Sunday, September 27, 2026

Out travelling…

 

  

Sorry for the inconsistent posting, we’re out driving in the Saguenay region of Quebec, Wifi is rather random, I’ll do the best I can.

Multitool- pliers edition

 


Interesting idea, saves the real-world problem of carrying two pairs… There is a name on the handle, but sadly no longer readable.



Chevy Nova

Nice looking car, maybe a 1972 model? Looks like something that might have been parked in the parking lot when I was in high school. The 350 would move it out nicely.



 

Sidecar Sunday


 

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Fairalloy wrench




  Here's a wrench made by Fairmount just about the time that the use of chrome molybdenum and vanadium was becoming popular among toolmakers. The nonspecific term allowed them to source different steels when steel was scarce in WW2.
The company started in a blacksmith's shop in Cleveland in 1917, they focused on automotive tools from the beginning. During WW2 they supplied the US military with tool kits. After the war they were bought by Frontier Industries which became part of Houdaille Industries which closed up in the 1980s. Eastwood has taken up the name for their line of automotive restoration tools.


 

CB900F Resto-mod

Resto mod looking good.


 The style looked good on the 400 twin too, but no one is resto-modding them...

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Datsun, Suzuki and Revell


 Not the GSXR truck promotion, but this is also only in black and white...

Spring tension gauges


These gauges were used to measure and set spring tension on contacts touching another contact in a electro-mechanical relay. 
These gauges were part of a tool kit belonging to reader Arthur's father, who was an electrical engineer for Ohio Power, a subsidiary of AEP American Electrical Power.  Below are some tools in the kit.

Thanks, Arthur!