Sidecar Sunday

 Cushman...

Know your hoses

 Top to bottom; steel braided rubber, clear pvc, reinforced pvc, plain reinforced neoprene, textured reinforced neoprene, copper.

A nice test for illustrators, a few lines and yes that is indeed a clear hose... but how to differentiate a copper from a steel line?

Croname panels

  Here's a metal promotional screw specification chart from the Croname company, who specialized in electroplated panels for instruments panels, dial scales for radios, badges, etc., all those metal plates that used to decorate tools and equipment.  The name is a contraction of the Crowe Name Plate & Mfg. Co. of Chicago and seems to have started in business in 1942. There was a branch of the company located in Waterloo, Quebec that went by the name of Croname-MacDonald Ltd.  The company seems to have disappeared in the early 90s.

Can-Pro wrench

I found this wrench at a thrift shop, never seen the name before and a quick Google search brings some conflicting results. This statement comes from the most likely site,  https://canpro-tools.com/en/ but gives precious little information. Here's what they say; "We’re a family-owned company based in Toronto and Montreal with over 35 years of innovating & developing tools & hardware for industrial market."   Or try this... https://canprotool.com/

Fashion Friday, The eyewatering '80s

 No. That is not Kenny Roberts...

 My experience with red leather indicates that the dye was never water proof- until it soaked into your skin.

Cars in the 'hood

Not really a Jaguar SS-100

 

Planes in formation; Seversky P-35

 Over Michigan in 1938

Failed Retail

 Just the remans of another long gone corner store on a residential street in Toronto. The space has long been a residence, but preserved details of the old decor reveal that not even the promise of fresh parsnips was enough to save the business... 

One of my vices is vises. Harper 4006 cobbler anvil/vise

 

Thanks, Kevan!

This anvil vise was found on Marketplace. Along with the missing clamping screw and handle, it's missing some lasts (as seen below).

  Harper and Sons of Dudley, England, was an iron foundry founded by Absolom Harper in 1822 that became A. Harper & Sons & Bean after George Bean joined the company in 1907. The company started as a producer of iron goods like fire grates and later became a significant manufacturer of automobile parts and eventually its own "Bean" cars, ceasing car production in 1929 but continuing as a parts supplier for decades.  I can't find much info on the company's anvil business but there was apparently an award for merit at the Melbourne, Australia Centennial for "Harper and Sons, Anvils, Vyces and Tools".

Worthpoint

 Company history here.

Graces guide

The King's ultimate argument

 Just one of the WW1 cannons on display in Quebec City. I'm not an early artillery aficionado but this is a German 150mm field gun from 1902. It's a device made in peacetime, illustrated by the level of detail shown by the details. The initials inscribed are RW II- emperor Reich Wilhelm the second and the Latin inscription Ultimo Ratio Regis meaning "The Kings ultimate argument".

 It was captured on April 9 1917 by Canadian forces after the Battle of Vimy Ridge.