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

[3baygarage]

That's neat.

 

[d42jeep]

I found a similar ratchet today but mine is missing the Rolls Royce.
-Don

 

[Tylermorris]

Snap-on 14” pipe wrench

 

[d42jeep]

I received a little gift in the mail today from bmwrd0. It is a tiny 9/32” drive screwdriver bit that has been missing from my mostly 1942 9/32” drive set. I had almost given up on completing the set.
-Don

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I received a little gift in the mail today from bmwrd0. It is a tiny 9/32” drive screwdriver bit that has been missing from my mostly 1942 9/32” drive set. I had almost given up on completing the set.
-Don

Set is looking good!

 

[snapmom]

That bit is hard to find. nice set.

 

[snapmom]

Probably a F45-1 Knob handle for ferret speeders. not marked.
These show up in 37 38 39 cats, but the one in the 39 is different.
http://collectingsnapon.com/catalogs/catalogs.php?loggedin=0&catalogPage=595
This speeder is dated 1940. everything seems to look original, someone painted the handle green at some point.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I saw one and thought it was a mod. Pretty cool.

 

[Tylermorris]

Snap-on pliers And snips

 

[Boulderdash]

Rolls Royce rat. 45 code. M70M 9/32

That's awesome!! Do you know much about it? From when it dates etc? They can't have made many..

 

[Username already in use]

I picked up a 1in drive Snap-On Torqometer in a hefty steel box today from the flea. Bout wore my arm off trying to carry that thing around! Came with a Williams 1in to 3/4" adaptor and 3/4" to 1/2" adaptor. I left them in the pic for scale. This thing is massive!

 

[snapmom]

That's awesome!! Do you know much about it? From when it dates etc? They can't have made many..

It would probably be from the war. I purchased it from a seller in the UK.

 

[snapmom]

I picked up a 1in drive Snap-On Torqometer in a hefty steel box today from the flea. Bout wore my arm off trying to carry that thing around! Came with a Williams 1in to 3/4" adaptor and 3/4" to 1/2" adaptor. I left them in the pic for scale. This thing is massive!

Wow, that is a big one.

 

[snapmom]

Someone wanted to see the types of F7

 

[d42jeep]

I found two Snap-on pieces today. One is a floppy 1/2” drive early u-joint only marked Snap-on with no part number or date code. The Ferret screwdriver bit isn’t marked Snap-On but it clearly is.
-Don

 

[snapmom]

The ferret piece is probably early 40's. Not to unusual to not have a name

 

[snapmom]

Metric 3/8 dr. socket set. date codes 1938. Missing the 9mm but what the heck.

 

[disston]

As long as it's got the 10 mm you're good as gold. ��

 

[d42jeep]

Here are my Snap-on finds at a local estate sale this morning.
-Don

 

[Provincial]

I found this S-9540A windshield wiper drive nut socket on Thursday. It fits 1955-58 Chevrolet and Pontiac.

 

[davethorik]

I picked up 2 Snap-on hand boxes today.
First one is older, looks like it was supposed to have a tray (long gone). Came with a bunch of rusty random tools.

2nd box is a 1972 KRA-280 painted green but overall good shape.

 

[LesserSon]

I don’t see any markings on these two 9/32dr square sockets, but they resemble the early SO ones in 1/2dr I’ve seen. The sliding Tee is stuck, and the drive looks like it was forced into a too-small socket. I suspect it was 9/32dr at birth, but had a run-in with the mother of invention.
Edit - here are two hex sockets I forgot to include.

 

[snapmom]

Those are late 20s very early 30s SO sockets. No stampings

 

[d42jeep]

As posted on the Garage Sale thread, these are my Snap-on finds from the Tahoe flea this morning. I like the vacuum grip cutters and the V flare nut wrenches.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I finally got a chance to take some pictures of the early vacuum grip dykes. I’m not sure when they were made.
-Don

 

[LesserSon]

Don, you probably already know, but for interested parties, here’s my exercise in deduction:
Forged Steel Products was founded in Newark NJ in 1920. In 1922, the company moved to Newport PA. Around 1945-6, the Snap-on name replaced Forged Steel Products on tools, and in 1958 production moved out of Newport. So 1923-45, probably. Since the 1921 dimpled grip design patent date was frequently stamped on products, maybe further reduced to 1928-45? The way the cutting area is milled (from your earlier post) inclines me to guess early 1930s?
Without a date code stamp (anything on the inside of the handles?), it’s just a guess.
Does it have a model number?

 

[d42jeep]

Don, you probably already know, but for interested parties, here’s my exercise in deduction:
Forged Steel Products was founded in Newark NJ in 1920. In 1922, the company moved to Newport PA. Around 1945-6, the Snap-on name replaced Forged Steel Products on tools, and in 1958 production moved out of Newport. So 1923-45, probably. Since the 1921 dimpled grip design patent date was frequently stamped on products, maybe further reduced to 1928-45? The way the cutting area is milled (from your earlier post) inclines me to guess early 1930s?
Without a date code stamp (anything on the inside of the handles?), it’s just a guess.
Does it have a model number?

LS,
Thanks for that information. I wasn’t aware of the exact timeline. I didn’t see any obvious additional markings but I will double check later today. I have some larger ones with the Snap-on markings on the inside of the handles.
-Don

 

[Provincial]

About 35 years ago I picked up some sockets in an estate deal. I recently dug them out to share them. Among them were these Snap-On items:

No. 9001 21/32" Ford connecting rod socket. 1929
screwdriver socket 1/2 drive. Logo matches the other sockets. No numbers.
SW-160 1/2" 12-point socket. 1932
SW-200 5/8" 12-point socket. 1932
SW-250 25/32" 12-point socket. 1932
F30 clutch driver
TM30 clutch driver
TM27 clutch driver

 

[snapmom]

A odd stamping error. I like this font the most.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I don't think I have seen an s with that extra curl on it before.

 

[snapmom]

They mostly show up in early-mid 50s wrenches. Some are much bolder. Notice too, they have the / instead of the - dash, odd for 50s tools.

 

[d42jeep]

I found this box empty at the flea recently and threw some 1/4” drive tools in it. I’m curious about the age of the box and what might have originally come in it?
-Don

 

[snapmom]

Looks like a kr206 from about 50, used to hold a set of 6 flex sockets

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Maybe swivel sockets. I have one I keep hole punches in.

 

[d42jeep]

Thanks, guys!
-Don

 

[Tylermorris]

Small blue-point puller, and blue point.....?

 

[MShaw]

The puller is a battery terminal puller. The other items are adjustable reamers. Used for fitting bushings after installation as in king pins and spring shackles.

 

[jgromada]

I finally got a chance to take some pictures of the early vacuum grip dykes. I’m not sure when they were made.
-Don

Are those Type 87? I have a pair similar to those except only 2 rows of suction cones running down the side. I think mine are early as they have no markings on the head of the tool, all markings are on the inside of the handles opposite of the suction cones. I haven't found any date codes yet, any suggestions of where they might be?

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Don, you probably already know, but for interested parties, here’s my exercise in deduction:
Forged Steel Products was founded in Newark NJ in 1920. In 1922, the company moved to Newport PA. Around 1945-6, the Snap-on name replaced Forged Steel Products on tools, and in 1958 production moved out of Newport. So 1923-45, probably. Since the 1921 dimpled grip design patent date was frequently stamped on products, maybe further reduced to 1928-45? The way the cutting area is milled (from your earlier post) inclines me to guess early 1930s?
Without a date code stamp (anything on the inside of the handles?), it’s just a guess.
Does it have a model number?

LS,
Thanks for that information. I wasn’t aware of the exact timeline. I didn’t see any obvious additional markings but I will double check later today. I have some larger ones with the Snap-on markings on the inside of the handles.
-Don

Keep in mind that until 1931, when Forged Steel Products was formally merged with Snap-on, they were still selling their own pliers under their own brand name (Vacuum-Grip) in addition to supplying Snap-on with pliers that Snap-on sold with the same brand name. Those pliers look like straight up FSP Vacuum-Grips to me.

 

[Username already in use]

Double stamp date code on this socket from last weekend. 41 and 45.