Copper nails

 You'll need them for your wooden boat-building...

Fashion Friday, swimming with a horse

  Lone ranger? Knight in- uhmm...- shining armour? I can't get my head around any reason for the appearance of a horse in a bathing suit ad. Can't picture a bunch of suits sitting around a boardroom table, agreeing, "Yup, that's the one."

Scout hatchet

Here's a genuine Scouts of America hatchet, once owned by someone named...something King

 

CB200

 1975 CB200. Only imported one year for Canada and I can't believe how many have survived. It was notable only for the cable operated front disc brake and everyone passed it by as they bought the CB360 and the Fours.

 

C. Palmer sinker mold

Save money! Make your own fishing accessories at home! 

WARNING: This comment is known to the state of California to contain chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm...

 

One of my vices is vises, 4 inch Wilton

 

Morgan racer

H.F.S. Morgan at the wheel of his 1100cc racer, probably in the mid 1910s...

 

Camping by Plymouth

I am conflicted, you'll have to do your caption.

 

Webco sping tester

 Seen at the VFT sale trade buy site, this Webco valve spring tension tester, complete with instructions. I'll probably never have to measure a valve spring for length and tension but it would make a great addition to any shop. 

And now I'm trying to design/adapt a variation of this-using a torque wrench- to measure fork and shock springs.

VFT site here, scroll down...

 

Booming times

  You want 30% growth? A quick Google indicates that the US GDP grew from roughly $300 billion to $543.3 billion during the 1950s. In 1960 the country manufactured 40% of the global output.