Brass Schrader tire pressure gauge

[Hoarder]

Have a brass Schrader gauge with original cloth bag. The Schrader name below the neck is double struck by the letters h r a d & r. Wonder how old this is?

[john k]

Remember seeing those at gas stations, would say the 40s-50s.  1920s they were very short, 2.5 inches. 

[Plyerman]

Nowadays they are made out of chrome-painted plastic. Yuck.

[Nasutushenri]

These Schrader gauges are 3.5 inch. Also from the 20s ?

Henri

[Hoarder]

Those shorter gauges I guess worked with ballon tires (lower pressure?) so not as much extension needed. I also notice they appear to be chrome plated brass. My brass only unit appears to be the first in the long decrease in quality to present day plastic. I just tested my gauge and it works and is accurate, I just threw out a present day plastic as it was none functional.

[d42jeep]

The Navy specified a very similar one (although surprisingly chrome plated during the chrome restrictions) during WW2.
-Don

[Nasutushenri]

Those shorter gauges I guess worked with ballon tires (lower pressure?) so not as much extension needed. I also notice they appear to be chrome plated brass. My brass only unit appears to be the first in the long decrease in quality to present day plastic. I just tested my gauge and it works and is accurate, I just threw out a present day plastic as it was none functional.

Hoarder, you're right. The short gauges were for ballon tires.

Don, I have a few tire gauges from WW2.

Tire pressure gauges WW2 by Henri Nasutus, on Flickr


Regards
Henri

[bonneyman]

I've had some nice ones.

[d42jeep]

Those shorter gauges I guess worked with ballon tires (lower pressure?) so not as much extension needed. I also notice they appear to be chrome plated brass. My brass only unit appears to be the first in the long decrease in quality to present day plastic. I just tested my gauge and it works and is accurate, I just threw out a present day plastic as it was none functional.

Hoarder, you're right. The short gauges were for ballon tires.

Don, I have a few tire gauges from WW2.

Tire pressure gauges WW2 by Henri Nasutus, on Flickr


Regards
Henri

Henri, you sure do. I have a few as well. The top one is a civilian model and the bottom one is an unusual upper echelon gauge.
-Don
-Don

[Nasutushenri]

Don, for the record,
the top one is marked: US PROPERTY ORDNANCE DEPT
the second one: U.S. PROPERTY ORDNANCE DEPT
the third one: US
the fourth one: U.S. PROPERTY Q.M.C. 8-G-620
the bottom one: U.S. PROPERTY Q.M.C.

Regards
Henri

[d42jeep]

Nice collection!
-Don

[oldgoaly]

The short straight one 1920's one in the pic next to the tin

[lptools]

Hello, oldgoaly. That is very cool ,but what  are we looking at?? Thanks, Lou

[oldgoaly]

Store display and one of the gauges from that era.

[papadan]

That's a cool display!