I don't know how old this dial indicator kit is nor do I remember when or where I got it. The movement is a little sticky so I doubt it's very accurate anymore, but isn't that wooden box way cooler than the plastic crap that things like this come in today?
The more pics I see the more I'm reminded of old stuff I also have lying around. Nothing really majorly cool though. I do have an old Sun Motortest aswell, Nos '50 airfilter in box, '50s Car alarm, and an old oilcan. No pics of these yet. Here's something I do like, a somewhat old tire Toe-In measurement device; Bought an old lathe a while ago which I optically rebuilt and put in my garage.
when I walk into a room only lit by old neon signs and the light reflecting off all the old real chrome really gives me a good feeling!!! I think Dr.Phil should get a Clue! haha
green,brown or purple glass,telephone pole insulators, glass bottles old crates..I collect everything LOL
I have a bunch of Old American made clocks, Wall clocks mostly and weight driven ( pre spring steel ). Most are made by Seth Thomas and E. Howard. It's an interesting hobby going back to when stuff was all made by hand, one clock at a time, and then on to the earliest production plants in the USA. Heres a E. Howard Banjo from 1870's ( early production clock ) that's all original except for the lower glass. The bob has an interesting engine turning decoration that will not survive a buffing wheel...this one survived. A heavy cast weight on a cable ( originally cat gut was used ) drops the length of the clock powering it for 8 days....then you wind it back to the top.
Heres what hanging up at my shop. The oldsmobile sign was found at the old city dump half buried and folded in half.
here's some old heaters. I restored a few and sold them for more than I paid for all the rest,,, my old dresser I got for 10 bucks. it was so shitty looking I almost didn't get it. there were only 4 screws in the whole thing, they held the top on, the rest was all dovetail joints, other than the drawer bottoms it was all Oak, even the backside.
Ryan ... IMHO, the Atomic Industry World Headquarters really needs some vintage Petroliana sittin' out front ... I can totally visualize the H.A.M.B. or The Jalopy Journal logo on the globe of a visible gas pump! Here's my 1920's Wayne 10-gallon Visible pump (and other Petroliana) in Phillips66 trim: click thumbnails to enlarge
Moriarity, fu#king wow!!! Just f#cking wow....SOME OF THESE I HAVE POSTED, BUT DONT HAVE ANY KNEW OLD STUFF WORTH THE TIME FOR PHOTOS YET.
Here is some old stuff from my shop, not sure why the pics are cut off: An old oil seal cabinet that houses my fluids, my shop fan, a Prestone banner from an old general store, a primitive hand-painted sign that came from my family's farm, future flathead project, functioning air pump from an old gas station, old Monroe clock, Snap-on tool box, Pepsi thermometer and matchbox holder, a few old tools from my main tool kit and my trusty grinder~
I got that thing at a swap meet for 10.00! It was full of neat stuff, mostly screws/bolts with drilled heads for saftey wire. Must been Military or aviation I would guess. I use junk outta that thing all the time!
I told my wife about this thread and she liked it. I also told her how I loved old shit and thats why I loved her so much. I am out of the hospital now, but recovery will be slow.
#024 - Lessee... The Lubester was found in an old salvage yard in Richmond VA. I did a quickie restoration on it to stop the rust and simply rolled red Rustoleum on it, since they are nearly "worthless" in the petroliana world, but I still HAD TO save it! #001 - The pedal car was found in the same salvage yard, but it was a true pile of CRAP. One of the few regrets in my life is NOT getting a photo of this thing before a friend of mine took it, did the bodywork & painted it for me. He did it as a "lunch time project" and I had NO idea that it'd look that nice when he was done with it. (Apologies for the dust, but I don't just wipe it off to clean it (keeps the scratches to a minimum)). #002 - Old "service station" toy that I found at an antiques show that had mostly old furniture and junk in it. Not many car guys there, so glad that I found it when I did! #003 - Map rack that I found sitting next to a dumpster by a hotel (it had tourist brochures on it). My mother gave me a huge bag of maps & fliers from when we were kids and all of the places that we'd seen, or planned to see and I filled it back up. #004 - Not necessarily "old" in itself, but this is the newspaper article and actual pieces of burned wood from when the "Ship Hotel (see 3 states!)" in Pennsylvania burned down. We used to stop there for breakfast when we'd be heading to the beach from Pittsburgh when I was a kid. It really bothered me that it burned, so we went there and crawled down over the hill to retrieve some of the artifacts. The old "fish clock" works, and the fish go round & round the dial. It is SO tacky that it's cool!!! #005 - The PEPSI cooler from my uncle's old Atlantic station in Pittsburgh. Waiting for room inside the garage so that it can be restored. #006 - No room outside for the PEPSI cooler, as there is already a COKE cooler out there, an Eco Tireflator, and a wide whitewall spare. If anyone HAS TO HAVE IT, most anything that I have is easily traded for something else cool. I'm not a "dealer" and I have a LOT of fun wheeling & dealing, but mostly for trades. Keeps it fun. PM me if you need something!
#007 is an old "BEAR HEADLIGHT TESTER", also from my uncle's old Atlantic station in Pittsburgh. It was ALMOST on the scrap heap, but he saved it. I did a quickie restoration on this thing too, because they also are unfortunately nearly worthless on eBay and all of the related websites, but it was still too darn cool to let it get scrapped. #008 - Aluminum panels from the inside of the back doors of a bread truck that I found in a junkyard. There are dealership decals on this thing dating back to the 50's. Even an "Ambulance & Hearse" dealer on there somewhere! It's getting auctioned off for charity this month at the Virginia Fall Classic car show... VaFallClassic.ORG if you want to come! #009 - these are the two Formica cabinets that I talked about in the "what have you found for free" post a few weeks ago. The old Texaco can and MOON fuel tank were Sunday afternoon swap meet finds (cheap). The "Classic Car Ranch" sign is from our old restoration parts business, and the other "neat things that you've found in an old car" in the photo is the Mason Jar full of change that I have found in various cars & trucks over the years. #011 - The Prestolite Hi-Level battery thermometer is probably one of my favorite pieces. The old "school" clock was from my Dad's shop, but I painted the housing "Texaco red". Am I allowed to say on the HAMB that my wife and I LOVE Pin Up art!?!? The hubcap is from my FIRST car (126 of them ago...) and #012 - old wrenches. ALL of them found FREE in trunks of cars at the junkyard or in people's trash. #013 - An old "MOOG CHASSIS CHART" that covers front suspension parts for all makes from about 1948 through the very early 1960's. #014 - A buddy of mine found 14 different versions of Hot Wheels and Johnny Lighning cars for a '71 - '72 Road Runner to match my (real) 71 (which shares the garage with the 1949 Dodge hot rod truck project - just to keep it HAMB friendly!)
#015 - an old bakery case filled with "stuff". A surprising amount of it was either found in the trash outside of houses that people cleaned out when Dad or Grandpa died, or in the trunks of old cars in the junkyard. #016 - An old oscilliscope & oil cans from Sears. Anyone collect AMOCO stuff? The grease can is in good shape, but is about 1/3 full and I can't ship it UPS ("flammable", they say) #017 - A 70's high rise bike with the flowered banana seat and "Road Runner" on the chain guard. The Lime Light paint helps! #018 - The LP "Bakersfield 63 Fuel and Gas Championships". Wonder why that didn't get more airplay than it did!?!?! #026 - The Havoline sign was headed for the dumpster at the local GM dealership, so a buddy of mine saved it and we changed the lettering to be more appropriate. #035 - Found the crate in a junkyard somewhere or other. #036 - Old brewery cases. I have a sort-of good reason for collecting this "non car stuff" old stuff too... we have an old house out in the country that we're restoring and making the garage look like an old repair shop, and the old general store will have some old "stuff" like this out front, in the store, etc.
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