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Offline oldgoaly

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Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« on: October 23, 2014, 02:43:01 PM »
Has Ford script on it, looks like Model T era, could it have been from the H.F School?  Some thing to look thru the books over winter.
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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2014, 04:10:08 PM »
Nice!!

Might be from a Ford dealer's tools
A place for everything and everything on the floor

Offline jabberwoki

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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2014, 01:43:05 AM »
No nothing special but I`ll take it just to be a good bloke :grin:

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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2014, 06:27:42 AM »
Ya, as long as you're just melting it down for scrap anyhow....
;P


Auto dealers dented up their cars too...(ha!)
I can see ford supplying dealer marked body tools,
but this one is novel so far...
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.

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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2014, 11:17:23 AM »
I don't think it would be a dealer item, there would have been a bunch of them...  My Heller expert buddy has passed away so I'm searching for answers.
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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2014, 06:52:25 PM »
Looks like one more tool for wish list....
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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2014, 05:30:27 PM »
The "oldgolay" didn't say where he is from, but around these parts , Detroit / Dearborn tools show up fairly frequently with the Ford script. The pix is of a combination square blade with the Ford script. The imprint does not appear to have been stamped (blade is hard) but rather etched or perhaps stamped before heat treat. I looked thru the Ford trade School "Shop Theory" book , all the illustrations of the tools shown all show the manufacturers logo, if any logo shows at all.

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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2014, 05:56:23 PM »
Joe,
I'm in Stiles-Herman, Medart, Barrett country aka St.Louis area. HF trade school is what it may have come from? I have a few of the books from there, need to do some homework on what makes a complete set of books.
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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2014, 06:37:21 PM »
oldgoaly, this info might be helpful in your research.... from a little pamphlet on the history of the HF TS.

The book that I have is "Shop Theory" soft cover, copyright 1934 revised 1941 , the book is 7/8 inch thick (pages are not consecutively numbered)

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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2015, 09:19:19 PM »
Better send that one my way, it can relax in with a bunch of other old timers about the same age it is. Would be just perfect for me and the hammer! LOL   :cheesy:

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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2015, 12:18:54 AM »
UB,
just took out 1/2 the windows in my shop to make more Wall space!
So I will have just the perfect place to hang it!
Thank you for the kind offer!
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Re: Might be a rare one? Heller autobody hammer!
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2015, 08:16:32 AM »
Drat the luck!