Craftsman speed handle

I saw this Craftsman speed handle in a locked display case at Antiques at 10 Mechanic in Camden, Maine. At that price I didn't think I needed to buy it but I've never seen anything like it before.

Consensus in the comments is that it doesn't look like a useful device but it was apparently part or the regular tool lineup in 1960.

Thanks, Dave...  Craftsman catalog

Huber Maintainer

 

The Huber company has been around making machinery of different types since 1875. After WW2 they decided to concentrate on road construction equipment, one of their products being this maintainer (as they call it). Sale of the company resulted in a move to North Carolina, another purchaser brought them back to Ohio. According to the company history they have recently made a move to North Dakota (no reason given) and one of theo\ir products is something that looks very much like this one.

Now I need an excuse to buy this ungainly looking thing- I blame the childhood Tonka Toys...

Jaguar production line, 1962

 Jaguar Mark Twos and Mark Tens on the production line (looks like after the workers went home). Remember, guys, no running...

J.T.Slocomb 6-7 inch micrometer .

Slocomb started making center drills, micrometers and other machinist tools in 1891  John Tibbets Slocomb located his company in Providence R.I. and ran it till 1914 when he sold it to J.H. Drury of Union Twist Drill. After the second World War the company struggled and it was sold in 1953 to E. John Gregory, the owner of Green Machine Company, who moved the factory to Glastonbury, Connecticut. The company went under in the late 1990's.

 

Swallow Bodies, 1927

 Swallow Sidecars's first ad for their bodies for the Morris Cowley and Auston 7. Transpform your Austin into a real car!

Volvo P1800

 Actually a 1970 or 71 Volvo 1800E. I'd drive that car...

One of my vices is vises, Wilton

The high-quality Wilton bullet vises are the ones I'm used to, the name is still around on what seem to be lesser quality units , but none as crappy as this one.  Nasty castings, exposed screw, my guess is someone has got ahold of a good name and is running it into the ground....

 

1959 Thunderbird

 Life in America could not be better...

Monday Mystery , What bike?

 This picture was apparently taken in Belgium about the beginning of the war. My guess is a DKW RT125 but the primary case doesn't seem right. Thoughts? Extra points for identifying the tree!

Rugol Wrench, Japan

Here's a wrench I took a picture of at Liberty Tool in Maine, and then did not buy it. (I must be slipping). No company history that I can find online, I do see a few for sale on ebay, There is also an old thread on Lumberjocks about some Rugol chisels from Germany, other than that no information to be found.