Mopar-Scooby-Doo
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That is a lot of Williams goodness

Great find


Took one last trip back the the neighborhood estate sale 30 minutes before closing, today on 1/2 off day. I did not expect to see anything useful left but did manage to find a few more goodies.
5 more cans of spray paint, 5 quarts of unopened gear lube, a small connect 4 game, full bottle of leather cleaner, a die cast model of the Mustang III concept car, a can of GM Lubriplate Lube, a Craftsman ratcheting wrench and most of a Craftsman 3/8 drive socket set + 3 extra deep well sockets. The ratchet is missing but most of the sockets are there. They were just dirty and a couple with surface rust so they got passed over all weekend.($2.50)
Also got (not pictured) 2 angle iron bed rails. The whole lot for $21.50.
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**** I was standing right next to you, I grabbed the moroso brushes, engine valve train tools , etrack and the shelves the stuff you bought was on
. I ended up with some goodies but im pretty sure fellow member eborcim beat me to all the good stuff. Anyway bought this for $80, and on the way home I got a working shop vac from the curb.
The unmarked stuff they were giving away, buddy grabbed 4-5 different tubes of gasket sealer for 1.00 they were all unused
Well heck, I guess I left too soon as missed out on the free stuff.
I hate when guys take pics with their feet in them; especially in flop flops.
52Ford, if the jaws are the wide model, I'll take a jaw, knurl and spring for an 8"! Lets see.. .30 +.12 + .05; Comes to .47c + what do you think shipping is?
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52Ford, that Shurehit part cabinet is a really cool piece of history. Nice find. I'm curious about the big Williams OE wrenches in the other box. Did this box belong to a pipe fitter or some certain skill trade? Did you get any history. I just purchased a Kennedy box this past week with all the same type of OE wrenches. I'm truing to figure out what trade the former owner was in and what these style wrenches are use for.
Found a 15 day old ad on CL for tools. Met with the guy today. Ends up being my dad's buddy from way back. I didn't need anything I bought but he had good tools with good pricing I thought and for some reason I have to buy tools if I think they are a good deal. I ended up with some goodies but im pretty sure fellow member eborcim beat me to all the good stuff. Anyway bought this for $80, and on the way home I got a working shop vac from the curb.
SO impact driver, Mac 24in adj, matco screwdriver, coil spring compressor, matco drop light, SO punch holder, HF puller
Will a couple of the longer skinny prop bottles fit in that box?
All that stuff is cool and the box is straight off a Roadrunner/ coyote cartoon. Nice!Been awhile sense I've had the time to stop by a yard sale, but I seen one on the way home from work yesterday way out on a dirt road, and figured why not. I stopped by, and didn't see much accept for this box of goodies. I asked what they wanted for it, and the guy said "Oh, $10 bucks". Already knowing I was going to buy it at this point, I went ahead and asked if he'd take $5 just because lol. He said sure, than I realized I only had 4 one dollar bills in my wallet aside from a $50 and he said the $4 bucks was fine. Not a bad score for the weekend.
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If you'd like I can take a picture with my feet in a bucket of shiny chrome sockets. That way you can get your *********** and tool fetish fix all in one pictureI hate when guys take pics with their feet in them; especially in flop flops.
If you'd like I can take a picture with my feet in a bucket of shiny chrome sockets. That way you can get your *********** and tool fetish fix all in one picture![]()

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All that stuff is cool and the box is straight off a Roadrunner/ coyote cartoon. Nice!
Few more saves this Sunday. Always fun picking up classic USA tools!
pic 1: all for $7
a T-handle and offset socket wrench made by Walden-Worcester
Craftsman USA orange stubby screwdriver
pics 2-4: all for $8
short "206" wrench
small tool marked "Potomac Valley Brick"
Proto 5449D dog-leg handle female-drive ratchet, military issue
The 5449D I've been looking for one for a while! Paid $5 at the local flea market for it, money well spent!
The two mysteries to me are the 206 wrench and the Potomac Valley Brick tool. I would like to know what they were originally for. The 206 wrench, I found one listing online saying that it was an adjustment wrench for antique sewing machine trundle setups, but that's not confirmed. Nothing known on the Brick tool. ??? Any help is appreciated.
The Brick tool is called a line pin. You drive it into existing masonry then attach your line to it, run your line to another pin, batter board , corner board or line block. It establishes your courses.

Bonney Tools catalog from 1950
and
Trimo Ferguson Body Tools 1930!
I bet some guys would go nuts over this one.





I was sniffing around at one of our local thrift stores, and saw a little red box sitting on a shelf. I have had some machinist training, so anything in a Starrett box is probably good.
What I found was one of the last word indicators. The picture shown is missing a few pieces, but a couple of days after I bought it, they found the other pieces and let me have them.
Not too bad for $8.
Ron

I want a set of those streamlined wrenches!
Sent from the sticks
My dad has been pounding fenders for over 50 years and I would bet good money he has had his hands on one of those books at one time or other. He has some REALLY old lead working pieces in his vault.
I'd be interested in seeing some of the different style of hammers and dollies they offered. The metal back then was thick, so I'm guessing the tools were on the beefier side to accomodate. Thanks for sharing!!
Can you take a better pic of that streamline page so i can print it and use it as a checklist? My favorite wrenches.