One of my vices is vises, Eclipse

  Eclipse is the name William Marples uses for their line of vises, this one would be categorized as an amateurs vice, with exposed screw and light build, it's rather flimsy looking. I expect the cast-in V7 and V6 are casting numbers, not a stock or model number.

Marples vise catalog here.

 

Suzuki 1964

 She looks demented but I'd probably go out with her.

Laird-Turner Special

Exciting times in aviation…

 

Sidecar Sunday

 

Medicom Toy RAH No.784 Kikaider & Side Machine Ultimate Edition Set Figure

Athlet chisel

 Found in a Nova Scotia tool box. How it got here is anyone's guess. It's a tool company name we've not seen before, seems it's a company from Germany specializing in edge tools that has been recently taken over by Netherlands company Rotec.

Triumph Twenty-one, 1957

By 1964 the bathtub enclosure (and the rocket) were long gone.

Article at Motorcycle Classics

Early Acrylic

Plastic windshields started showing up during the early part of WW2, acceptable optical quality was difficult to achieve in the vacuum or blow molding processes of the time, so the windshield was still a flat piece installed in a frame, as seen in this view of a Stuka cockpit.

Mototrack Engineering, 1974

 This looks like a potential competitor for the Tracy custom bodies- with a slant towards the café racer trend of the time. It's a little suspect, no photographs of the actual parts, does anyone remember ever seeing these parts installed on a motorcycle?

Rockport, Maine

1938 Packard, the hood ornament may not be original...

 

Popular Stillson wrench

There are a lot of Stillson and Stillson pattern wrenches, I've seen Walworth Stillson and Genuine Stillson marked wrenches but this a very well-used Popular Stillson. More Stillson info at Alloy Artifacts.

 

Self-defrosting fridge, 1950

   A genuine innovation.  How many of these type of fridges were ruined by someone impatiently trying to pry the ice out of the freezer section, I wonder. 

   Just a timer that switched off the compressor and switched on a heating element in the heat exchanger 2 or 3 times a day but what an improvement.  

As an aside, the illustration is signed Lima, no info that I can find...

Simmons Pelican shears

 

Here is a nice shapely pair of shears made by E. C. Simmons. Buy them for the sculpture. 

E E Simmons has been making and sourcing scissors and shears since 1874, adopting the trademark Keen Kutter in the 1880's.  The company sold a full line of hardware including wood planes, more information here. It was acquired in 1940 by Shapleigh Hardware which closed up in 1960.

1953 Desoto

 Now with power steering, power brakes and well... power.

Villiers, 1960

 Below, Engine cutaway. Artist is signed Johnstone, I don't see that name in the Motoring Artist directory. I had to look twice to make sure the primary chain didn't disappear between the crank webs!

Speed Age, April 1948

Here's a magazine from before my time, not too much interesting content 7 decades later. I don't recognize any names in the editorial staff, but on the cover that's Rollie Free fully clothed on what looks like a Harley, and we know Bill France from his promotion on the back cover...

 

Monday Mystery, twisted thing. (Updated)

Looks like something a blacksmith might have made but for what purpose, I'm not sure. Guesses?

Dave says, "Its a caulking iron for lead plumbing joints, packing oakum fibres in the joint.  1973 Mephisto catalog here.

Olds 442

 

With those bunny badges in the grille, could it have been owned by Hugh Hefner?

Ok that's just silly.

Sidecar Sunday

 

The Motor Cycle Dec 29, 1938

 

International Auto Wagon, 1907

One from the transitional era of automobiles. When most of the country was farming, a wagon was the usual vehicle. This would feel very familiar. The powertrain was a horizontally opposed twin fit under the floor with fans to blow air across the cylinders.  Note the driver's newfangled duster and googles. Bottom, the same vehicle as a buggy.

 

Toys for boys, 1903

 Montgomery Ward, 1903

E C Atkins tool

 

This is an odd one, first that blade-type thing is wrong, it's actually a knife from a hay mower, so that's a distraction. E C Atkins of Indianapolis opened in 1855 and made mostly saws of all types as well as blade-related equipment, but I don't see this tool in any of the trade catalogs online. Previous post here. 

Atkins Catalog No 19 1923  Thanks, Dave!

Velocette 350 1936

 1936 OHC 350 single model KTS

yesterdays.nl

Remington Model 24

Manufactured from 1924-1935, it was based on the Browning 22 Semi-Auto rifle which had been the first .22 caliber semi automatic. 

 

British Air Ministry camouflage patterns, WW2

 

57 Chevy

 

Motorcycles in the 'hood, 1981 650 Seca

 Looks just like the '80s, not bad for 44 years old.

Know your Triumph fork

 

Planes in formation, Fairchild M-62 trainers

 During WW2, Little Norway was located at Toronto Island airport and was part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. 

1947 Lincoln Continental cabriolet

That's a classy automobile... V-12 and an automatic transmission.

 

Fisk Tires

 

Sidecar Sunday

 1937 ISDT, held in Wales

113 years ago today....

 Don't miss this river cruise...