Rickman Vetter connection

 I never knew Vetter distributed Rickman in the US. 

I guess it makes sense....

Tecomaster pruners

Tecomaster was the name Eaton's department stores used for their tool line, much like Craftsman was for Sears. The tools were sourced from all over. These pruners were "hot drop forged" in Italy. 

Previous post on Tecomaster and the origin of the name here.

 

International trucks and bottled beverages

 

Garton Kiddillac

The Garton Toy company of Sheboygan was in business from 1878 till 1975 making wagons, tricycles, sleds and toy cars. Pedal cars came along in the 30s and during the fifties the Kiddillac was the top of the line.  Apparently this model originally would have had "Fire Chief" on the door. It was manufactured until 1963. 

More here

 

Front fork cutaway BMW R51/3 1951

 

Austin Seven cutaway

Cyril Posthumus, Vintage Cars, Hamlin, 1973

 Introduced in 1922, the Austin Seven was eight feet ten inches long and weighed  700 lbs. The 696 cc side valve inline four could push the car to 50 miles per hour. 400,000 were made before production ended in 1938.

Wilde 522 pliers

I can find #522B Wilde snap ring pliers online, these are completely different, maybe some sort of ignition pliers or something, There might be a missing jaw-closing spring between the handles. Wilde tools is still around making a range of pliers, prybars, punches and chisels in Hiawatha, Kansas. 

Timeline here.

Thanks, Dave!

 

And a pair of Channellock-type pliers at another antique market.

 

What happened, Nissan?

 

Ron Wood's Norton

Images from a July 1975 Cycle magazine article. I've not seen this race bike as a rolling chassis, I had no idea the actual frame construction, 3 inch diameter chrome moly tube with a wall thickness of .049". Translating from a photograph into CAD we get 56.5 inch wheelbase, 26° rake and 3 inches trail. Wonder how close that is to the actual geometry?

 

Yale solo or tandem

Don't really need a sidecar with this tandem attachment. Or just cut loose solo.