Have a brass Schrader gauge with original cloth bag. The Schrader name below the neck is double struck by the letters h r a d & r. Wonder how old this is?

Remember seeing those at gas stations, would say the 40s-50s.  1920s they were very short, 2.5 inches. 

Nowadays they are made out of chrome-painted plastic. Yuck.

These Schrader gauges are 3.5 inch. Also from the 20s ?

Henri

Those shorter gauges I guess worked with ballon tires (lower pressure?) so not as much extension needed. I also notice they appear to be chrome plated brass. My brass only unit appears to be the first in the long decrease in quality to present day plastic. I just tested my gauge and it works and is accurate, I just threw out a present day plastic as it was none functional.

The Navy specified a very similar one (although surprisingly chrome plated during the chrome restrictions) during WW2.
-Don

Quote from: Hoarder on May 15, 2017, 09:29:08 AM
Those shorter gauges I guess worked with ballon tires (lower pressure?) so not as much extension needed. I also notice they appear to be chrome plated brass. My brass only unit appears to be the first in the long decrease in quality to present day plastic. I just tested my gauge and it works and is accurate, I just threw out a present day plastic as it was none functional.

Hoarder, you're right. The short gauges were for ballon tires.

Don, I have a few tire gauges from WW2.

Tire pressure gauges WW2 by Henri Nasutus, on Flickr


Regards
Henri

I've had some nice ones.

Quote from: Nasutushenri on October 13, 2018, 10:05:18 AM

Quote from: Hoarder on May 15, 2017, 09:29:08 AM
Those shorter gauges I guess worked with ballon tires (lower pressure?) so not as much extension needed. I also notice they appear to be chrome plated brass. My brass only unit appears to be the first in the long decrease in quality to present day plastic. I just tested my gauge and it works and is accurate, I just threw out a present day plastic as it was none functional.

Hoarder, you're right. The short gauges were for ballon tires.

Don, I have a few tire gauges from WW2.

Tire pressure gauges WW2 by Henri Nasutus, on Flickr


Regards
Henri

Henri, you sure do. I have a few as well. The top one is a civilian model and the bottom one is an unusual upper echelon gauge.
-Don
-Don

Don, for the record,
the top one is marked: US PROPERTY ORDNANCE DEPT
the second one: U.S. PROPERTY ORDNANCE DEPT
the third one: US
the fourth one: U.S. PROPERTY Q.M.C. 8-G-620
the bottom one: U.S. PROPERTY Q.M.C.

Regards
Henri

Nice collection!
-Don

The short straight one 1920's one in the pic next to the tin

Hello, oldgoaly. That is very cool ,but what  are we looking at?? Thanks, Lou

Store display and one of the gauges from that era.

That's a cool display!