Check this out!

[Uncle Buck]

You guys should enjoy this web site I found today. I have never seen it; and in fact I have not fully explored it yet. Years and years of old Sears tool catalogs to check out. Here ya go. http://www.roseantiquetools.com/index.html

Not only sears, but Bonney, Goodell & Pratt, and many others! You cannot do this site justice in one sit down session!

 

[wrenchr]

Sweet good **** hholmberg!!

 

[Senorpablo]

Very cool.

 

[ImportTuner]

Really nice find ... thanks ...

 

[tweety652]

WOW!!! This site is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[v8garage]

I just hope I live long enough to look at all the stuff there! Great site!

 

[jimvannoy]

Wow! Someone had access to a lot of great stuff.

 

[goodfellow]

Wow!! great site. I get nostalgic when I see those old catalogs. Back in the 50's and early 60's I used to go shopping at Sears with my parents and it was a great place. Curteous and knowledgeable sales people, great displays, all USA made products, and the tool section was where my dad and I hung out. I inherited all those tools and they were top quality.

It's a shame to see what's happened to Sears in the last 15 years. Last week I went to the local store to return a broken set of Craftsman slip joint pliers, and I swear the tool department salesman didn't know what I was returning. He could hardly understand English, and on top of that (once the floor manager got involved) he tried to give me a Sears brand replacement. What would have been a two minute transaction in my dad's day, turned into an hours worth of hassle with a dimwit.

I'll still shop at Sears, but if they keep treating people like this, then in another 15 years Sears will be history.

 

[njcyclist]

That's a great site.

The most recent Craftsman catalog (from the mid 60's), did not contain any metric sockets or wrenches. When were metric fasteners first used on cars?

 

[MAD]

That's a great site.

The most recent Craftsman catalog (from the mid 60's), did not contain any metric sockets or wrenches. When were metric fasteners first used on cars?

Look again. I believe there is a page with metric and Whitworth sizes.

 

[ColdDuckTime]

That's a great site.

The most recent Craftsman catalog (from the mid 60's), did not contain any metric sockets or wrenches. When were metric fasteners first used on cars?

I expect they are in there. Lotsa VWs in those days for one thing.

It wouldn't suprise me if the some of the very earliest cars (German/French) used metric fasteners. Now...did French coach builders use inches in the 1800's? Dunno.

 

[Uncle Buck]

I found a bit of metric stuff in I think it was a 1964 catalog I was looking at there last night.

 

[MAD]

Look again. I believe there is a page with metric and Whitworth sizes.

Page 10 of the Craftsman 1960 hand tool catalog is the one I was remembering.

 

[MAD]

You guys should enjoy this web site I found today. I have never seen it; and in fact I have not fully explored it yet. Years and years of old Sears tool catalogs to check out. Here ya go. http://www.roseantiquetools.com/index.html

Not only sears, but Bonney, Goodell & Pratt, and many others! You cannot do this site justice in one sit down session!

Thanks for posting the link hholmberg. I actually posted a link to the Millers Falls catalog from this site a couple of months ago but they did not have nearly as many catalogs that included mechanics tools at that time. I saved a link to the site but have not looked at it since then.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Thanks for posting the link hholmberg. I actually posted a link to the Millers Falls catalog from this site a couple of months ago but they did not have nearly as many catalogs that included mechanics tools at that time. I saved a link to the site but have not looked at it since then.

I am always prowling around looking for stuff like this, I thought I hit the motherlode when I found this site. I hope everyone gets as much enjoyment out of the site as I have been.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Check out the 1960 catalog; turn to page 7 and look at the speeder ratchet shown,(item#6) it is the one with the funky handle attached to it. Unless you have seen one in person I bet you never saw one of those! I saw one of those over 20yrs ago and immediatly tried to buy it from the guy; he would not sell it and I have been looking for that ratchet ever since. If anyone on the board has one and is interested in selling it please PM me to discuss.

 

[jhn9840]

Fantastic site. Thank you for posting the link. Brings back many memories of how great things used to be compared to where we are now. Found two 3/8 ratchets, appear to be same as listed in 1960 hand tool catalog page 7 item 7 at a yard sale this past summer. Paid a buck for both. Had no idea how old they are. Wiped them off and began to use them. Still feel smooth as silk. Will the one's we buy today be the same way 47 yrs later? lol

jhn9840
John

 

[goodfellow]

Anyone else notice in the Craftsaman catalogs that they didn't have a wide choice of combination wrenches. They advertised mostly open end and closed end (ring) spanners.

I always wondered why my father and grandfather didn't have many combo wrenches in their toolkits. Apparently Sears didn't push them in those days.

BTW I'm just amazed at the variety of ignition wrenches --

 

[RickP330]

I couldn't spend a ton of time there, but what I saw was way cool. Thanks dude.
Rick