My wife just got home from grocery shopping and she stopped by her favorite 2nd hand store. The pottery ski boot because it has the Detroit Diesel logo. I was a Detroit mechanic for 15 years, a lifetime ago. The book , there's Red Ram hemi engine parts in the shop.
We used these at Sears in the 60’s to test load on a starter. You put it over the Positive cable on a straight spot and have someone try and start the car. Worked great.
Yes sir she does! Her off topic cars take up a third of the shop, so she's pretty understanding in most things automotive.
@Blown Red Ram My Grandfather retired from DD many years ago, My let Uncle worked there after Viet Nam for years too. I collect all kinds of DD & GM Diesel stuff and Ive never seen a dang ski boot. Kind of odd enough it makes it cool. All the stuff I have is engine, auto, equipment related. Makes me wonder the story behind it.. Cool score !
Thanks! It is very odd. I was thinking it maybe came out of Alaska (?) or similar as a store souvenir? Very different from the normal ball caps sold back when I was making a living that way.
I earned this 45 years ago. Working on equipment in the Mt St Helens blast zone removed a lot of detail from it.
This thing is cool! Too bad someone cut it up but I would separate it and put it back as best as possible.
This is in the found category While moving my dad’s old bandsaw I found a box of parts including the speed indicator and its drive Ironically it’s made by the AC spark plug co Maybe someday I can adapt it to my flathead
These actually aren’t recent buys. I moved from a house where I had a 24x24’ metal pole building to a 30x40’ garage with a 12’ ceiling. Lots more room here to display my goodies. Now that I’m getting my major things organized and stowed, time to start decorating a little. I still have a **** ton of banners, signs to put up, those come last.
Yes sort of We never could get a consistent weld and currently I don’t have enough amps in my new “shop “ I remember you clamp the 2 ends in the fixture with a spring preload hit the weld lever and if you are lucky the 2 ends fussed together then you pushed the Annel ****on which heated the joint red hot let it cool then use the little grinder wheel below the welder to dress down the weld I think my brother started using the tig welder to weld blades
Hey Anthony, I could use that 1st book when you're done reading it! Just dragged a 55 home yesterday.
Local estate auction yesterday, got these two things. The ship's wheel is much smaller than I thought (bidding was online only), but still neat. Will hang it up with the rest of my steering wheel collection. 7up's a little rough but I like it, it's huge.
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