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    unknown tool

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    9 hours ago, Dave Mellor NJ said:

    Barrel scraper?. For the scum that collects in beer barrels in the old days

    Wow. You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel with that reply!

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    1920 something Ford truck

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    A late 1929 Chassis.

     

    According the "Model A Restorations Guidelines & Judging Standards" book, pages E-22 &23 (revised 2016 edition);

     

    The third crossmember ( last picture) with the oblong vertical emergency brake cross shaft holes on either side of the torque tube hole is of a type used in late 1929 only. 1928 and early 1929  3rd. x-members lacked these holes, and the redesigned 1930 version turned these vertical holes horizontal and located them lower on the stamping. In 1931, they were canted.

     

    The fourth crossmember with the distinctive "hump" over the rear axle is the type originally used with the "TT" worm drive axle assembly on early "AA"s and was used even after Ford switched to a bevel gear, right up until the end of 1929. This crossmember was flat on 1930-'31 "AA"s.

    Fire truck. Manufacturer?

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    Probably.  I dont think General Fire Truck was a very big player in the industry, so how many of these odd-ball mash-ups could they have built?  The RVFD might have the serial number or engine number in their records to confirm it is the same one. For small town, rural fire departments, the builder would often affix a plaque to a special order truck listing the Mayor and Fire Chief at the time it was delivered to the fire house, but those tend to get removed over the years of service as the trucks get handed down, from department to department, until they end up as a curious relic on a flat bed trailer in a storage lot!

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    Fire truck. Manufacturer?

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    On page 169 of "American Fire Engines Since 1900" by Walter McCall, there is a similar truck in the 1937 section.

    The Reistertown, MD. Volunteer Fire Dept. Wiki page (!) has this truck listed in their retired apparatus roster as a "1937 Packard".picture2.jpg

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    WANTED TO BUY-- A Wilmot Breeden calormeter (Motometer)

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    Looking for a  round bodied Wilmot Breeden calormeter (or "calorimeter"). These radiator cap mounted instruments are similar to the Boyce Motometer, except they use a dial instead of a capillary tube to read coolant temperature. They were used on mostly British cars, trucks and tractors from the 1920's through the 1950's.

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    Another Unknown Hubcap

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    I know how it is- for years I used to throw all my pocket change into my backyard, thinking some day I would get a nice metal detector and learn to use it by digging it all back up. Finally, I got one (a White's V3i) and set to work recovering my dirt-versified Retirement Fund.

    Its amazing how much of that money has apparently turned into nails, bottle caps, scraps of fence wire and tinfoil!

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    Anyone recognise and share any history , backgroundinfo

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    It looks like a local conversion done by an over eager body-shop/salvage-yard for their town's only Undertaker. The rigidly horizontal roof line and the slap-dash accoutrements just dont flow seamlessly into the underlying Buick's curvaceous Fisher Body. I'm guessing Miller, Hess & Eisenhardt or Flixible didn't list this conversion in any of their catalogs!

     

     

    Personally, I wouldn't be caught dead in it...

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    Early bench mount tool, heavy duty, any ideas

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    Model A or Model T

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    The tall, soldered-on, cast brass neck makes it a mid 1911 through 1912 version. In 1913 the neck was  changed from a casting to a stamped brass part, that was then riveted to the tank. Also in 1913, the words "Made in U.S.A." were added and stamped below the "Ford" script.

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