Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Mark Tombleson » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:10 am

:evil: That box looks about the same size as a tool kit box for the USMC and Canadian jeeps, Greg.

If it is I sure would love to purchase it.
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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:18 am

I'm kind of fond of it, but I would consider it. It's 18" Long x 12" Deep x 8-1/4" High.
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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Mark Tombleson » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:41 am

I don't know, doesn't quite look the same.

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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Sat Apr 20, 2019 1:47 pm

No problem, Mark. As I said, I am happy to keep it anyway! :)
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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Thu May 16, 2019 2:08 pm

Wow. Almost a month since I posted! (That's mainly because of rainouts and me traveling more - which is taking weekdays away from the flea, and I also returned to umpiring, which is taking weekends away from the flea.) I did manage to get out this morning and picked up this SPEEDMASTER "ZEPHYRWEIGHT" PROFESSIONAL WRENCHES chest and set. It's not military, but it does date to 1941, and it was made for Montgomery Ward by a WWII supplier - Wright Tool & Forge. It's a combination 1/2- and 3/8-inch drive set.

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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by mrbill » Thu May 16, 2019 2:39 pm

Does the ratchet look like a Wright N-60?

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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Thu May 16, 2019 3:20 pm

Yes and no, Bill. I identified the set as Wright almost immediately based on the unmistakable shape of the sockets, the unique bend in the swing of the speeders, and the distinctive barrel-shaped knobs on the ends of the speeders. The ratchet kinda sorta has the same geometric shape as the N-60, but it has a strange selector that I have never seen before. (Easiest way for me to describe it is to say it looks like the beehive Herbrand selector, without the striations. I will post more photos later. Or tomorrow.) If anything, the ratchet gave me a little pause.
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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Thu May 16, 2019 3:30 pm

Actually, I just pulled it out and it is identical to the N-60 - except the selector. That difference was enough to throw me until just now confirming it. Thanks for the link.
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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Thu May 30, 2019 4:48 pm

Playing some ketchup here! I haven't gotten out much lately, but here are my last two small hauls.

I thought you chums on the other side of the pond might find the little screw pitch gage in this lot interesting. Marked AMER NAT (American National) and WHIT (Whitworth) on the case with blades for American National and Whitworth thread standards. Made by Moore & Wright in Sheffield for George Angus (racing?) in London.

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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Thu May 30, 2019 4:53 pm

And I found a decent Union hack saw frame, a Williams cad-coated deep socket, and the Champion DeArment battery pliers today.

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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Fri May 31, 2019 9:10 am

Had an okay haul at the flea market this morning.

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The "perfect handle" screwdriver with the hex nut at the top of the shank is a 15" Tobrin. It's not branded, but it has the "/8\" marking on the tip, indicating the shank length. An unmarked tommy bar, 3/8" diam., which could come in handy for a socket set or two. Oh, and a pair of orphan Duro ignition wrenches - an E62 (13/64"-60* x 15/64"-15*) and an E63 (1/4-60* x 7/32"-15*). I will post close-ups of those later. All the other hand tools are either much older, postwar, or simply not military.
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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Fri May 31, 2019 9:57 am

As many of you guys are probably aware... that BIGASS OD green grease bucket with the pump and the leak-proof lid and the 5-foot hose and the goose neck nozzle on it is a genuine WWII “GUN, pump, bucket, lubricating, medium pressure, with flexible hose, 25 pound capacity”, wartime FSN 41-G-1425, issued to several upper echelon tool-sets to be used in motorpools and maintenance depots to grease vehicle fittings or refill handheld grease guns.

There are a couple of them floating around G503-land.

This example is caked with old grease and grime but the hose is marked "Super Alemite" and I am 100% sure it is a Stewart-Warner Alemite Super Grease Gun. It is marked "ORD 152701" on the pump and I bet when I clean it up it will be marked "U.S. ORD and "Stewart-Warner Alemite" on the top of the loader.

The top stenciling reads, "B 109". May be a pipe dream, but could that signify B Company 109th Infantry Regiment? They loaded out of Ft Indiantown Gap, PA, their pre-war station, but over 50% of the wartime members came from New York and New Jersey after the draft in 1941. Right in the heart of my flea market territory.

The red stenciling reads "CG", which stands, as many of you are probably aware, for "Chassis, General", found on all lube charts, including G503, and refers to the general purpose grade grease that it contained.

I will post more pics - maybe in a separate thread - once I get it cleaned up.

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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by 43chevy » Fri May 31, 2019 12:45 pm

That’s pretty cool , give it a good clean up and will come up really good , wonder why they’ve used a reddish hose instead of black

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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Fri May 31, 2019 5:29 pm

I don't now. Could be a postwar hose.

I cleaned it up only enough to reveal the markings. Used a little too much elbow grease with the Simple Green on the "U.S. ORD" marking, unfortunately. This thing was originally forest green over the red primer, then what looks like 1942 OD green spec over the forest green. So maybe this is a prewar model brought into the war.

Anybody have any theories on the "B 109" other than my B Company 109th Inf Rgt SWAG upthread? Anybody know how to read/interpret a marking in that format o a piece of equipment?

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Re: Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019

Post by Wingnutt » Fri May 31, 2019 5:34 pm

Here's the 15" machinists screw driver with the "\8"/" shank length marking presumed to be a Tobrin.

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