You Know You Are Old When

Has some numbers on one end

 

I was thinking the galvanized square plugs

 

could be….

there was a Ford water pump wrench that was sort of an ‘s’ wrench, and I’ve seen ‘em on old iron/bridge workers belts

 

what do the openings measure?

 

5/8. 7/8

 

Hard to say, SAE standards start around 1905ish. You could do some research on that forge mark…

 

Ok ty funny I just retired from nyc commuter rr new haven line , lineman did 20 and out 66 now

 

My GGF’s…


65 years of pushing iron and breathing smoke.

 

My 23yr old Snap On KRA 4107 Roll away tool box

 

Split bumper Camaro?

 

I still have most of the original Craftsman mechanics tool set my grandfather gave me for Christmas in the 80’s.
I also have a few SK ratchets from my dad that I really enjoy using.

 

Standard nose

 

Still have my Craftsman stuff from the early 1990s..plus my dad's woodworking stuff from the 50s

 

To me that is newer then all my Snap On Boxes!!

As my Snap On dealer took trades when people bought Monster Boxes I bought everyone.

Then I started buying tools in 1972 when I started driving I have slowed down these last 3 years.

 

Still have the Craftsman toolbox (metal) and set of tools given to me in 1977 (yea I am old).

 

Wilton, Bessey, Armstrong, Jorgensen, J.H. Williams, Hargrave, Cincinnati Tool, Chicago Steel, Brink & Cotton, CC Stearns, Pony, Sargent, Ames, Woodruff, Pearlitic, Colt (Batavia, NY), Marquette, Stanley, Guilford, Frazer & Jones, Columbian Hwde Co., Judd, Phoenix Mfg, Eberhard, Herba (Germany), Fuller (Japan) to name quite of the few USA tool companies (drop forged c clamps especially).

It's amazing how many companies made tools in the USA back in the day, many of them steel manufacturers. Although, the companies and brands that have survived started making many of their cheaper tools in china.

 

When you trade your manual for an automatic.

 

You know your old when you rember how well cars used to ride before they started using struts.
You know your old when you try to roll the windows down and forgetting everything has power windows now.
You know your old when you can remember your dad buying a brand new 68 Ford Fairlane 2dr hard top for $2600
You know your old when you hear guys on this website say its OK to drop $18000 on a truck with 175000 miles.
You know your old when you used to be able to swap engines and transmissions but now you just let someone else do most of the repairs.
Im 62 and have seen so much change over the years.

 

When you remember when all garages had either a center post hydraulic lift or a grease pit.