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

[jakemac]

1948 SnapOn Pickle Fork #A-200 (after clean-up on a wire wheel)
Marked "NOT GUAR"
Part of an estate sale bundle that amounted to about $1.63/pc.

 

[MShaw]

In the first photo are my tie rod fork and battery terminal puller. Both were purchased new in 1963.

The second photo is my ridge reamer, steering wheel puller, starter current tester and generator output tester. These were purchased in the same 1963 time frame.

 

[BlueBomber]

In the first photo are my tie rod fork and battery terminal puller. Both were purchased new in 1963.

The second photo is my ridge reamer, steering wheel puller, starter current tester and generator output tester. These were purchased in the same 1963 time frame.

Cool - 52 hours in my tool box, 52 years in yours.

 

[MShaw]

Cool - 52 hours in my tool box, 52 years in yours.

And when I stop and reflect on all the work the tools have done in those 52 years and they are still serviceable for another generation, it was a great investment

 

[DieselJH]

I got this vintage box back in April. I believe it to be late 30s early 40s but I'm not positive. It's in pretty good condition and I think it has a nice patina to it.









Also,
Does blue point count?

 

[snapmom]

It is early 40's. A nice one.

 

[cliftonbros89]

Aquired some of these on my own. Most of them I received from my grandpa. He got them when he bought out a local shop in the mid 80's.

Includes a brake tool, rocker arm adjustment wrench, indexing fan wrench, 3/8 slide bar w/ 9/16 socket, generator tester, flat head bit socket, and an adaptor. I haven't done any research on what year they might be. They all very. I know a few pieces are quite old.



He also gave me this box full of assorted Blue Point pullers. Not sure on the year on any of them.



Not super vintage. But this 3/4" breaker bar, which I also included in my toolbox post along with a few others, is an older one. This was one I purchased myself. Really works great.

 

[snapmom]

Most of that puller set is from about 1930

 

[cliftonbros89]

I wasn't exactly sure when. I knew it was fairly old. There's a few pieces in there that aren't Blue Point. But, the majority is. I haven't used any of them yet. But, I have them cleaned up and ready to go

 

[BlueBomber]

1964 Snap-on battery terminal puller, CJ92, bought at a garage sale for 75 cents.

UPDATE: Cleaned up and sold on Ebay for twenty bucks 72 hours after finding it! Love finding Snap-on gold!

 

[MShaw]

The buyer got a deal. They cost $66.00 new.

 

[BlueBomber]

The buyer got a deal. They cost $66.00 new.

Yep. It's those sky high "NEW" prices that keeps the resale market so high.

 

[twertsy]

Hey Snapmom, any chance you could date this one for me?

 

[snapmom]

Hey Snapmom, any chance you could date this one for me?

does it have a model number?
Snap on Corp. started in about 1938, so would not be earlier.

 

[twertsy]

does it have a model number?
Snap on Corp. started in about 1938, so would not be earlier.

Yeah, no model number or date stamp that I can see. Could be worn off though.

 

[snapmom]

It is probably a give a way.

 

[ganymede]

Here's something I havnt seen before...
Got myself an F70m (center) and it was really quirky. Sometimes it worked sometimes not. Tried complete disassembly, cleaning and different lubes. It was still mis behaving.
I figured out the problem was the pawl (the one on the left).
I had only ever seen that style pawl in f71c (top) and f71d ratchets and they always had two teeth on each side to better lock into 30 tooth gears.
This one had 1 tooth on each side for the 20 tooth gear the ratchet came with.
I swapped it out with the regular style pawl (right) and now it works fine.

 

[MShaw]

Here is another unusual item. My 24" Snap on screwdriver purchased in 1962.

 

[snapmom]

Here is another unusual item. My 24" Snap on screwdriver purchased in 1962.

That is a nice one, hard to find.

 

[BMack37]

I didn't want to start a new thread for this dumb question. I don't know a lot about vintage Snap-on tools but I came across this and was wondering what a fair price would be, all of you are far more knowledgeable than I am. This is about 6" long and is a 3/8" ratchet.

 

[snapmom]

10-20

 

[BMack37]

10-20

Thanks Snapmom! I was thinking it was about a fair price at their $18 asking price but like I said, I don't have near the knowledge you have..though I'm trying to learn.

 

[BlueBomber]

BMack37: another good reference is E bay. However, be sure to go to the Advanced Search and filter on "Sold" items. People sometimes advertise stuff for ridiculous prices, but by checking the Sold items, you can see what stuff is actually selling for.

 

[BMack37]

BMack37: another good reference is E bay. However, be sure to go to the Advanced Search and filter on "Sold" items. People sometimes advertise stuff for ridiculous prices, but by checking the Sold items, you can see what stuff is actually selling for.

That's a great idea, I looked on eBay and the prices were all over the place. I know I've searched sold items before but it never dawned on me in this case, DOH! Thanks for the reminder!

 

[MShaw]

Are these early flank drive? They are stamped with the flank drive patent number and no date code. I got them in 1973 when the purchasing manager at New Britain cleaned out his closet full of samples submitted by other companies. They are 3/4" drive 1 7/8 and 9/16.

 

[ganymede]

I would say they are.
For whatever reason Snap On didn't date code a lot of tools in the early 70's.

 

[3baygarage]

Vacuum grip 9518 plier with cutter

5-1/2" long

 

[MShaw]

It would be interesting if old price lists were available as well as catalogs. Two items that were interesting for me were my 1 1/2 - 1 5/8 blue point supreme open end that I bought from a repossessed set in 1962 for $20.00 and now sells for $262.00 and my GCP10 grease cap pliers that I bought for $3.75 in 1962 and now sell for $73.25. Of course I did some browbeating on the dealer to get the GCP10s at cost. I have other tools that I bought as far back as 1954 and don't remember what I paid for them. There is where the old price lists would be interesting.

 

[smokeyburb]

My grandfather's ratchets...

 

[snapmom]

My grandfather's ratchets...

Nice, one is late 20s the other is prob. 40s.

 

[Jarhead0408]

There are still mechanics in my area that use ratchets that old smokey. Their dads and granddads passed their tools down to them. I'm not talking about diy guys either. I was on the Snap On truck at one of his stops when one of the mechanics who worked there dropped it off for a rebuild. Snap On guy told he'd have it back within the week!

I was fondling a Dual-80 at the time. Quite the contrast!

 

[smokeyburb]

Nice, one is late 20s the other is prob. 40s.

The top ratchet is definitely late 20's; on the handle it says, "Milwaukee." It was pretty dirty and rusty but is cleaning up nicely.

The lower has a 1947 date code.

 

[d42jeep]

Here is a picture of my Snap on sockets from my WW2 tool set ranging from 1939 to 1942.
-Don

 

[twertsy]

In case anyone is interested, here is a great read I ran across while doing research on my site. Details of the formation of SO up to 1981.

 

[bsg1]

bump for a great thread.

 

[wvhillbillie]

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Two old 1/2 sockets.

 

[MShaw]

Getting close to the end of my Snap on items. Here are two leverage bars, a long 3/8" punch, a long cold chisel and a 15" blue point chain wrench. All from 1960 / 1963

 

[papavolume]

Saw this ad over on the HAMB:

 

[Maui]

Here's an ad for a vintage Snap-On tool box that is up for sale locally:

https://rochester.craigslist.org/tls/5303752225.html

Is the asking price a little on the high side for an empty tool cabinet? For posterity I am adding the photos that appears in the ad.

Maui

 

[3baygarage]

Ford rear main bearing wrench S-9065. This wrench struck my fancy because it has 1/2" drive on one end. The old catalogs at collecting Snap On show this end was for special bearing sockets. The other end is a 3/4" 12 point socket.

This is a rather large specialty wrench. Recently I missed out on the Williams version of this wrench from the same period.

1934 date stamp