroneous with respect to the large (15/16” – 1/1/16”) sockets, which were at one time included in double-hex (12-point) pattern and construction as both the catalog and my set attest.
I posted a WANTED thread here on the GJ (http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2333184#post2333184) and, in rapid order, started buying missing pieces from other members.
My appreciation and credits go out to those members as follows...
2oolhound: D16, D18, D19 and D22 double-hex (12-point) sockets
Jusridin: T-60 six inch extension with patented “rotating-grip” handle
Greg-nwo: 110X Offset Handle and T-10 10-inch extension
I cannibalized the remaining Q.D. pieces – a T-4 Sliding Tee, and D30 and D31 hex sockets – from a Blackhawk Q.D. 19-AD Wrench Set of the same vintage that I acquired from a popular on-line auction site.
I acquired the 1-1/6” double-hex socket in a separate action from the same site. It is marked “40134” rather than “D34,” as it should be, and is of slightly later 1930’s vintage and “Lock-On” construction. While I would like to eventually replace it with a “D34”, I think it adds a nice forward-looking touch, technology wise, for Blackhawk aficionados, and since the set is not mint, NOS, or factory-class, but used and restored, it’s certainly within the realm of plausibility that the owner would’ve replaced a bunged up socket or two along the way.
Source Notes
I bought the original set in neglected, rusted, but restorable condition at the Collingwood Flea Market in Collingwood, NJ. It included the “C” type attache-style case, and most of the handles, attachments, and sockets, which were 1/2-inch square drive.
My research included Alloy Artifacts, self-study of the set itself, and collaboration with other Blackhawk collectors here at the GJ. The construction and markings of the sockets, the contents - especially some of the handles, the spark plug socket, the square-drive sockets, and the valve grinder adapter - told me it was “Quick Disconnect” (Q.D.) era and a 32-CD set. (Blackhawk Q.D. nomenclature indicates the number of pieces in a set.)
Member CRTDI, in particular, was very helpful in providing this 1931 catalog scan of a Q.D. 32-CD ad...
(I especially dig the part about cussing and the exponential math.)
... as well as much appreciated interpretations, opinions, in-process feedback, and encouragement.
One significant note: I discovered that the information posted in a table on the Alloy Artifacts site about the contents of this set is erroneous with respect to the large (15/16” – 1/1/16”) sockets, which were at one time included in double-hex (12-point) pattern and construction as both the catalog and my set attest.
I posted a WANTED thread here on the GJ (http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2333184#post2333184) and, in rapid order, started buying missing pieces from other members.
My appreciation and credits go out to those members as follows...
2oolhound: D16, D18, D19 and D22 double-hex (12-point) sockets
Jusridin: T-60 six inch extension with patented “rotating-grip” handle
Greg-nwo: 110X Offset Handle and T-10 10-inch extension
I cannibalized the remaining Q.D. pieces – a T-4 Sliding Tee, and D30 and D31 hex sockets – from a Blackhawk Q.D. 19-AD Wrench Set of the same vintage that I acquired from a popular on-line auction site.
I acquired the 1-1/6” double-hex socket in a separate action from the same site. It is marked “40134” rather than “D34,” as it should be, and is of slightly later 1930’s vintage and “Lock-On” construction. While I would like to eventually replace it with a “D34”, I think it adds a nice forward-looking touch, technology wise, for Blackhawk aficionados, and since the set is not mint, NOS, or factory-class, but used and restored, it’s certainly within the realm of plausibility that the owner would’ve replaced a bunged up socket or two along the way.
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