We used to make things in this country #367 Red Indian Aviation motor oil

Part of a line of oil and lubrication products made in Canada by the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company Limited. Jon B.McColl was around for the very beginning of the oil boom in Ontario, Canada,  They started producing lubricating oil in 1873 and grew as the railway business flourished in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The automotive and later aviation boom produced more opportunities and they merged with Frontenac Oil refineries in 1927. They caught the attention of  the US based Texas oil company who bought enough shares in the 1930s to take over the company. The company name was changed to Teaco in 1959. Below, own your old can for only $450 - shipping included.

History of McColl Frontenac here.

Ebay

 

Monday Mystery, BBL pliers

Here's a fairly crude looking pair of pliers made by a company BLL. They look similar to what are being called W T & Co 1917 6" Nut Pliers, Battery Nut Pliers on ebay 

 Neither company name or the Star of David logo shows up online (in context), though there is a BBL spoke-rolling machine for sale in Australia. No idea if the two are connected.

Ebay

Gumtree.com

Monday Mystery

 Any farm boy would have run into these things...

1956 Cadillac

 

Sidecar Sunday

Seen in the 'hood...

 

Trimotor Book of Instruction

 

Here's a lovely instruction manual for the Ford Trimotor.

 Reader and frequent commenter Dave sent this in, his grandfather used to work on Ford aircraft back in the day and Dave still has this Book of Instruction of the Ford All Metal Monoplane that he was given when he took a training course on the aircraft. It had his name H. A. Dugan, embossed on the cover. Here are a few pictures of the book.

Thanks, Dave!

Herbrand #194 drain plug wrench

 From the beginning of the last century. One wrench fits all! Square plugs, 6-pointed in different sizes...

Homelite generator

 This old unit is at Cardon's in Perth Ontario, looks brand new! 115 volts, I would assume, powered by a two stroke engine-(mix SAE 30 weight oil with the gas).  Not sure how old this machine is. 

 

1906 Cadillac

Strikingly beautiful, they say...

One of my vices is vises; Wabeco

 

This appears to be an older model of vice by Wabeco, The German company's tools don't seem to appear often in this country but they are alive and well, making an impressive range of mills, lathes and other machine tools, as well as hand tools and accessories. The company was founded in 1885 by filemaker Walter Blombach and it remains a family business. Their website is here.