History This can't be! Vintage NOS flathead V8 survivors.

I thought this might prove interesting. I'll start it with my NOS Thickstun PM-7 and it's original box. Surely, at about 76 years old, it can't be the oldest.

 

Art...thats really cool. You never see boxes for intakes surviving, let alone one that old! Neat!

 

Well how did you come accross it and how long have you had it?

Dang cool!

 

>>>You never see boxes for intakes surviving,>>>

Auction the box.

 

Holy smokes man!!!!!!

 

That’s crazy!

 

I owned these for a few years, but sold them last year.






I got this last fall. A NOS early 32 hood hook. Not repro, not Chrysler, not military. Still has undisturbed paint where the screws would go.

 

Amazing! How does cardboard last that long in a car guys house? Every box in my shop has at least two flaps torn off to mix epoxy and bondo on! That box would have met a similar fate.

 

Love the fact that the covers are "chromium." I always wish that parts like the hood latch could tell the story of how they survived. Somebody bought it as a replacement and never installed it nearly a hundred years ago. How many hands has it passed through?

 

Alchemy, wow. Bought a set of those about 10 years ago and have them on my coupe. Keep the box “ on display” in the garage. I’ve never seen another boxed set and have only seen them on one other car.
Thanks for sharing!

 

I almost get more excited about the old boxes and packing material than the items within! So cool.

 

In my early travels and good luck I aquired 2 sets of Thomas Magnesium rocker arm sets for GMC 6’s with instructions. I don’t believe the 302’s were available yet.

 

Thomas Magnesium pistons for Flathead, one box has never been opened. The flyer came out of the opened box. The flathead in my roadster has Thomas magnesium pistons.

 

NO BOX.. AND NO PIC.. BUT i HAVE A NEW OLD STOCK 1937 FORD STATION WAGON ROOF RAIL..
ITS wood!

 

After being in your shop, I believe it, even without the pics. That's an amazing place you have.

 

Did it come in a crate? Or is it the crate?

 

A friend found this here in an ad in France a couple yrs ago. $20
NOS 32 Ford dualtemp gauge in the box w/instructions.
I found this NOS 34 Ford cigarette lighter at a swap meet here. It still had the tobacco tax tag on it.
NOS 32 Rad cap I found 3 yrs ago.

 

Those French folks know how to preserve those precious parts!

 

1963 Galaxie Ventshades and the original box in my stash.

 

A couple of mine.

 

Not Ford, exactly, but a top cylinder oiler kit for the vacuum signal. Will be going on my 52 MH with one of my NOS oiler bottles

 

Vintage lowering blocks for my ‘41 IHC arrived in original packaging…i think $20 or less on EBay 10 years ago

 

I bought those about 10 years ago and sold them on the HAMB

 

Great shape for 76 years old, only lost a few of its nuts.

 

I like how even the boxes that stuff came in were built better back in the day, with the steel edge reinforcement.

 

I agree^^^^. Have an old Armstrong torque wrench that came in a re-enforced box.

 

The problem becomes, what do you do with the empty boxes?

 

The boxes look just as good without content, so back in the trophy shelf.

 

Yup! That’s where they will spend the rest of their life