Snap On Date Code Chart up to 2029!

[chad s]

Here is a scan of the printout my Snap On dealer gave me. Its definately the most complete one I have ever seen.

 

[eschoendorff]

Cool! Thanks for putting that up.

 

[ImportTuner]

Thanks for putting it up ...

 

[Fedwrench]

That chart can't be right. Everything after 2010 will probably have Chinese characters

Wait a minute, 2018 looks like a rice bowl.

 

[chad s]

That chart can't be right. Everything after 2010 will probably have Chinese characters

Wait a minute, 2018 looks like a rice bowl.

Thats not funny, yet so funny! Did that make sense?

 

[chad s]

What else is interesting, look at the flank drive plus wrench, the logo isnt a snap on script that has ever been used. strange!

 

[dxdexter]

Thanks Chad for posting the chart. These are for sale on Ebay all the time but I couldn't bring myself to buy one.

 

[lbgradwell]

Good work, Chad! I've never seen this one...

 

[lbgradwell]

On a related note, I just bought one of those Bahco-manufactured Harley-Davidson 9-piece ratchet sets.

While inspecting it, I noticed some Snap-on-like characters on all the pieces & I wondered if they were date codes... Sure enough, they match the codes from this updated Snap-on chart for the year 2003 (for the ratchet) and 2002 (for the sockets & extension)!

Has anyone else noticed this on Bahco or Williams pieces?

 

[plinker]

Some Williams are date marked & some aren't.
No idea about Bahco but I would guess the same as Williams.

 

[MAD]

On a related note, I just bought one of those Bahco-manufactured Harley-Davidson 9-piece ratchet sets.

While inspecting it, I noticed some Snap-on-like characters on all the pieces & I wondered if they were date codes... Sure enough, they match the codes from this updated Snap-on chart for the year 2003 (for the ratchet) and 2002 (for the sockets & extension)!

Has anyone else noticed this on Bahco or Williams pieces?

Some of the bits from my Bahco screwdriver are date coded 2002. I have Williams Combination wrenches date coded 2000, 2001, and 2002. And my Williams made Kobalt wrenches are date coded as well-mostly 1998 with a few 2001 that I picked up in an ebay lot.

 

[ImportTuner]

Yep, both the Williams made Kolbalt and Bahco uses the same Snap On markings; funny I didn't noticed that before ...

 

[wrenchr]

I can not see the chart, can someone repost? Please...

 

[dxdexter]

I can not see the chart, can someone repost? Please...

I can see it just fine, but here it is again. BTW I printed several copies and had them laminated in plastic at work and keep them in my Snap-on catalog.

 

[mister_bin]

I'm printing that out and putting it in my box.. thanks man

 

[trackwelder]

I have an old ratchet that is stamped snap on milwaukee usa. It does not have a direction selector, you must push the socket holder out and flip it to the other side. The only number that I can find is a seven. The number is on the ratchet head itself. Would this date back to 1927?

 

[wrenchr]

1926 or older, I think. Chad S would no for sure!!

 

[trackwelder]

Very cool chart I have a bunch of stuff to check

 

[chad s]

I have an old ratchet that is stamped snap on milwaukee usa. It does not have a direction selector, you must push the socket holder out and flip it to the other side. The only number that I can find is a seven. The number is on the ratchet head itself. Would this date back to 1927?

If it has a 7 on it, and Milwaukee, its 1927. Snap on moved to Kenosha in 1930.

Post a pic for us!

 

[trackwelder]

Thanks for the info chad. I'm still trying to figure out the digital camera stuff, hopefully I can get some pictures up tommorow.

 

[chad s]

some people PMd me as the picture was gone. AOL stopped hosting images, so I re-uploaded it with photobucket and edited the original post.

 

[billymade]

Cool! I just looked it up this morning to decode some of my flea "finds" today! Thanks again!

 

[krusty the clown]

right click then save as.........

 

[paramudduck]

Yep thats what I do.

 

[hopalong]

Hi Chad s
Please give me a call. I worked with Snap-on for 34 yrs in Balt.
704-573-1221

hopalong

 

[Lz_69]

What else is interesting, look at the flank drive plus wrench, the logo isnt a snap on script that has ever been used. strange!

Well they did use something really similar on these line wrenches.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/snap-on-flare-nut-wrenches_W0QQitemZ300275488747QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Automotive_Tools?hash=item300275488747&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4|65%3A3|39%3A1|240%3A1318

 

[rockitracer]

where can I find values of the older Snap-on tools?
I have a mint 1928 drag link driver, a pre-chrome era vacuum grip needle nose and many others that I inherited as a child (40 years ago) from my grandpa and I still have them

 

[chad s]

where can I find values of the older Snap-on tools?
I have a mint 1928 drag link driver, a pre-chrome era vacuum grip needle nose and many others that I inherited as a child (40 years ago) from my grandpa and I still have them

Post pics of what you have, and I can help. Prices are based on ebay market value, as thats what sets the price 90% of the time.

 

[nyad]

Thanks very much, very useful for snap-on collector!!

 

[Craftman]

old post. but I just found out that my F-710-A was made in 1951

 

[Art From De Leon]

They should have one that looks like a "smiley face".

Why go that far to the future, knowing that the world is going to end in 2012?

 

[chadster1]

Why go that far to the future, knowing that the world is going to end in 2012?

That list was printed before the movie came out.

 

[BiltFordTuff]

this is one of the most useful things i got in my toolbox now, love old tools, gota 1948 13/16 combination wrench yesterday

 

[csmitty]

So is it normal for socket sets to have a mix of years? say like a 09 and 08? One I have is all 2010, with one 09.

 

[wafrederick]

I have a 15 inch 1/2 square drive ratchet from 1939 that still works and there is one thing it still has.It still has the original brass lever and I been told by the dealer down the road in my area the brass lever is obsolete replaced by aluminum if it breaks.

 

[Nightshift]

Here is a scan of the printout my Snap On dealer gave me. Its definately the most complete one I have ever seen.

Thanks Chad.

 

[knucklehead]

i have a 1/2 drive snap-on ratchet but cant find a date code on it, but is stamped milwaukee so i guess pre '27?

 

[snapmom]

I would date it about 26-27

 

[padronanniversary]

you wonder why they can;t just put a junian date code on it

 

[otis66]

Looks like there is no date code after 2029. That must be the end of the world.