Lets make an all vintage Snap-on tool picture thread!

[Wchester04]

Thank you! Do you also know about what their value would be? I already have a Plomb and Proto set. So I don’t need these

 

[3baygarage]

New piece in the collection.

FC-5 “Ferret Speeder Tee Handle”.
1938 over 1937 stamp.
I think they were only offered in those two years.

As depicted in the 37’ cat at collectingsnapon:

 

[snapmom]

New piece in the collection.

FC-5 “Ferret Speeder Tee Handle”.
1938 over 1937 stamp.
I think they were only offered in those two years.

As depicted in the 37’ cat at collectingsnapon:

Nice, quite rare.

 

[3baygarage]

Nice, quite rare.

Thanks. Yes, it is. Was pleased to find it, and actually know what I was looking at this time around!

 

[MR.X]

Contracts

Variation on the same platform...I think this is for adjusting an Oil pressure relief valve nut on some WW2 era Wright Cyclone 9 engines.

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Question for you guys. Is there a guide that dictates the ferret boxes by years. If trying to date some

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Question for you guys. Is there a guide that dictates the ferret boxes by years. If trying to date some

For instance the snap on chicage vs. the black box vs the gray box vs the brown. You get the idea

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Back on page 51 there was some posts about it

Post in thread 'Lets make an all vintage Snap-on tool picture thread!' https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...nap-on-tool-picture-thread.15773/post-8322209

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Back on page 51 there was some posts about it

Post in thread 'Lets make an all vintage Snap-on tool picture thread!' https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...nap-on-tool-picture-thread.15773/post-8322209

Thanks so much. Nice sets

 

[Oldtuleguy]

There is also an early variant of the later long box that has the v shaped ratchet holder

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

There is also an early variant of the later long box that has the v shaped ratchet holder

Where did the snap on Chicago come from on these early sets?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Before milwaukee

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here's an m45 I got in a tool lot

 

[snapmom]

There is also an early variant of the later long box that has the v shaped ratchet holder

The rats were v shaped in the early 30’s
the triangle decal was used in the 40’s

 

[saukit]

Pulled an interesting breaker out of the rust bath, really like the handle on this one. Wartime I assume?







Also some older Snap on side cutters and Vacuum Grip mini kleins. Plain handles on both…

 

[d42jeep]

Pulled an interesting breaker out of the rust bath, really like the handle on this one. Wartime I assume?

The 1945 G marking looks like it’s part of the part number which sometimes confuses collectors.
-Don

 

[saukit]

Thanks Don, appreciate the clarification! I thought the G might be the date code but yeah it definitely looks like the part number!

 

[d42jeep]

They did that on 1/4” and 9/32” drive tools as well.
The 1944 tools may look the same but end with an E
-Don

 

[Steven 33]

Here's some cool stuff to look at if you get bored.

 

[Steven 33]

After finding a ratchet that has long been a topic of speculation and as far as I know has yet to find its way into another collectors hands I decided to solve some other mysteries. The ratchet is not snap-on related but I will share picture just because and then I will share one of multiple mysteries I have "solved" surrounding snap-on and other makers.
Many of you may not know what this particular one means but I know there are a few of us who have ran across the specific type of snap-on socket that this is relevant to. I believe @snapmom you may have or have had one and we speculated as to the purpose i have found some splid evidence for a few different mysteries for a few different makers and some contradictory pieces of information to the current paradigm on others which i will try my besy to post in the appropriate forums so for snyone interested expect spme more soon

 

[rustyzman]

After finding a ratchet that has long been a topic of speculation and as far as I know has yet to find its way into another collectors hands I decided to solve some other mysteries. The ratchet is not snap-on related but I will share picture just because and then I will share one of multiple mysteries I have "solved" surrounding snap-on and other makers.
Many of you may not know what this particular one means but I know there are a few of us who have ran across the specific type of snap-on socket that this is relevant to. I believe @snapmom you may have or have had one and we speculated as to the purpose i have found some splid evidence for a few different mysteries for a few different makers and some contradictory pieces of information to the current paradigm on others which i will try my besy to post in the appropriate forums so for snyone interested expect spme more soon

I actually had a number of those at one time that I picked up at an estate sale. Sold them a long time ago, but each had that quick release cross pin. All were dated ±1930. Some had damaged pins so I did knock a couple out so I could use the sockets.

 

[Beerhippie]

I'm not sure of the vintage of these:



L-R: 19/32 1/2" dr, IPF 800 3/8" dr. swivel--impact?, SF 121 3/8" 3/8" dr, MV 16 1/2" 1/4" dr.

They need a visit with Mr. Ultrasonic.

 

[Steven 33]

I actually had a number of those at one time that I picked up at an estate sale. Sold them a long time ago, but each had that quick release cross pin. All were dated ±1930. Some had damaged pins so I did knock a couple out so I could use the sockets.

You ever come across the tool that would have gone with them? I haven't ever seen one. Or I have but didnt think twice. Who knows but now I know what to look for at least

 

[d42jeep]

A few Snap-on tools I found today. Any thoughts on the punch?
-Don

 

[MR.X]

A few Snap-on tools I found today. Any thoughts on the punch?
-Don

There is a Forged Steel Products catalog on Internet Archive with that pin puch I believe. The Cat. looks like it has mid 30's tools in it the style of Piston groove cleaner and a steeldraulic pair of pliers. I just saw those on the way to your tool's page you could probably do a better forensic assessment of the catalogs date.

 

[d42jeep]

Thanks!
-Don

 

[3baygarage]

A few Snap-on tools I found today. Any thoughts on the punch?
-Don

Yes. Unusual. Nice find.

 

[MisterEd]

F-251 3/8 Drive 25/32 Socket "0"

 

[rustyzman]

You ever come across the tool that would have gone with them? I haven't ever seen one. Or I have but didnt think twice. Who knows but now I know what to look for at least

In the group that I acquired, there was either a 5/8" or 7/8" drive sliding T handle that was severely mangled beyond use or repair. There was no maker name or mark that could be found on the handle. The square drive head had a slot in it that the pin would have engaged with.

I can't recall for sure if there was a counterbore on the side of the square that met up with the step at the side of the pin opposite the button you pressed to release it, but I suspect there was. The square was so bad that no socket would even engage it and the sliding handle was bent around the head in a sort of spiral from someone abusing it. We postulated that they were loosening or tightening lug nuts by driving the vehicles against the handle while it was on a lug nut. All this was found at an old repair shop that a guy ran out of his garage in maybe the 40's-60's.

I had always assumed that these were special runs for an industrial application as the socket part numbers were only in the industrial catalogs as I recall. I thought like the old Left Hand threaded light bulbs that some big places used (or so an old electrician told me), I figured this was of a method of stopping people from taking them home with them, because you likely would not have the drive tools to use them. Of course, where there is a will there is a way...

 

[shoggoth80]

My oldest Snap On tool. 1937 71-10. Half inch drive. Took the 710(?) rebuild kit (71s). So it's got upgraded guts now.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I put a new kit in my 71-15, worked great!

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Here's a little box of e code stuff allfast sent me

 

[shoggoth80]

E code being war time production?

 

[Oldtuleguy]

1944 was e code, g was 45.

 

[d42jeep]

Here's a little box of e code stuff allfast sent me

That is a good start on a complete wartime 1/4” drive set.
-Don

 

[Patrick Eubanks]

Before milwaukee

In the 1931,32 range? I have a pinned box with Chicago on it as well. It looks like the 1929 small set box from the lay-out

 

[GX460DIYguy]

Dug this out of a socket bin today and it was so rusty that I couldn’t even tell who made it, but I was curious so it came home with me. It’s a snap on f-200 and the logo was used from 1920-1944. Haven’t cleaned it up well enough to see if there’s even a date code on it. If I find enough vintage stuff I’ll throw it all on a shelf somewhere just to look up and wonder what they’ve seen in their lifetime. It’s cool to find stuff like this even if it’s corroded like this one.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Yup

 

[MR.X]

The speeder with the crimped (for lack of a better word) end instead of stops....what year? and is there a clear catalog picture available?

 

[MR.X]

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