Auto-Skate

[lptools]

Hello, I am trying to track down any info on the company that made this. It is an Automobile Wheel Dolly, most likely used in pairs, or fours, I only found one. The label reads AUTO-SKATE EQUIPPED WITH TORRINGTON NEEDLE ROLLER BEARINGS AUTO-SKATE CORPORATION OF AMERICA BROOKLYN, 29 N.Y. Patents Pending U.S.A. & Foreign Countries. Should I have put this in the Classic Auto Forum? Thanks, Lou

[Plyerman]

Looks cool as heck.

[Guido Salvage]

Since it has a postal zone code rather than a Zip Code, it is 1963 or earlier.

[lptools]

Hello, Plyerman, Thanks, and well made too. Guido, thanks the info on the time frame of the zip code, Lou

[Yadda]

Since it has a postal zone code rather than a Zip Code, it is 1963 or earlier.

Now Chicago 40 on plierenches make so much more sense.

[Plyerman]

Since it has a postal zone code rather than a Zip Code, it is 1963 or earlier.

Now Chicago 40 on plierenches make so much more sense.

Ah, good point.

[Guido Salvage]

Since it has a postal zone code rather than a Zip Code, it is 1963 or earlier.

Now Chicago 40 on plierenches make so much more sense.

I am a Studebaker collector and they rolled out the Zip Van in 1963 for the Post Office. This coincided with the introduction of Zip Codes and the side panels of the vans had posters of Mr. Zip touting the use of them.

[Northwoods]

I remember reading that Abraham Lincoln rode to Ford's Theater in a Studebaker coach.

[Guido Salvage]

Correct, and Studebaker produced many wagons and gun carriages for the Union during the Civil War.