Tool Talk
Classic Auto and Motorcycle Tools => Classic Auto and Motorcycle Tools => Topic started by: J.A.F.E. on May 02, 2015, 10:40:18 PM
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This joined the fleet a while back because it has some odd features (at least to me). While it seems like an ordinary ratchet there is an automotive connection.
PF-71 ratchet. 3/8 drive and looks like a regular standard handle ratchet of the 50's era. 1958 to be specific.
(http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae275/thejafe/snap%20on/100_4660_zpsf3de2dab.jpg)
(http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae275/thejafe/snap%20on/100_4662_zps68341dd2.jpg)
This style ratchet has some really classic lines and is my favorite Snap-on styling with three bands at the top of the handle, slightly flattened beam.
(http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae275/thejafe/snap%20on/100_4666_zps4044fa86.jpg)
But the P in the model number is the first clue something is different.
(http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae275/thejafe/snap%20on/100_4665_zps7c66216c.jpg)
The next thing is instead of a check ball it has a pin similar to the Loxocket design used in the 3/4 and larger Snap-on drive tools.
(http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae275/thejafe/snap%20on/100_4667_zps804d5660.jpg)
(http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae275/thejafe/snap%20on/100_4668_zps0b676d12.jpg)
I saved the best for last though - the original owner of the ratchet and that explains the other features.
(http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/ae275/thejafe/snap%20on/100_4663_zpsebeca1da.jpg)
Wonder what it was used to build. There was a Ford plant near where I bought it in Long Beach but not sure what was built there and it closed in the late 50's early 60's. There was also a plant in Pico Rivera not far from Long Beach that built Edsels and Mercuries and later Galaxie 500, maybe LTDs and T-Birds.
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Cool!!!
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How about airplanes?
Chilly
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It's an industrial. Hard to find. Nice to see one.
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How about airplanes?
Chilly
I think Ford was out of that business by the 50's.