7/16 Pawn Shop Visit

[lbgradwell]

Schick Products. Inc, Belmont, CA, 60's-70's ...new one for me too, never heard of them before....neat
They apparently also made (yet another) quick adjust alumnium pipe wrench....

You mean this one?

[George Mulvey]

You can't have too many nut-drivers from VACO and Xcelite.
And I feel your pain with the car damage. I went into a bike shop, and some lady comes in and asks if I drive the white van. Her daughter was driving and scrapped the back-end while backing out of the space next to me. Got her insurance and had it fixed ($500) on her tab, but things did get a little spatty.
Hopefully the $$$ won't be too bad for yours.

[Papaw]

George Mulvey

Isn't that you, Bonneyman?

[Plyerman]

Schick Products. Inc, Belmont, CA, 60's-70's ...new one for me too, never heard of them before....neat
They apparently also made (yet another) quick adjust alumnium pipe wrench....

You mean this one?

Neat, looks like they used the same dovetailed-steel-jaw-insert method on those as they did with OilyRascal's pipe wrench.

[lauver]

I am guessing those clutch drive screws came out in about 1949?   The sheet metal on John Deere tractors, and the front clip sheet metal on Chevrolets of that time frame are held together by those.  Or were, as guys got frustrated they got removed, tossed, and replaced with hex head hardware.   I remember I needed a no.2 to get the radio out of the 50 Chevy car.  Had to wait 5 days for the NAPA dealer to get one in.

John k & others interested,

I'm not sure exactly when clutch head fasteners and drivers 1st came out, but I do know they were on the GM & Chevrolet trucks as early as 1947.  GM also used these fasteners on their cars in the 1950's but eventually abandonded them (perhaps in 1960 and thereafter).  These fasteners, on GM vehicles were generally used under the hood and in the interiors; regular hex fasteners were generally used on the drive train and chassis.  Clutch head fasteners may have been one of the earlier tamper-resistant fasteners.

[duallydondon]

Have a question,,,found a old Williams half inch ratchet that needs drive plug,,any idea where I can get one???,,,,here in the Houston area there are many pawn shops and now they tend to google everything then overprice nearly everything,,,,did get a like new chrome 1/2" proto ratchet for for 5.00 ,,that has been the only good deal in quite a while!

[OilyRascal]

Have a question,,,found a old Williams half inch ratchet that needs drive plug,,any idea where I can get one???,,,,here in the Houston area there are many pawn shops and now they tend to google everything then overprice nearly everything,,,,did get a like new chrome 1/2" proto ratchet for for 5.00 ,,that has been the only good deal in quite a while!

Welcome to Tooltalk.  As you've probably already seen, I'm in search of the 3/4" drive plug myself.  I've had no luck in my search so far....that is, short of a complete ratchet.