Vintage Ephemera
- Thread starter kyrbz
- Start date
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
What kind of horsepower do you think they were getting with those bikes.
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
Those guy's had nuts of steel the size of beach balls.
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
I'm trying to make sense of those exhaust pipes.
Provincial
Well-known member
You are only seeing half the exhaust pipes. Some (on the other side) are hidden by the rear wheel and the frame. I think the smaller one on the top isn't an exhaust. There is a vinyl hose in the middle of the run, so it couldn't take that much heat. Probably a crankcase vent routed to keep the vapors off the rear wheel. Oil vapors there would have made life very interesting even for those highly skilled racers!
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
This neat little paper dial-A-thread finder was inside the catalog.
Provincial
Well-known member
Lufkin is the Rodney Dangerfield of precision measuring tools. It "don't get no respect" but it is excellent stuff.
This neat little paper dial-A-thread finder was inside the catalog.
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
Provincial
Well-known member
Like the rest of my tools, my machinist stuff (accumulated over a long period, most of which involved limited finances) is a hodgepodge of brands. Lufkin, Brown & Sharpe, Tumico, Mitutoyo, General, Craftsman and, of course, Starrett. Plus others. At this time, it works, and it is paid for, so I only pick up items that I think I can put to use and which is affordable.
Most of my Lufkin was bought from people who had upgraded to Starrett, even though the Lufkin was performing perfectly well. It didn't have the brand name, and was dumped for something more desirable.
Most of my Lufkin was bought from people who had upgraded to Starrett, even though the Lufkin was performing perfectly well. It didn't have the brand name, and was dumped for something more desirable.
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
It's nice to see the rates haven't changed all that much over the years.
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
Well, I wish I could still buy a new Model T for $260.It's nice to see the rates haven't changed all that much over the years.
You can’t even get a slightly used one for that. .
Last edited:
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
Provincial
Well-known member
Mid-1920's?
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
Has to be, but I looked for a date several times and found none, it will take an expert in tools who knows when these manufactures introduce and discontinued products to find the year or even someone that has enough of the series of catalogs to know for sure. My guess is 1925.
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
According to Wiki;
en.m.wikipedia.org
“The Ballou & Wright Company was originally a bicycle dealer in Great Falls, Montana.[3] It was founded by Oscar. B. Ballou (1853-1946), originally from Massachusetts, and Charles F. Wright (1877-1958), originally from Kansas.[4][5][6]
They had set up shop in Portland by 1902, and were carrying selling bicycles from lesser known bicycle manufacturers Tribune, Cleveland, Imperial, and others.[7] In 1904 they were carrying bicycles from popular maker Pierce,[8] and by 1905 they had added Rambler models and begun to carry automobile supplies.[9] By 1909 they had begun to sell motorcycles part,[10] and by the following year they had become a west coast distributor for Indian Motorcycles.[11] They took on the Emblem motorcycle distributorship for Oregon and Wasthington (state) in 1913.[12] By 1916 their motorcycle business was big enough that they would receive railroad cars full of new Indian motorcycles - 66 motorcycles in one published case.[13][14]
The rapid growth of the firm led to Ballou & Wright Company becoming the leading wholesaler of bicycles, motorcycles and automobile parts in the northwest region of the United States. The rapid growth meant the firm outgrew multiple facilities, and eventually to have a large building designed for them in 1917. Likely because of World War I, and the recession after the war, the construction of the building was delayed, and it was not finished until late 1921. On December 30, 1921, they held an open house with over 600 guests attending.[6][15]
The company eventually grew to have 12 branch offices with locations opening in major cities like Seattle, Washington (1913), Spokane, Washington (1920), and Tacoma, Washington (1936). The firm disbanded in 1960, about two years after the death of Charles Wright. Oscar Ballou had died in 1946.”
Ballou & Wright Company Building - Wikipedia
“The Ballou & Wright Company was originally a bicycle dealer in Great Falls, Montana.[3] It was founded by Oscar. B. Ballou (1853-1946), originally from Massachusetts, and Charles F. Wright (1877-1958), originally from Kansas.[4][5][6]
They had set up shop in Portland by 1902, and were carrying selling bicycles from lesser known bicycle manufacturers Tribune, Cleveland, Imperial, and others.[7] In 1904 they were carrying bicycles from popular maker Pierce,[8] and by 1905 they had added Rambler models and begun to carry automobile supplies.[9] By 1909 they had begun to sell motorcycles part,[10] and by the following year they had become a west coast distributor for Indian Motorcycles.[11] They took on the Emblem motorcycle distributorship for Oregon and Wasthington (state) in 1913.[12] By 1916 their motorcycle business was big enough that they would receive railroad cars full of new Indian motorcycles - 66 motorcycles in one published case.[13][14]
The rapid growth of the firm led to Ballou & Wright Company becoming the leading wholesaler of bicycles, motorcycles and automobile parts in the northwest region of the United States. The rapid growth meant the firm outgrew multiple facilities, and eventually to have a large building designed for them in 1917. Likely because of World War I, and the recession after the war, the construction of the building was delayed, and it was not finished until late 1921. On December 30, 1921, they held an open house with over 600 guests attending.[6][15]
The company eventually grew to have 12 branch offices with locations opening in major cities like Seattle, Washington (1913), Spokane, Washington (1920), and Tacoma, Washington (1936). The firm disbanded in 1960, about two years after the death of Charles Wright. Oscar Ballou had died in 1946.”
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
If you look at the page below the valve lifter tool for Cadillac are from 1917 - 1926. So 1925-26 seems right.
four.cycle
Well-known member
Drill Sergeant Arc
Well-known member
lzenglish
Well-known member
Good Question, and one that i pondered when i had one of these remote oil filters on my 1969 Road Runner. I think i went with the Charmon wipe, "Please Dont Squeeze the Charmon"! Lol
LZ
Last edited:
lzenglish
Well-known member
Made My Day !! Question, Just WTF is going on here? LOL Are they dragging the bicycle around for a reason?Vintage motor paced cycle racing postcards
LZ
Based on the front sprocket of the bike, they are probably pacing him, or he is drafting. Either way could be a speed record attempt or velodrome training.
lzenglish
Well-known member
LOVE IT, Thanks for Posting!
LZ
LZ
Stubby1743
Well-known member
Dates from the late '40s or early '50s. I have the gun itself and it still works but I don't use it.
Stubby1743
Well-known member
Stubby1743
Well-known member
C.1950. I have the whole 10 page catalogue.
Stubby1743
Well-known member
I have this old Moore & Wright decimal equivalents booklet which I still Often use.
The little sayings at the top of the RH pages make me smile. Especially the reference to monkey glands!
The little sayings at the top of the RH pages make me smile. Especially the reference to monkey glands!
WisJim
Well-known member
I found some old (late 1960s early 70s) patches while sorting stuff after our move. The Terlingua Racing Team was advertised in the back of auto magazines in the 1960s and was, as I understand it, started as a kind of joke by Carrol Shelby and friends. I still have the tee shirt and membership card somewhere, too.
Stubby1743
Well-known member
The tools pages from a 1951 Kerry's "Cycle Catalogue"
