We used to make things in this country. #91: Eldon Industries of Canada Ltd., Don Mills Ontario

Those of us of a certain age remember Ungar wood burning kits.   Very little information is available about this company, other than it is now merged with Weller and both are are brand names of the mighty Cooper Tools (now the Apex Tools Group) which bought Weller in 1970.  At the time this instruction booklet was printed, Ungar was part of Eldon Industries, whose parent company made toys (using the slogan, "Just for the fun of it!") out of Hawthorne California (which was also home to Mattel).  Eldon Industries was acquired by Rubbermaid (now Newell Rubbermaid) in 1990.

Cool WWII Cover Art: The Fighters

I'm having flashbacks!

Did anyone really think Easy Rider inspired customising was a good idea?

 Peter Fonda, you have a lot to answer for.

Useful information for anyone.

Because you know you were thinking about it..

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1965 Chevy van

Rules for the Engine Room

The Duke and Mister G on a Motor-Bicycle Outing

We used to make things in this country. #92: Reliable Toy Co., Toronto Ontario

A "Patrol Cycle" made by the Reliable Toy Company of Toronto in the 1950's.  This company was founded in 1920 by Sol F. Samuels, who was later joined by his brothers Alex and Ben.  They specialized in dolls, and at one point were the largest doll manufacturer in the British Empire.  In 1941, they were the first toy company in Canada to use injection moulding techniques and, later on, rotational casting.  They were the first to use an assembly-line system for the toy and doll manufacture.  After WWII, they were able to use scraps from items made for the war effort to produce a line of toy aircraft, which was available through the Eaton's catalogue.  The 1945-46 set included a Boulton-Paul Defiant, P-40, Spitfire, B-29 transport, a B-26 bomber and, according to one source, "a not-quite-accurate Hawker Hurricane."  The Reliable Toy Company ceased operation in 1991.  In 1959, the Samuels brothers helped found Regal Toy.  In 1976, Regal was sold to General Mills in the United States and continued doll production in Canada without changing the Regal Toy Company name. The company was sold again in 1983 and went bankrupt the next year.

Vanished Makes: The Aluminium Plant & Vessel Company

Copper Through the Ages.  Kendals Hall, Radlett, Herts:  Copper Development Association, 1934, 1956

Dr. Richard Seligman founded the Aluminium Plant & Vessel Company in 1910, which specialized in the fabrication of welded containers for the brewery and vegetable oil industries.  He went on to invent the plate heat exchanger (PHE) in 1923, which revolutionized methods for indirectly heating and cooling fluids.  They turned down the opportunity in the 1930's to manufacture Marcel Breuer's aluminum furniture.  (Breuer designed the first bent tubular steel chair, later known as the Wassily Chair,  inspired by the curved tubular steel handlebars on Breuer's Adler bicycle.)

1968 Suzuki AS-50