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cadlights
09-13-2003, 03:53 PM
I wonder how many HAMBERS know what this is.
A few off the old timers might.
Winner gets to have a cold one on me.
cadlights
09-13-2003, 03:54 PM
Here's another view. Give it your best shot.
That's a hub knocker.... if it was made out of urethane it would be a boob knocker http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Detonator
09-13-2003, 04:19 PM
Johnson Rod http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
It's a thermobulator. It's used for repairing burned out light bulbs. Where's my Michelob Ultra?
cadlights
09-13-2003, 04:34 PM
Wrong! nice try, might be good for a Old Milwaukee.
Deyomatic
09-13-2003, 04:56 PM
Is it an exhaust tubing expander?
cadlights
09-13-2003, 05:04 PM
Nope, this Bud's not for you.
CURIOUS RASH
09-13-2003, 06:30 PM
<font color="green"> It's a Mutilator Valve, they use to use it to "free" people up in the days before Ex-Lax. </font>
cadlights
09-13-2003, 06:36 PM
Close but no cigar.
ESnacky6
09-13-2003, 07:44 PM
Looks like an old school screwdriver-style socket handle...
or a very crude oil can spout...
or a crank handle of some sort...
or a...???
am I close..??
Its a impact wrench!!
JimV
The_Monster
09-13-2003, 07:55 PM
Come on guys, its obvious its a wooden leg for a midget pirate dipped in lead so that hed get all the wenches.
Gr8ballsofir
09-13-2003, 08:13 PM
It looks like the valve seat tool that somebody was talking about on a different post.
cadlights
09-13-2003, 08:18 PM
We have a winner. Bud or Coors?
This is a tool to clean the carbon off
The valve seats of a flathead before ya grind em.
Anybody got another tool for us to name?
Gr8ballsofir
09-13-2003, 08:31 PM
Whatever ya got! I ain't picky! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I suppose its my turn. I'll pick it up next week. Same time same channel.
Deuce Rails
09-13-2003, 08:43 PM
Does anyone remember a syndicated game show in the 70s called "Liar's Club"?
Here's a description that I cribbed from someone else's website:
"Contestants on this game show were shown an unusual looking object, then each of a panel of four celebrities gave an outlandish but plausible explanation as to its use. The contestant then had to wager all or part of their $100 on which panelist was telling the truth."
It was pretty good.
I was probably fourteen when I realized that my father would have been a whiz on "Liar's Club". Or, more accurately, that's when I began to understand that most of his explanations for things were "outlandish but plausible."
My father could explain anything. He'd sound sincere, well informed, logical and confident. Most of the things he explained, however, were pure fantasy. And, now that I'm a father, I can look forward to doing the same for my son.
--Matt
TagMan
09-13-2003, 08:46 PM
How about this one???
http://home.rochester.rr.com/mrplates/clmp.jpg
cadlights
09-13-2003, 09:25 PM
That belongs to Pat, Pending leagle action http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
CTFuzz
09-13-2003, 09:47 PM
thats a chain breaker/ crimper
CT.
Meester P
09-13-2003, 09:56 PM
For greasing something.??
john
The_Monster
09-14-2003, 12:07 AM
I tried to look it up, but the patent is still pending...
Deyomatic
09-14-2003, 01:13 AM
Deuce Rails, my pops was/is the same way. Growing up we always had to look at my mother to see if he was lying.
TagMan
09-14-2003, 11:03 AM
Meester P, you're on the right track, but what does it lubricate?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
cornfieldrodder
09-14-2003, 11:26 AM
Palms? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
59BuickWagon
09-14-2003, 11:44 AM
Spring bushings?
Meester P
09-14-2003, 12:02 PM
Hard to get at steering joints???????
justice
09-14-2003, 03:52 PM
I know! I know!!!
It's one of those fancy nut crackers!
Justice
TagMan
09-14-2003, 04:44 PM
Gittin' closer, 59BuickWagon !!
Clue: The shaft on the left side in the pic (the one with the grease fitting), is spring-loaded so the shaft can slide inward (to the right in the pic).
I'll wait for some more guesses and then tell you what it's used for.
stealthcruiser
09-14-2003, 06:44 PM
for lubing kingpin bushings,as in when the zerk fittings are frozen and packed with crud.
TagMan
09-14-2003, 07:37 PM
[ QUOTE ]
for lubing kingpin bushings,as in when the zerk fittings are frozen and packed with crud.
[/ QUOTE ]
Great guess.....but not correct!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
a/fxcomet
09-14-2003, 07:47 PM
For some sort of u-joint?
TagMan
09-14-2003, 07:53 PM
[ QUOTE ]
For some sort of u-joint?
[/ QUOTE ]
No, but thanks for tryin' !!
TagMan
09-15-2003, 08:51 PM
No more guesses??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
http://home.rochester.rr.com/mrplates/clmp.jpg
The Master Deluxe late 30's Chevys had thin metal encased rear springs. This tool was used to grease the springs. There were two small holes (about 5/64"), each one half-way between the rear axle and the spring shackle, on the bottom of the spring casing. The tip of the tool (pic #2) was screwed into the hole and the tool tightened down to hold the tool to the spring. A grease gun was used on the zerk fitting to fill the casing full of grease. (sample inside view #3)
pic#2:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/mrplates/clamptip.jpg
pic#3
http://home.rochester.rr.com/mrplates/clamp4.jpg
59BuickWagon
09-15-2003, 08:55 PM
Sounds like (leaf) spring bushings to me:)
I've got '53 Chevy P/U front leafs on the rear of my '34 panel, that's what made me think of spring bushings.
Dennis
40oz.
09-15-2003, 09:22 PM
NIPPLE CLAMP!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gifIIIIIIII LIKE IT!!
cadlights
09-15-2003, 09:49 PM
I knew that! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Gr8ballsofir
09-18-2003, 04:25 PM
OK, here's my submission.
http://home.earthlink.net/~56fireflite/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/toola.jpg
Fastsporty
09-18-2003, 04:30 PM
bushing reamer for harley rocker arms. I need one of those.
Gr8ballsofir
09-18-2003, 04:46 PM
You're right and you're wrong...
Fastsporty
09-18-2003, 04:56 PM
ok so that might not be a reamer for harley rocker arms. but I still need one and it looks just like it. so the Q? is what is that reamer for? anyone else.
cadlights
09-18-2003, 05:47 PM
Reamer for kingpin bushings.
Smokin Joe
09-18-2003, 05:58 PM
Looks like something a cop walking a beat in the "Tenderloin" area of Frisco would carry. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Gotta be something with a ball to ride in that worm screw on the left. We ain't seeing the whole setup. All I can think of is kingpins, piston rods or steering.
HardLuck
09-18-2003, 06:54 PM
Some type of broach?
...or a lightsaber?
Meester P
09-18-2003, 07:00 PM
ajustable reamer.
Gr8ballsofir
09-18-2003, 07:02 PM
Cadlights got it. It's a parallel reamer for late 50's Mopar kingpin bushings. That's not a worm screw Smokin Joe, it's a spring. You can adjust the diameter.
It was given to me by an old Desoto mechanic!
manyolcars
09-18-2003, 07:22 PM
I got this at the swap meet cuz it looks like a hand held English Wheel. What can you tell me about it?
Smokin Joe
09-18-2003, 07:59 PM
That "spring" had me. I did guess kingpins tho. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Roothawg
09-18-2003, 08:09 PM
I'd show ya my tool but then you would think I was starting some kinda magazine.......you old timers know what I'm talking about. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Gr8ballsofir
09-18-2003, 08:18 PM
Just keep your "tool" in your "toolbox"! :rolleyes:
CTFuzz
09-18-2003, 08:41 PM
well??
CT.
cadlights
09-18-2003, 08:50 PM
The swap meet tool of Manyolcars looks like a tool to set hot patches on inner tubes. What's an inner tube?
Oh! I'm showing my age. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
manyolcars
09-18-2003, 08:57 PM
CT Fuzz is showing a valve lapping tool. Now someone tell me about the tool I posted.
cadlights
09-18-2003, 10:25 PM
bttt, we still have a tool to name. HERE!!!!!
BigJim394
09-19-2003, 12:13 AM
manyolcars: I have seen tools like that (but a little bigger) advertised on ebay as being 1920's auto body shop "fender straighteners". I don't know if they were correct in their description, but if they were, it really is a kind of hand held english wheel.
SimonSez
09-19-2003, 12:31 AM
I second what BigJim said.
I saw a cool setup at a swap meet that was in the original wooden case with different wheels and instructions. It was different to that, but the same principle.
I guess there would be nothing to stop you mounting it in a vice and using it the same way as a regular English wheel for small patch panels.
BigJim394
09-19-2003, 12:45 AM
manyolcars: If there is a patent number on that tool post it and I'll see if I can find the patent application for it that would tell what it was.
BigJim394
09-19-2003, 01:04 AM
Here's a link to a modern version of what I think your tool is. Like your tool, this new one is more for straightening dents out in fenders and panels and not for forming raw sheets of metal into compound curves:
http://www.cvproducts.com/products/specItem.aspx?prodID=3824&genCat=113
http://www.cvproducts.com/products/pics/fullSize/CV955.jpg
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