Period Tool Kit

You thank me now, but soon you will be cursing me!

 

Hey Ryan... I checked, www.tooljournal.com is taken. Looks like one of those assholes that camp on names. (man I hate that).

Like you need on more *journal site to take up time spent on the hot rod.

haha!
- Joe

 

i do have one of the tool boxes that is shaped like a torpedo too

kinda like a ol electro lux vacuum .. but it don't fit under the seat

 

www.garagejournal.com has a good tool section on it!

 

Wow...the tools from that Craig's list posting just arrived...120 pounds of T, A, and V8 toolery. I'm going to be rummaging and identifying stuff for a week...
Plomb catalogs: You gotta find a 1940's one with the Nekkid Lady on the cover...I have a wartime one somewhere with an added row of GI's gaping at her.

 

What's the big aluminum wrench on the right for?

I found one laying on the side of the road a few years ago. Never figured out what it's for, except a conversation piece.

 

not vintage... but One for hand tools, another for spare tune up parts and filters, and a 3rd with a little bottle jack, tire plugs, and fix a flat.

 

Yes I do. This post is on the opening page of Ryan's www.gearjournal.com

.....and it's still a cool post!

 

Thanks Fidget...and thanks Ryan, like I don't already spend enough time on-line.

 

gearjournal? seriously! how many journals are out there? i want a list..

 

Very tidy tool kit.

 

scroll to the bottom of the page

 

I keep a tool roll and assorted odds and ends, including a couple of Tyvek overalls, in an Army surplus backpack.

I usually do not pack good tools, be they old or new, as you have to assume that if you carry them in a vehicle they can be stolen. I do pack a few 'good' tools but open ends and sockets are cheapo throwaways.

 

The big wrench? For changing the points on the Queen Mary.

 

Damn, I forgot to mention this - and this is the truth - I put a couple of dryer sheets in the backpack since the 60 year old canvas can smell kinda musty.

 

http://www.omahas.com/product_info.php?cPath=6_82&products_id=2162 thought this was a cool bag for tools on the road.

 

when this post was new, i read it and thought "damn... i know better, but i don't have a proper tool kit with me"... that week i put together a tool roll for my harley and for my car. i needed BOTH shortly after. i'd have been stuck without 'em.

it is a damn cool post...

 

I made a couple tool pouches for my 37 Chevy p/u,one for the period jack and handle and the other for the tools which is from the dimensions of a original. I do have some old tools in the tool pouch and need to find more to finish and just r emembered where more are in the garage.

 

Awesome thread. Shameless plug--if anyone wants leather tool rolls made to your specs, please pm me. When I say "made to your specs", I mean size, # of pockets, layout, leather & hardware color, everything. Custom tooling/carving is available as well.

 

Reworked an old Craftsman tool box and made some straps out of 2" X 1/4" flat stock. If you look closely, you'll see one of the little brass HAMB tags.

 

I have a cheap set of tools in a plastic box where the tools are all in order that I carry under the seat in my Deuce sedan...it has been used by several guys & myself on the annual All Deuce Run,,no one ever complained where the tools were traditional or cheap,,they always come through in a pinch. HRP

 

I found this at a antique store thought it was cool and would work as I don't plan on taking everything and the kitchen sink, theres enough resouces and people willing to help out if your in need.

 

OK,Boss...I'm asking about the ammo boxes. HRP

 

Wanted a box to snug up against the trunk wall of my OT 56 after I mini tubbed it. Shortened this old Craftsman 3", thrift store belts, and stainless pan to keep him in place. Enough stuff to change a tire, install an HEI coil,and change plugs. There is also bailing wire, duct tape, zip ties, extra plugs, and some misc. plumbing & electrical junk stuffed in there. Strictly traditional, nope but the tools are oldies! And I really like knowing it's there.

John

 

That's nice,I just goes to show thinking outside the box and attention to detail. HRP

 

I picked up a set like that on one of Eastwood's sales that has sockets and the end wrenches that will get you out of trouble on the road. I've got a small old too box that has been swapped from veahicle to vehicle since i was a teenager 50 years ago that holds my ratchet, screw drivers and other pieces that usually get used including the multimeter and test light. Of everything I carry the test light has been used by myself and those around me on the road and at events than all of the other tools combined.
In the past I have usually just packed along the tools I thought I might need to do what I might have to do on the side of the road or in a parking lot. Some weren't "vintage" when I bought them new but would probably be called vintage by a lot of guys on here now.

 

That's a good looking tool box Johnny99 my Dad carried one somewhat similar for 60 years transferring it to each car he bought and I think my dipshit X brother in law threw it out when Dad died.

 

I tryed to do that,but crap I could not find old nasty carpit any were to put under my tool kit an my roll-up kept coming out rolled-n-pleted that matchs my upholstery,must of not started out right,cuz my first tool kit in 1954 was in a old fishing box anyway