1920 Auto Tools

[TerryB]

Framed this ad today from April 1920 for the Goodell-Pratt auto tool set No.699.  Looks like the set should have plenty of tools to handle roadside repairs.  A nice reminder of the tools it took to keep a car running back in the day.

 

[Walt G]

$40.00 in 1920 was a lot of money - could have bought a used car for that kind of cash

[intimeold]

I would pay $40 today for the set!  I know, dream on

[paulrhd29nz]

I see three bearing scrapers in the kit. 
that would be fun on the side of the road in 1920. 

[hidden_hunter]

45 minutes ago, paulrhd29nz said:

I see three bearing scrapers in the kit. 
that would be fun on the side of the road in 1920. 

The picture looks to be of a Cadillac which already came with a tool kit anyway… so they would need to be specialised I guess

[28 Chrysler]

A kit for the driver, winter maintenance along with road side repairs.

The car owner in the 1920s that would buy a $40 tool kit would have his "man" use it.  Packard used the term "Man" in the owners manual. 

[SC38dls]

My two louder brothers and my self bought a 49 Plymouth convertible six cylinder for $49 in 1960. It only had 4 piston but still ran for about six months. Didn’t have any tools in it. 
dave s