Dad’s Body Tools
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Oregon Dave
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Hello TobyC1964, second post. Welcome and very sorry for your loss; lost my Dad in 2000 - trust me he will always be with you.
I don’t know, but assume you may be involved an estate sale preparation type of deal, working/other responsibilities; short on time.
EBay has some interesting tools; enter the tool description and you can select the lowest and highest asking prices and view all of them in between. In my opinion the asking prices are absurdly high, but you can get a range and then apply a percent factor based the condition of your tools and the reality of your situation.
Also assume you took the photo with a dd/phone; some have apps. such that your take a picture and all kinds of all kinds appear.
I don’t know, but assume you may be involved an estate sale preparation type of deal, working/other responsibilities; short on time.
EBay has some interesting tools; enter the tool description and you can select the lowest and highest asking prices and view all of them in between. In my opinion the asking prices are absurdly high, but you can get a range and then apply a percent factor based the condition of your tools and the reality of your situation.
Also assume you took the photo with a dd/phone; some have apps. such that your take a picture and all kinds of all kinds appear.
Kudos, I lost my dad in 2002. Think about him almost every time I pick up a wrench.
I'd consider going to a local professional body shop and seeing what those guys say. Thye'd know the value of the tools, and would recognize a good deal. Maybe they'd make you an offer, and you'd know your dads tools would live on in the hands of someone who will use and appreciate them.
I'd consider going to a local professional body shop and seeing what those guys say. Thye'd know the value of the tools, and would recognize a good deal. Maybe they'd make you an offer, and you'd know your dads tools would live on in the hands of someone who will use and appreciate them.
SouthernIllinois
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Sorry for your loss.
Snap-On wood handled body hammers are valuable.
They don't make them anymore although I have been told they are bringing them back.
Last year I gladly paid $100 for a used SO pick hammer in good shape.
Mac & Snap-On dollies also hold some value to the right person - about $75 last I looked around.
To be brutally honest, I don't see much value in the rest.
IMHO, keep them.
Snap-On wood handled body hammers are valuable.
They don't make them anymore although I have been told they are bringing them back.
Last year I gladly paid $100 for a used SO pick hammer in good shape.
Mac & Snap-On dollies also hold some value to the right person - about $75 last I looked around.
To be brutally honest, I don't see much value in the rest.
IMHO, keep them.
Zrxrunner
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Any sentimental value? Other than the obvious snap on Hammer, any old usa made body tools hold a decent value. If the faces dont have a bunch of indents in them from being used on what they weren't designed for, good old usa made tools should be worth some money. Martin is actually a good usa made body tool, and some of those dollies look like the ones I had thru auto body school in 1998.
Is that a Snap-on BF603 or 630? If so in that condition it's about $30-50
BF617 goes usually around $50-$80. I dunno why so high, as it's one of the least interesting hammers.
These blue spoons look like Porter Ferguson spoons except wrong color (B-3, F-2, E-6 or E-7, and the *******). If they are PF then sometimes they have silly high asking prices. And sometimes they sell for those silly prices. If there are no branding then they are some cheap copies. To me the only useful would be the *******.
This one could be PF PT-1 in bad shape.
Any branding on this one?
Rest might sell in some bulk sale. Two of the hammers and some of the dollies might be craftsman.
BF617 goes usually around $50-$80. I dunno why so high, as it's one of the least interesting hammers.
These blue spoons look like Porter Ferguson spoons except wrong color (B-3, F-2, E-6 or E-7, and the *******). If they are PF then sometimes they have silly high asking prices. And sometimes they sell for those silly prices. If there are no branding then they are some cheap copies. To me the only useful would be the *******.
This one could be PF PT-1 in bad shape.
Any branding on this one?
Rest might sell in some bulk sale. Two of the hammers and some of the dollies might be craftsman.
Private Lugnutz
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Value probably varies between $2 (flea market) and ~$20 (?) or so (online), but these are safety wire pliers.
Probably Milbar, or unbranded, by the looks of it. Called the Robinson M-84 Jet Twister originally. It would be marked lightly on the head and on the bottom of that knurled knob on the shaft at the back. Made famously for the aviation industry, but very useful for twisting any wire for any purpose.
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Probably Milbar, or unbranded, by the looks of it. Called the Robinson M-84 Jet Twister originally. It would be marked lightly on the head and on the bottom of that knurled knob on the shaft at the back. Made famously for the aviation industry, but very useful for twisting any wire for any purpose.
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