Wingnutt's Flea Market Frenzy - Version 2019
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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.
If it is I sure would love to purchase it.
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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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I don't know, doesn't quite look the same.
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No problem, Mark. As I said, I am happy to keep it anyway!
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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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1945 Ford GPW 268739 from the Dallas, TX plant.
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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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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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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.
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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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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Had an okay haul at the flea market this morning.
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.
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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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.
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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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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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?
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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Here's the 15" machinists screw driver with the "\8"/" shank length marking presumed to be a Tobrin.
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