Of course. My father (Navy), two uncles (Army), an uncle-in-law (Army), and a great aunt (W.A.A.C.) were all WWII veterans. They all survived. Another uncle (a Sgt in the 25th ID) did not. KIA, Saipan. But I was trying to stay connected to the GS thread and your terrific acquisition!
Congrats. That thing is a beast!
People like to argue about what won the war. As a jeep guy, the little 4 x 4 reconnaissance vehicle that became an American icon always figures prominently in that conversation in the popular culture domain. Historians will point to American logistics (2.5 million tons to the ETO alone), Allied air power, and Hitler's own strategies (splitting up his forces and resources on multiple fronts) backfiring on him. True technologists will cite radar and radio intercept, which not only secured the Atlantic by 1943, allowing for D-Day and the Supply Line, but provided invaluable intelligence for Anzio and the Bulge. But the real nerds always say that gen-sets won the war!
Sweet, Pete. All the versions of the PE-95 are WILDLY popular with WWII jeep guys because of the W-O "Go-Devil" engine. In fact, most of the time you see one it has stripped as a donor for a jeep. The intake and the crankshaft are the only two pieces that need to be modified to drop into an MB. Is it stationary or mounted in the K-52 trailer?
Nice haul
30,- for the lot. Went through it a little bit and already found a hazet, gedore, dowidat, usag, channellock, lindstrom, stahlwille and a bunch more interesting stuff.
Looks fantastic!
That *****. I think I told this story before, but the last time I had a yard sale myself, I put out a few of my vises. Before we were really even ready to start three of the regular vendors at my flea market pulled up. I recognized them immediately, and they didn't recognize me. They asked about the vises, and as soon as I started talking, they knew I knew what I was talking about, and that they weren't going to get them for a "steal". I also saw other vendors (not tool guys), including another early bird, this time a lady, who completely LIED to my wife about some of the more precious and uncommon children's books we were selling. They weren't rare and extremely valuable, but they weren't $1 books, either. She was playing dumb saying something about wanting them for her grandkids. I didn't have to whisper in my wife's ear that the lady was a dealer, because she was already being a stickler on the prices of the better children's books to begin with, but when I told her after she left she was even angrier. Anyway, point is, this is how I learned where the vendors are getting their stuff! HAHA.
Well put, BB. I gave up on estate sales, too, for the same reason. While driving or waiting in line with a number all I could think about was what I was missing at the flea market while driving and waiting in line with a number! My heart can't take that kind of anxiety!
Yup. Not all parts of the country (or yours!) have good flea markets, though. That is one thing I have come to learn participating in this thread since 2012. I've said this before, but my flea markets also have house liquidators. Lots of them. Those guys are fleecing houses and garages before they even become an estate sale and hauling it to the flea market in huge trailers or panel vans.
Looks fantastic!
I found a few things at the flea today...
- The JOAR adjustable conduit wrench is a Jo Mfg product out of Southgate, Calif. (L.A. area). Huge USAAF supplier in WWII and then USAF into KW. I have a JOTE 25 in lb preset torker and some 9/32-inc hdrive wingnut sockets and a few other oddities. Recently active thread with grandson of founder telling stories on vintage board.
- The solo socket is a 1/2-inch drive first generation Blackhawk with the Indianhead logo and a 19/32" service opening.
I swore I wouldn't buy any more flaring kits, but this one is a hammer type, not a screw type which I don't have, and it's AN marked. I don't recognize the maker. Parker. With an "A" and a "P" melded together like a monogram for a logo. Can anybody save me time looking it up?
No clue on the antique farm/buggy/industrial type wrench with the hollow cut out handle and the 1/2" square service opening. It has a model number (1329) and a logo (a square with a big plus sign but no intersection in the middle) and QUAKER CITY IRON WORKS on the flip side. Philly is the Quaker City and that's where the plant was located. So. Had to have it!
The big *** future desk paperweight is a Cleveland Twist Drill Screw Extractor No. 11 in original carton.
Markings group zoom...
I really like it! (See Pics 1 & 2)
Picked up this little Saylor Beall compressor. Not sure what it was actually used for? It runs and puts out a little air. No pressure switch. Once it charges that little tank a relief valve opens. I think that's how it was intended. Any ideas?
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Got mine at a yard sale last year for $5, but I haven't gotten around to doing anything with it yet. What kind of motor does yours have? Mine is obviously a later replacement, I'd like to find something closer in vintage to the compressor.
