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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: rusty on October 09, 2011, 01:26:23 PM

Title: Flea finds
Post by: rusty on October 09, 2011, 01:26:23 PM

So...I have been skipping the flea somewhat this year, partly due to lack of time, partly because it has been dissapointing. But today I found a bunch of goodies....

Plomb tools catalog 12-A (1934) was a pleasant surprise....

A 5Z817 weird U shaped Ford wrench was kinda nice also

A box of sockets and other goodies, heck the plastic bin is worth $5

A neat whatsit tool (other thread, i think I know what it is, but...)

Title: Re: Flea finds
Post by: jimwrench on October 09, 2011, 01:45:22 PM

 Plomb cat worth the trip.

Title: Re: Flea finds
Post by: lbgradwell on October 09, 2011, 02:30:25 PM

As was the Hinsdale ratchet. You don't see many of those & it's a brand missing from my collection...

Title: Re: Flea finds
Post by: rusty on October 09, 2011, 03:46:52 PM

There is a fuzzy patent number on the other side of the ratchet., I finally decyphered it. 1,888,885

Now here's a SURPRISE...It's by Ben Pepperdine

A Bog ratchet?

http://www.google.com/patents?id=kllkAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%221,888,885%22+ratchet&hl=en&ei=9QaSTuXKH-jCsQKw67XDAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%221%2C888%2C885%22%20ratchet&f=false

Title: Re: Flea finds
Post by: lbgradwell on October 09, 2011, 03:55:25 PM

Quote from: rusty on October 09, 2011, 03:46:52 PM

Now here's a SURPRISE...It's by Ben Pepperdine

A Bog ratchet?

That is surprising, but it does look very much like my Bog; the switch is very similar.

Hmmmm...

Title: Re: Flea finds
Post by: bonneyman on October 12, 2011, 03:10:56 PM

$5 for a whole bin of stuff??? WHOA!

You did very well.