Grandpa's Tools

[ChaseDE]

Hey all, I started packing up and moving my grandpa's tools from my dad's house to mine. Started with the small box today and took some pics to share. My grandpa was a big rig mechanic in the 40's-60's I believe.

small chest


big chest and top chest


random drawers in big chest

 

[ChaseDE]

Improved Precision Pilot Reamers?




Blue Point hose clamp pliers?


TD-2425 Tap and Die set that looks brand new, outside cover though is worn.

 

[Zeke]

Looks like a lot of very good tools there. I hope you enjoy them.

the 'thingamajig' is a pair of spring style hose clamp pliers.

 

[torqueman2002]

Nice collection of tools and boxes.

Three generations, wow!

 

[Lassen Forge]

That's just cool beyond the "tool" factor, as it carries the history of the generations that have opened those drawers over and over, held and used those tools. And now they start their journey on the 3rd generation - That, my friend, is just too badass to contemplate!!!

 

[ChaseDE]

That's just cool beyond the "tool" factor, as it carries the history of the generations that have opened those drawers over and over, held and used those tools. And now they start their journey on the 3rd generation - That, my friend, is just too badass to contemplate!!!

That is badass I agree. My only worry is I don't have a son, 2 daughters. I do have them help me when I am wrenching but they want to be doctors or lawyers (good) and I doubt they will be much interested in wrenching here soon.

I can only hope one day they have a son, cause I am not starting over on the kid front haha, the wife and I already decided.......I think.

 

[Zeke]

YOU have plenty of time to worry about that.

 

[Lassen Forge]

Here's what you do... Buy one a classic Jag as a graduation present, buy the other a vintage Alfa. They'll either develop a taste for wrenching, or find a cite other half what will take care of the legacy their pops gave them...

Not that I'd recommend anything *that* devious, but there has to be a reason my granddad gave his daughter a vintage Sunbeam Talbot as a wedding present... heh heh heh...

 

[ChaseDE]

Funny you mention it. I want to replace/retire my old 99 Mercedes for a newer daily driver, I love the Benz and it's not worth anything so I am trying to convince the wife to let me keep it and restore it for my oldest to drive in 3 years.

 

[jakemac]

Have your daughter help you with the Merc using her great-gandfather's tools, and whether she gets it now or not, she'll have a precious memory to look back on later in life when she's raising her own children.

 

[Kent_B]

Love those old cabinets and chests. Old ain't necessarily obsolete. One of my stipulations for my daughter is that if she wants a car, she'll help maintain it and know enough not to get ripped off. No reason girls can't do this stuff. We have some prime examples on this very site

 

[ChaseDE]

A few shots of some things I found in the little box.



Checkout this badass little matco socket box? im calling it a mini toolbox





Also found a really old Yankee Ratcheting screwdriver

 

[7th Kahuna]

I grew up in 4-H. My adult leader in the electrical project had two daughters. Both were interested in electricity, both knew something about mechanics. The youngest's prize possession was a classic VW Bug which she had painted violet and proudly maintained herself. Girly and handy in one confident little package. For that matter, our 4-H club had a good number of solid young women who didn't mind getting their hands dirty. You've shared your interests with your daughters, included them in your projects, I bet you find yourself with daughters who appreciate the contents of those boxes.

I really like that little Mac box.

 

[ChaseDE]

Thanks guys, can someone decifer what date I have here?

 

[Mopar-Scooby-Doo]

Checkout this badass little matco socket box? im calling it a mini toolbox

Can anyone tell me what the part number on one of these is?

 

[Mopar-Scooby-Doo]

Very nice collection your grandpa had

 

[kvkmahesh1969]

Snap on tools has a good value in market but these are not from collectable period

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[kvkmahesh1969]

You can clean those tools and the chest place the tools accordingly in each drawer because they worth a lot and can be used for years to come and save it for future generations.

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[ChaseDE]

Can anyone tell me what the part number on one of these is?

There is no part number I see, Google turned up a few used for about $40 or so. You have to sift through result of matco mini toolbox piggy banks though. My kids have those as my uncle is a matco dealer

 

[twertsy]

Thanks guys, can someone decifer what date I have here?

"80"

 

[ChaseDE]

"80"

So I overthought it haha. I saw online the code charts and hieroglyphs and wasn't sure what I was looking at. Thanks!

So he was 57 when he bought that box and it was 10 years before he moved with us to Delaware. My parents moved from MO to DE in 1979 (Chrysler transfer) or so and I was born in 1982, my grandparents moved with us in 1990.

 

[ChaseDE]

Here is the top box seen in the first set of a pictures, it is a '76 KRA-61C

I might have died a little lifting that thing, even empty it is super freaking heavy.

 

[ChaseDE]

Some of the ratchets i dug up...

 

[Mopar-Scooby-Doo]

There is no part number I see, Google turned up a few used for about $40 or so. You have to sift through result of matco mini toolbox piggy banks though. My kids have those as my uncle is a matco dealer

Thanks

 

[ChaseDE]

started to sort the small and medium box, hope to get the big box tomorrow, already out of room on my tables. here are some oddballs



The screwdriver with the 90 degree bend, this is what is on the end, any idea what this was used for?





Old 67-c ratchet adapter



These truecraft ratchet box end wrenchs are pretty cool. turn super smooth. look like they were never used too.



old pair of channelock no. 410's



Also found a set of drawer removal tools and the keys to all 3 boxes

 

[ChaseDE]

Last box from my Grandpa picked up today 1968 KRA-378

 

[ChaseDE]

Also as I was unloading that box found a last 60's snap-on catalog with papers inside where he wrote down what he was buying in it I think, just took a glance, will inspect more after work.

Also another set of drawer puller tools and the keys.

 

[furbis]

great thread and great tools and boxes.

 

[ChaseDE]

thanks Furbis, some stuff from todays box. pneumatics and massive wrenches, a williams and 2 snap-ons

 

[LawnBoy-5247]

you are darn lucky to be inherit that stuff. I have several sets of proto wrenches and a snap on screwdriver that was given to me by my grandfather. I still use them all the time, it is a great feeling when you know that you are keeping the heritage of something alive for a third generation.

 

[ChaseDE]

It's strange but I remember way way back when I was very young hanging out with my Grandpa in the garage and that old school grease/gas smell that I loved. Opening these drawers they smell the same as I remember and it kinda freaked me out for a second, so cool.

 

[ChaseDE]

More random cool stuff

 

[ChaseDE]

only proto stuff i found and an indestro wrench



proto 4066 jaws on what looks like a dent puller handle

 

[Capt Chrysler]

Grandpa's tools!!!

I have a bunch of the same ones and I bought them new!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe I'am old?

Capt. Chrysler

 

[Empty Pockets]

Chase- I have a bunch of tools that came from my grandfather, thru my father. They have far greater value than their replacement cost. I think of them every time I use them. Use them in good health.

Great pictures, and some really cool tools.

 

[Teenager with old tools]

My moms a in school to be a doctor and she taught me how to change a head gasket so you never know man. Sweet tools


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[timbitca]

It's strange but I remember way way back when I was very young hanging out with my Grandpa in the garage and that old school grease/gas smell that I loved. Opening these drawers they smell the same as I remember and it kinda freaked me out for a second, so cool.

My Grandfathers garage is the same way. He's been gone for 5 years in July. And it doesn't matter how much stuff we've moved out of his garage, and how much stuff we've moved into it (a lot, in both cases), the second I walk in there it has the same familiar smell that hasn't evaporated one bit. I hope it never changes.

I have a bunch of his tools here with me, and while they're mostly cheaper brands and some imports (mostly from the 60's-70's, he only moved off the family farm at 40+ years old) they reside on the pegboard above my workbench and get quite a bit of use.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Wow, some great stuff!!

 

[ChaseDE]

Thanks guys for the comments, working on cleaning out and organizing the garage right now so I have cleaned out and vacuumed the boxes and replaced the tools in them, organizing them by type, until I have time to really clean up the tools and boxes.

 

[doubstajr]

"The screwdriver with the 90 degree bend" is what is called an auto glass lace tool or glass filler strip insert tool. They come in many different shapes and sizes. An invaluable tool if you need one.