The two rubber toys are the product of the Sun rubber company of Barberton Ohio. They sport a three colour paint job with a two tone red and yellow body with silver windows. They have a patent number and according to the web were union made.
It’s a long way from LA to the sleepy college town where I bought this shot glass out of the thrift store for a quarter. Does that mean I can stroke it off my bucket list?
More Tennessee plates and 2 Saunders jalopy roadster toys. The P/O had hand painted the toys when he was young.
From a local dealership 1948 . But no longer in business. The building was bought and ran as a wrecker service and body shop until a couple years ago . It burned down after the wood stove flue pipe in the attic rotted into and fell over setting stuff stored there on fire . The 4 brick and mortar walls are still standing. The owner plans on rebuilding using the walls . He had them inspected and are solid . The roof vented and all the heat went up .
S&K tools, old craftsman tools, and a lot of 8 pointed sockets. Made sure to only buy serviceable tools. I estimate the oldest tool is a 1920s and the newest is around 1970
I've had this for about 4 years now, so not a recent find but I decided it needed to be assembled and hung up in my shop this weekend!
I figured out real quick it won't be hung on a wall! It's heavy and the wall is too crowded with my grown son's old Hot Wheels collection. But I'm going to build a wooden stand to support it. Right it's tied to the wall where it'll stay. After some cleaning this morning I found more numbers!
I drug this home yesterday, I just can't stand to see car parts rusting away in the desert. I would much rather see them rusting away in my yard
I could not find info on the numbers listed but I did find a few Hamilton Standard propellers on eBay from $3,000 to 25,000. They were used on everything from fighters to bombers. Quite a find! More research needed!
I've been told by two retired Air Force friends that it was used on a " smaller gun ship" in the early days of the Vietnam War. But they couldn't remember a name or make of the aircraft. When I finally talked my friend out of it he wouldn't let go of the factory crate! That was probably for the best....
A-1 Skyraider maybe. Introduced in 46 and used in Korea and Vietnam. Long career that was used for all kinds of missions. I believe one even shot down a Mig over Vietnam. Made by Douglas who also made my father’s plane in WWII, the SBD Dauntless. The plane that changed the tide of the war in the Pacific.
If his info was correct I’m guessing the A1 Skyraider is the ticket. The only other attack prop aircraft in Vietnam that I know of was the C-130 and the AC-47 Spooky but they were quite large. Found this on the USS Midway museum site. “The A-1 Skyraider was the Navy’s last propeller carrier bomber and was the only naval aircraft to fight in Korea and Vietnam. Because of its massive payload of bombs, rockets, and cannon and its ability to stay over the battlefield for hours, Skyraiders were especially valued for close support of ground troops. Rarely, though, A-1s were pitted against MiGs. On June 20, 1965, four Midway Skyraiders tangled with North Vietnamese MiGs, downing one and escaping without loss.”
What an impressive history! That three blade prop must have had some impressive horsepower behind it!
I recently refound this wrench. The guy setting up the lettering was having a bad day, and QC let this one slip through. Hard to see in the picture, but the N and the S are backwards.
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