Vintage garage stuff

[Mike Szadaj]

Nice cooler. Looks to be in great shape.

 

[Coronet_Arch]

I remember Colerain Dodge. I lived in Cincinnati 1983 to 1989. Bought my Plymouth Tourismo Duster at Jake Sweeney.

They had a nice dealership group. They owned three Dodge dealerships that Fiat Chrysler chose to close. There last location was over on Beechmont Ave where they sold used cars and did service work. Jake Sweeney is still around. I just helped my mom buy a car there late last year.

 

[ckessel]

Love that cooler. That was the type you could pop the caps off and just stick a straw in. Back in 08/9 when the village idiot from Chicago was strong-arming manufactures and making certain dealerships close down, I scored a bunch of shop supplies. I was able to get two bolt bins[ one with fasteners], a hose/wire rack and two stacks of pull out drawers in cabinets. The drawers had all sorts of supplies in them. I made a cart to put it all on and be mobile.

 

[Coronet_Arch]

I got a bolt bin full of grade eight fasteners and my first metal mechanic's work bench from the same auction.

 

[Mike Szadaj]

Found a couple more knick-knacks. A "Visor Valet". It has adjustable hooks on the back to attach it to the sun visor. I filled it with era appropriate things. The empty pocket in the middle is labeled "Personal". I haven't figured what to put in that one yet. A Plymouth and a Dodge Pentastar. A volt/amp meter. The points at the bottom are the positive probes, one for volts and the other for amps and the wire is the negative probe. It measures up to 16v and 40a. I have found similar meters for tube radio diagnostics, but with the limits of the measurements of this one, it is obviously for automotive testing.

 

[tenfive0]

If it's free its for me. What the heck? Snap On something that someone was throwing out. It's an engine analyzer or scope of some sort. Shop art and it looks kind of cool. Don't ask to hook up your engine to it. I'll be damned if I KNOW HOW TO USE IT.

 

[Offender]

Family heirloom toolbox.
A few years after my Father passed my Mother asked me to come clean out the garage at their house, a daunting task, as Dad didn't through out much. As I dug in Mom told me to take it all to the dump if I didn't want it, knowing I wouldn't. Instead I spent a few weekends dragging a lot of it down to my place and piling it up in my garage. When time allowed I consolidated a lot of the smaller items, found good homes for some stuff amongst my fellow gearheads and packrats, and made space on the shelves for other items. I cleared a spot on my workbench for this toolbox. This box is what my Father got from his father when he started working as a Machinist's Apprentice. Along with the broken eyeglasses, old lathe bits, standards, measuring instruments and the like, was a couple drawers of journals, time sheets and union books from his father's day doing the same work.
I still can spend hours going through the handwritten notes, calculations, and drawings reflecting on the times and how smart these old timers were with the mathematics that went into their work, all done by hand, or sliderule, along with the fact that most had little or no formal education.
As I get older I hope when the day comes that my Son get's the call from his Mother, to come clean out my shop, he will cherish this old box and it's contents as I have....

 

[khryslerkid]

Family heirloom toolbox.
A few years after my Father passed my Mother asked me to come clean out the garage at their house, a daunting task, as Dad didn't through out much. As I dug in Mom told me to take it all to the dump if I didn't want it, knowing I wouldn't. Instead I spent a few weekends dragging a lot of it down to my place and piling it up in my garage. When time allowed I consolidated a lot of the smaller items, found good homes for some stuff amongst my fellow gearheads and packrats, and made space on the shelves for other items. I cleared a spot on my workbench for this toolbox. This box is what my Father got from his father when he started working as a Machinist's Apprentice. Along with the broken eyeglasses, old lathe bits, standards, measuring instruments and the like, was a couple drawers of journals, time sheets and union books from his father's day doing the same work.
I still can spend hours going through the handwritten notes, calculations, and drawings reflecting on the times and how smart these old timers were with the mathematics that went into their work, all done by hand, or sliderule, along with the fact that most had little or no formal education.
As I get older I hope when the day comes that my Son get's the call from his Mother, to come clean out my shop, he will cherish this old box and it's contents as I have....

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Look those tool boxes up on ebay and you'll be shocked at what they are going for, along with any Starrett tools.

 

[Mike Szadaj]

Very nice toolbox, Offender. In addition to the box and tools, I really like the Lucky Strike box, and the racing paperwork.

 

[Offender]

Very nice toolbox, Offender. In addition to the box and tools, I really like the Lucky Strike box, and the racing paperwork.

You might like this as well.....Traffic Laws from 1917.

 

[Mike Szadaj]

That is very cool. Thanks for taking the time and the effort to show it to us.

 

[GrabberOrange69]

...The empty pocket in the middle is labeled "Personal". I haven't figured what to put in that one yet...

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...looks like 1 each Trojan will fit...

 

[Mike Szadaj]

I was wondering if I was going to get any suggestions.

 

[71dodgechargerrt]

Cool box and contents Offender.

 

[Mike Szadaj]

A few more goodies. A few Kendall floor protectors. Some wax and a couple of cans of R-12. A 10 qt can of Sears ATF. Some Mopar keys with a cool atom and transistor key fob.

 

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[patrick66]

Cool stuff, everyone! I've got a few things I need to post, too.