Indestro Tool Catalog thread

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Indestro

1982 Indestro Catalog No. 60

Indestro Tool Catalog 60 1982 pp 40-40A by four.cycle, on Flickr

Indestro Tool Catalog 60 1982 pp 40B-40C by four.cycle, on Flickr

 

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Indestro

1982 Indestro Catalog No. 60

Indestro Tool Catalog 60 1982 pp 40D-41 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Indestro Tool Catalog 60 1982 pp 42-43 by four.cycle, on Flickr

 

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Indestro

1982 Indestro Catalog No. 60

 

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Indestro

1982 Indestro Catalog No. 60

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Indestro

1982 Indestro Catalog No. 60

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Indestro

1972 Indestro Catalog No. 55

Indestro Tool Catalog 55 1972 pp 6-7 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Thanks for sharing. I have the 2738 oil sending unit socket shown on this page, but all I have used it for is front spindle nuts. Worked for an auto parts in high school and we sold Indestro. All I have any more is a couple of screwdrivers and the one socket.

 

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1948 Indestro Tool Catalog No. 16 pp 22-23 - 3/4" drive sockets and accessories

Indestro Tool Catalog 16 1948 pp 22-23 by four.cycle, on Flickr

1959 Indestro Tool Catalog No. 22 pp 18-19 - 3/4" drive sockets and accessories

Indestro Tool Catalog 22 1959 pp 18-19 by four.cycle, on Flickr

1938 Jensen-Byrd Hardware Catalog pp 330 - Indestro No. 2210 "Heavy Duty" 3/4" drive socket set

Indestro 2210 3/4" drive heavy duty socket set - 1938 Jensen Byrd Hardware catalog pp 330 by four.cycle, on Flickr

1935 Duro Chrome Catalog pp 34 - No. 4276 3/4" square female drive non-reversible ratchet (patent 1902878)

Duro Chrome 4276 3/4" square female drive ratchet - 1935 Duro Chrome catalog pp 34 by four.cycle, on Flickr

 

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1972 Indestro Tool Catalog No. 55 pp 60-61 - pullers

Indestro Tool Catalog 55 1972 pp 60-61 by four.cycle, on Flickr

 

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1972 Indestro Tool Catalog No. 55 pp 60-61 - pullers

Indestro Tool Catalog 55 1972 pp 60-61 by four.cycle, on Flickr

Item 268 on the first page, I have one 1977 vintage marked SK 92540. Wonder who really made them?

 

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A comment regarding 3/8" hex drive socket sets made me curious, so I had to do some looking.

These are the only listings I can find for 3/8" hex drive socket sets made by Indestro:
oops! I didn't dig deep enough. see post #52 below:





(* Note I have not been able to establish a date for catalog No. 20. My best guess is 1953-1955 *)
(* Note that all four of the 'Pee Wee' 3/8" hex drive sets shown in the 1948 catalog No. 16 have a red line drawn through the part number, indicating the item has been discontinued, yet inexpicably both the model 2104 and 2137 sets reappear in both the later catalog No. 20 and the 1959 catalog No. 22.)
(* I did not find any listings for 3/8" hex drive in the 1935 catalog or the 1972 catalog No. 55.)

(* NOTE ALSO that the dates which have been assigned to these catalogs may or may not be correct. Alloy-Artifacts is in error about the date on at least one Indestro catalog, if not more. I may be mistaken as well about the dates on a few of mine. Unfortunately they don't all have dates printed on them! BK )

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Another oddity
here in the '38 jensen Byrd catalog a ball swivel adapter is shown, seeminly not to reappear till the last '80's catalog.

 

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I completely missed this page while searching for 3/8" hex drive socket sets made by Indestro.
These models were shown in the 1935 catalog.
Note that their 3/8" hex drive "PeeWee" sets in the 1935 catalog don't resemble anything they made later.
Note also that single sockets were available, as well as all the component pieces. (On the opposite side of the same page are listings for single 1/4" hex drive sockets.)
The 1935 Indestro catalog is available for download in *.pdf format at ToolArchives.com

* broken up into three pieces here so you can see it:

 

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Indestro ratchet 1308 6070 6270 6470

 

[damon18]

Found a PeeWee 3/8 hex drive set like the 10 piece set.

Although it seems like the catalog shorts themeselves, I count nine sockets, the metal box, and the allen wrench for 11 pieces. Did they not count the box?

 

[damon18]

At the same time I thought I'd found the 7 piece slip on set from the same catalog page, same plating, knurling, and sizes, but only marked JAPAN on each socket.

 

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Indestro and Indestro Super Tappet Wrench Obstruction Wrench Ignition Wrench Adjustable Wrench catalog pages from various years:

1935 Indestro catalog pp 8 - obstruction wrench - tappet wrench

1937 Indestro catalog pp 8-9 - open end wrench - obstruction wrench - tappet wrench

1948 Indestro catalog No. 16 pp 44-45 - open end wrench - obstruction wrench - tappet wrench

1950s * Indestro catalog No. 20 pp 26-27 - adjustable wrench - obstruction wrench - tappet wrench
(* I believe the year of this catalog to be 1953 or 1954, based on the patent date for their RHFT ratchet *)
1964 * Indestro catalog No. 22A pp 22-23 - open end wrench - obstruction wrench - ignition wrench - tappet wrench -
(* I do not believe this catalog to have been published in 1964. I believe that Alloy-Artifacts made the same error as the Ebay seller from whom I purchased this copy, which was accompanied by a 1964 price list clearly marked "applies to catalog No. 22A".
(1.) Note that Catalog No. 22A shows the address of Indestro at 2649 N. Kildare Ave, Chicago 39, U.S.A.
The United States Postal Service introduced Zip Codes in 1964.
Compiling a catalog and sending it to a printer is a lengthy and very deliberate process requiring an enormous investment in manpower and money. I very seriously doubt that the executives at Indestro weren't aware that Zip Codes were being introduced that year.
(2) On page 23, note that the shanks on the ignition wrenches are curved. Now take a look at page 27 of the 1962 Duro-Chrome catalog No. 37M (below), on which you will find ignition wrenches with straight shanks.
Are we to believe that Duro-Chrome re-tooled and began production of straight shank ignition wrenches, while in some far-off corner in the same building Indestro was still cranking out curved shank ignition wrenches two years later?
The gap in the logic of that assumption requires a bridge too far.
(3) There are innumerable inexplicable examples of the implausible when one begins the process of picking the gnat **** out of the black pepper.
I will leave it to the reader to draw his own conclusions.

I believe Indestro catalog No. 22A was published in 1959.

1964 * Indestro catalog No. 22MA pp 23 - ignition wrench - obstruction wrench - tappet wrench
(* see notes above regarding Indestro catalog No. 22A. The "MA" was the pocket-sized "mechanics" version.)

1962 Duro-Chrome catalog No. 37M pp 27 - ignition wrench - obstruction wrench - tappet wrench

 

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1937 Indestro catalog pp 33 - 3/8" hex drive "Pee Wee" sockets and fittings

 

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1940 Indestro Catalog

 

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