Vacuum power brakes

 And there you have it. Modern power brakes, pretty much all there by 1936. Some car manufacturers were still deciding whether brakes were really required on all four wheels...

One of my vices is vises, Rockford

That is a large heavy 4 inch vise. Once again, very little history on the company that I can find. 

 

1930s Wyandotte pressed steel Streamlined Speedster (updated)

Gorgeous! Another toy I would have appreciated less as a kid.

 Update; Claus sends these images of his car/trailer combination. I agree with MARSHALL in the comments, this needs to be a full scale replica.

MGB GT

Probably 1973. In factory correct Harvest Gold, looks like sandy brown to me. 

 

Update; Derek sends some images of the original harvest gold touch up paint from Unipart, the spare parts organization of British Leyland.

Know your roller bearings

I'd suggest that the cage should have been illustrated as a separate part. I do approve of the handlettering...

Big casting

Robert Gordon, Patrick Mahone, The Texture of Industry, Oxford Press 1994

  In this photo foundry workers pose with a mine hoist sheave wheel they have just cast in a sand mold. The wheel would have been cast flat and has been stood up with the wooden jib crane on the left. It tuns out the foundry is the Knight foundry in Sutter Creek, California which amazingly is still operating, the last water-powered foundry and machine shop in America.

Standard Guilford C clamp

 This rarity was found at Liberty Tool, very little information on the company that I can find, but by the items found on ebay, it seems that for a while, Standard Guilford was in business making pretty ordinary C clamps and pipe clamps. 

Ebay 

Armstrong Whitworth Atalanta

  In 1932, Imperial Airways requested an airliner for their African and India routes. The specification included room for 9 passengers and the safety of multiple engines, resulting in this 4 engine airliner. The engines were Armstrong Siddeley 10 cylinder radials producing 340 hp each and the aircraft cruised at 156 mph. The prototype flew well with no real issues and quickly went into service. Eight units were built, they served for 5 years before being replaced. During WW2 they were used by the Indian air force for coastal patrols and as transports before being retired in 1944.

Metcoid wrench

  Metcoid was an early 1950s brand of tools by a company named Metal Engineering Company of Chicago, there is a thought that they might have been made by Moore Drop Forge which made Craftsman Tools in the same era. With the raised panels they do look similar. As always, Garage Journal has a thread on the brand. 

 

Monday Mystery, found in the ocean off Maine

 Another weird one. This aluminum and fibreglass thing was found floating, someone picked it up and brought it ashore. Looks like the top handle is maybe a pivoting flagpole, The "handhold" area looks much too light to have been used for towing or anchoring... In the image below the remains of eys are somewhat visible, so it can't have been too serious, but so far no one can figure out what it is.