Tool Talk
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: john k on April 01, 2012, 03:15:34 PM
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Saw this advertised in the local paper, figured it was worthwhile driving ten miles. Not a lot of people around so parking was fairly simple for once. Big turn of the last century house, had a lot of restoration done to it in the past decade, converted carriage house in back. This was an estate sale so I wasn't surprised to see the Victorian furniture lining the driveway, but the Tiffany lamps were really unexpected. First one I picked up had a ten dollar price tag, and looked under the shade expecting to see a made in china sticker, nope, this looks old. Not really needing any lamps I moved on to the carriage house. Pushed towards the door was a big maple woodworkers bench, $10 sticker! Still in the shop was a metal welding table, with a huge old Columbia vise $10 again! On the wall on the peg board was a set of SK wrenches from 1/4 to 1-1/2! These looked barely used, again a ten dollar sticker, figured that was per wrench. Moved on to the old New Britain stack chest, stickerered for $20, top to bottom, 1/4 inch set, 3/8 set, 1/2 inch sets of shallow and deep socket, down another drawer and it was all SK impact sockets, again barely used,wow. Looking around was a Craftsman drill press, two of the tombstone grinders, everything with a ten dollar sticker, was this all they had? In the back of the carriage house was a 39 Ford pickup, tag on the windshield said: Runs, good title, $300. Paint job looked like maybe a year old, and wide whites! Staggering back into the shop area I was just starting to look at the stuff hanging up higher on the wall when this old lady came in. Said since you're the only one here can I make you a better deal? I had to sit down, I don't have room for all this, its a darn good thing this is April 1st! Have a good one. John
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So you bought all the tools and then bought the truck to carry them all home?
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Now there is a fantasy I could get into
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I was buying it until we got to the $300 pickup. Thanks John, you are the only one to get me today.
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Iron John, thank you,,,, the rest of you characters, CHECK THE CALENDAR!,,, heh,heh,heh,,,,
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Good one John, had me goin there for a bit till I remembered what day it was. The images were really racing through my head though.
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I was about to borrow JAFE"s spaceship and hop over there myself!
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Gang
This story may not be true, and it's a tad cruel, but it's the stuff we all dream about.
By the way, back in the mid 1980's I bought a running 1952 Chevrolet 1/2 ton pickup for $125. It had a current tag, safety inspection sticker, and clean title. It had also been freshly rolled and brushed with exterior latex house paint. The paint came off pretty easy though. I still have this truck. It's not my daily driver, but it's going to be someday. I still have the dream!
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'52 Chevy pick up? Oh, yum! That's a good dream!
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Well I didn't mean to be cruel, will think on that a bit. In 1968 I bought a 55 Chevy Belair 4-door sedan, no rust, not running too good, jump started it, drove it home, tuned it up, ran it for six months, then traded it for a Cadillac, thats another story. Price on the Belair was $75, no kidding, as my dad pointed out thats a lot of money. But then he started picking corn by hand in the 20s for a buck a day. I still miss the 60s.