Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Blue Point & Blomb
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| Blue Point is the budget line for Snap-on. This is a pretty large wrench (about 10 inches long...). 7/8" is the size for the shower head in the kid's bathroom... Need to remove the shower head again to see if it's clogged... (did this already a couple of days ago & found a lot of plastic debris in the filter going into the shower head) & remove the shower water valves to remove any debris... |
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| The "Plomb" brand name was changed to Proto in the 50's. So this wrench is 50's but probably at the very end just before the name change. What's interesting is the "Los Angeles" on the wrench (most Plomb wrenches said USA, not Los Angeles). The basic design of the wrench changed from the "pebble finish" inset design to this more rounded, simple design. The early Proto wrenches look like this Plomb wrench... What's cool is that it says "Los Angeles"... Can't imagine wrenches being made in Los Angeles today... |
Thursday, January 14, 2016
1999 Porsche Calendar Purchased at the Long Beach Automotive Swap Meet -- January 10, 2016
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| This is a very large calendar (about 30" x 30"). 1999 (previous century) seems a long time ago... It still had the Porsche "coin" with it. The Porsche "flag" was purchased a couple of years ago at the annual Porsche Literature Swap Meet at the LAX Airport Hilton on Century Blvd. This year, the swap meet will be on March 5... |
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| This may be the best picture in the calendar... |
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| This smaller Porsche 2005 Calendar (unopened) was purchased at the LAX Swap Meet last year. This is much smaller (about 18" x 24")... It happened to be sitting on the table in the same area where I placed the calendar I just bought... |
Sunrise on the Drive down the 405 to the Long Beach Automotive Swap Meet -- Sunday morning, January 10, 2016
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| The "tunnel" under the 405 freeway from the Lakewood Exit, headed north towards the Long Beach Airport... |
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Stuff from the Long Beach Automotive Swap Meet -- Sunday, January 10, 2016
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| Bunch of sockets (Plomb, Snap-on & Proto). |
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| Guessing that the tank is from a three wheeler or a quad. The tank is made of stamped steel welded together (not plastic...) |
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| After Cleaning... |
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| The fuel cap has an On-Off knob on it...? For the reserve? |
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| 12 volumes of Automotive Quarterly in slipcases. Already have quite a few of these, but without the slipcases. The price was hard to pass up... Will replace the ones I already have with these. Automotive Quarterly started in 1962 (a couple of years before I was born) and they went out of business in 2013 (a couple of years ago...). The last volume was 52 & only issue 1 was produced... I probably have about 2/3 of the entire series (mostly the older ones). Now, how to get rid of the duplicates!... |
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