Sidecar Sunday

 

Visit the Continental stand at the International Automobile Exhibition!

 

Which Exhibition and what year is not known at this time.

One of the very first train action shots

 Southern Pacific's No. 73 rolling along at speed with a string of passenger cars near Burlingame, California in 1884.

National Hatchet Multitool

Morris Ranchman multi-tool by National Hatchet Co.  built to John Morris's 1898 patent (607448)

 

Thanks, Ski!

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.