It being Father's Day, I went with my dad to a monthly flea market at MIT that we've been going to off and on for over 20 years.
Lots of very cool vintage electronics, but also some neat tools. I was able to get everything in the first photo below (including the box) for a whopping $18. I gave my dad the canvas tool roll (military?) along with the bag of ignition wrenches and the C-Man distributor and starter wrenches. The plan is to keep those and some other basic tools as an emergency kit in the back of the '69 Camaro we're restoring (just replaced a bad thermostat yesterday and had to test it out today.
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I think the pick of the litter, though, was the "Saxon Wrench," which I had never seen before. From what I found out Googling earlier today, they were often used for pipes and such before the advent of the Stilson wrench. Any sense how old this thing is? I'm guessing early 1900s.
Other cool bits include a nice Bonney 1/2" combination wrench, an older Indestro combination wrench, and another wrench marked "Controlled Steel" which I recently learned on GJ suggests wartime production.
Not sure what to do with that triskelion-shaped bed bolt wrench and some of the unusual keys in the mix--if anybody is interested in those, let me know.
-Tim
Lots of very cool vintage electronics, but also some neat tools. I was able to get everything in the first photo below (including the box) for a whopping $18. I gave my dad the canvas tool roll (military?) along with the bag of ignition wrenches and the C-Man distributor and starter wrenches. The plan is to keep those and some other basic tools as an emergency kit in the back of the '69 Camaro we're restoring (just replaced a bad thermostat yesterday and had to test it out today.
).I think the pick of the litter, though, was the "Saxon Wrench," which I had never seen before. From what I found out Googling earlier today, they were often used for pipes and such before the advent of the Stilson wrench. Any sense how old this thing is? I'm guessing early 1900s.
Other cool bits include a nice Bonney 1/2" combination wrench, an older Indestro combination wrench, and another wrench marked "Controlled Steel" which I recently learned on GJ suggests wartime production.
Not sure what to do with that triskelion-shaped bed bolt wrench and some of the unusual keys in the mix--if anybody is interested in those, let me know.
-Tim
