Old stuff you still use.

[cuda hunter]

Fin straightener by Robinair.
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That is cool. I've never seen this tool before.

 

[Snotty]

Unicorn 2500 Impact Driver. I've had it since the late 1970s or early 1980s, but it was used when I got it. It is ideal in some situations where it's too tight for hand tools, but an air impact, or other means might risk rounding out/off, such as the #3 Philips head screws holding the door latch assembly in many cars. I used it for this case today to remove screws, without head damage, that have been in place since new in 1977.

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I have one of those, and I still use it!

 

[Vaanth]

 

[Vaanth]

Hinkley-Meyers "fasTestor", model H-M9444 gauge tester. The is an adjustable resistance box for checking fuel, temperature, and oil pressure gauges based on the King-Seeley Constant Voltage type (such as Chrysler) gauges, or similar. Because of the adjustability rather than certain set values, it can be used for a broad range of gauge settings.

This one is from the mid-1960s (instruction sheet is dated 1963). It was still new in the box when I bought it in the 1980s for $5.00.

Although the fasTestor is useful, I typically use my Miller Special Tool C-3826 in the shop, which is not that old, made in the late 1980s:

If I'm working in the lab, I have a multitude of other resistance sources from which to choose.

 

[Vaanth]

 

[68PK21 440.6bbl]

Here is an old Indestro small socket set that I have had since childhood. It's odd in that it uses a 1/4" Allen style wrench with spring loaded balls like a ratchet to hold the sockets which have a hex drive side. There are four six point sockets - 5/16", 11/32", 3/8", and 7/16", and two four point sockets - 1/4" and 5/16". The set is missing its "gripper" socket.
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Almost just like the first set of sockets I bought to remove the cylinder head on a cast iron Briggs & Stratton horizontal reel mower engine that me and a friend were going to bolt onto a bicycle not to say make a Mini-Bike (that came later) but kind of motorcycle as it was a full size adult bicycle.
Scavenging washing machine pullies & belts from the dump got that idea rolling.

It's amazing what you can find on the 'net these days, I had this set as my second set as moving up to a 'Ratchet'.

I remember just that bottom part as my 1st set bought in the mid-sixties, then later on the ratchet set which were still hanging on the pegboard on the workbench at my parents house in the basement when my dad died.

Here's a set that's looks brand new or has been refurbished to Mint Vintage New.

I couldn't find just the bottom tray alone, but I do know I had that first, all I could find was this version tray like yours.

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[Jessica770]

Lots of cool stuff!, some Ive seen, some not. Wife and I love going to antigue, junk shops, when we travel. We do the, remember these, trivia games.

Same here half the fun of those shops is spotting things you grew up with and saying ‘wow, remember when we had one of those?