Vintage Craftsman Air compressor 1948 maybe ?

[tedsters]

i was not even gonna buy this till i looked and seen how nice the badges were on the motor and base, its only a 1/4hp probally not good for much but its a survivor and a piece of history pretty sure the motor is factory its a packard and looks like it belongs.
I can not find any info on it if someone is familiar with it please chime in, it does run and pump good

 

[jakemac]

According to the OWWM Sears vendor list, the 283 prefix is Thomas Industries. TI may have used Packard as it's supplier.

 

[jakemac]

TA-DA !

This is from page 1076 of the 1949 Craftsman catalog. I didn't see that model in the '48. The complete spray kit was $54.95 back then. That would only be $550.08 in 2014 dollars.

 

[tedsters]

jakemac
thanks for posting that i will try to find out some more info to