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273962 | Ed Minch <edminch3@g...> | 2021‑06‑18 | Anvil |
Just left the basement of a woman I met at a garage sale. She commented on my Avanti and we struck up a conversation - new reason to drive an interesting car. She lives with her 93 old dad in the house she grew up in in rural MD. Her dad had a constrcution company and the basement was FULL of stuff. Not much of interest - things like a whole 45 gallon bucket full of channelocks or screwdrivers, but I did find a stgraight pre WWII Victory saw with close to a full depth plate, if not full depth, I few of the orange Jorgenson bar clamops I use, a very nice early Stanly 98 marking gauge, 3 Arkansas stones brand new in their boxes - soft, hard, and black. She has 3 items I thought might garner some interest from all y'all A cabinetmakers bench - 24” X 84” (approx) with a tool trough along the back of the top. It has a face vice and and end vice each with a great big wood screw. It was covered in more crap than I wanted to move, but it looked about average in wear, working vices, and very sturdy base. He dad said he wants $500 for it. A vice out of a local blacksmith shop her dad got in the 60’s. It has a maker’s mark up high on one side - stamped large letters in a straigh line ?????? with BROOKLYNNY in a smiling curve just below. Faintly seems to have more letter in a frowing curve above. My guess is 200 lbs. The plate on top has one slightly rounded edge. She did not have a price in mind. A machinists tool chest - tall, metal, lots of drawers, a ton (literally) of contents. Starrett, B+S, Mitotoyo (SP?), lots of gauges and micrometers. I didn't price anything out of it She is located on Maryand’s Eastern Shore, an hour from the Annapolis Bay Bridge or 45 minutes from Wilmington DE Let me know if you have any interest Ed Minch |
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273963 | gtgrouch@r... | 2021‑06‑18 | Re: Anvil |
---------------------------------------------------- Let me know if you have any interest Ed Minch Interest!? Heck yeah! You have an Avanti!?!? Not 'xactly my type of tools though. Thanks for sharing, GK Albion NY -----------------------------------------From: "Ed Minch" To: "porch" Cc: Sent: Friday June 18 2021 4:04:08PM Subject: [oldtools] Anvil Just left the basement of a woman I met at a garage sale. She commented on my Avanti and we struck up a conversation - new reason to drive an interesting car. She lives with her 93 old dad in the house she grew up in in rural MD. Her dad had a constrcution company and the basement was FULL of stuff. Not much of interest - things like a whole 45 gallon bucket full of channelocks or screwdrivers, but I did find a stgraight pre WWII Victory saw with close to a full depth plate, if not full depth, I few of the orange Jorgenson bar clamops I use, a very nice early Stanly 98 marking gauge, 3 Arkansas stones brand new in their boxes - soft, hard, and black. She has 3 items I thought might garner some interest from all y'all A cabinetmakers bench - 24” X 84” (approx) with a tool trough along the back of the top. It has a face vice and and end vice each with a great big wood screw. It was covered in more crap than I wanted to move, but it looked about average in wear, working vices, and very sturdy base. He dad said he wants $500 for it. A vice out of a local blacksmith shop her dad got in the 60’s. It has a maker’s mark up high on one side - stamped large letters in a straigh line ?????? with BROOKLYNNY in a smiling curve just below. Faintly seems to have more letter in a frowing curve above. My guess is 200 lbs. The plate on top has one slightly rounded edge. She did not have a price in mind. A machinists tool chest - tall, metal, lots of drawers, a ton (literally) of contents. Starrett, B+S, Mitotoyo (SP?), lots of gauges and micrometers. I didn't price anything out of it She is located on Maryand’s Eastern Shore, an hour from the Annapolis Bay Bridge or 45 minutes from Wilmington DE Let me know if you have any interest Ed Minch Links: ------ [1] https://groups.io/g/oldtools/unsub |
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273966 | Bill Kasper <dragon01list@g...> | 2021‑06‑18 | Re: Anvil |
ed, vice or anvil? you wrote vice, but sounds like you're describing a hay budden anvil (they're brooklyn's most famous anvil sons). a 200 lb hay budden in good nick (good condition, paddy) would set you back something on the order of $800-$1200 on the open market, if not a scoche more, here in hahafornia. out east, where anvils are thick on the ground (except around todd's home region) they may go easily for the lower end. i paid $600 for my 196 lb. peter wright a few years back during the Great Rise of the Anvil Prices. best, bill felton, ca |
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273967 | Ed Minch <edminch3@g...> | 2021‑06‑18 | Re: Anvil |
Thanks Bill I am in the thick of Todd territory here. I am priveleged to see his collection of about 40 of them (add in the 1000 saws, the 50 leg vices, and on and on, and it is truly inspiring) Ed |
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273968 | Larry Holland | 2021‑06‑19 | Re: Anvil |
I’ve got a Hay Budden. Acquired it some 20 odd years ago, along with a hand crank forge, hand crank blower & post drill. Won’t say how much I payed for the lot, but I didn’t have to take out my wallet. Meep, meep….. Dutch, in Menlo WA |
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273969 | gary allan may | 2021‑06‑19 | Re: Anvil |
Hiya Ed--- I'd love to know how you passed up a 'whole 45 gallon bucket of channellocks or screwdrivers'---I know I'd've died trying to get them home. Tooling an Avanti, eh? Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. best to you and all your women, and your grandson---gam in OlyWA USA How horrible it is to have so many people killed!---And what a blessing one cares for none of them! Jane Austen On Friday, June 18, 2021, 01:31:00 PM PDT, gtgrouch@r... |
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273970 | CheekyGeek <cheekygeek@g...> | 2021‑06‑19 | Re: Anvil |
Love the Avanti.That is a LITERAL drive-by gloat! What year is it? There was an old lady in Grand Island (Nebraska) that had a gold one she used as her daily driver. Saw her shopping with it many times. I can hardly think of parking in a parking lot with one (or being on the street in one with today's distracted drivers)! Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 3:04 PM Ed Minch |
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273971 | gtgrouch@r... | 2021‑06‑19 | Re: Anvil |
Back in the 1970s, speed radar involved more than small handheld devices. A friend was a state trooper at the time, and he was assigned to a team that set up a large, elaborate radar trap, run by a grizzled old sargent - a real veteran. Well, after most of a quiet afternoon, they spotted a car coming in. At 120mph or 200kph for our metric friends, but far, far above any posted speed limit in the entire state. Well they deployed the chase cars and stopped the vehicle. It was a Studebaker Avanti. When the sargent heard this, he was struggling with disbelief. Studebaker was not known for high performance cars, after all. So, he walked over to the Avanti, told the driver to turn around, and instructed him to come back through the radar zone, and do it as fast as he could. The Avanti came back through. This time it was clocked at 130mph. They wrote him a ticket for 130 in a 55 zone. He beat it in court because he simply did what he was instructed to do by a duly-sworn law officer. (Obligatory old tool content: you know some Studebakers had wooden dash boards!) -----------------------------------------From: "CheekyGeek" To: "Ed Minch" Cc: "porch" Sent: Saturday June 19 2021 3:14:22PM Subject: Re: [oldtools] Anvil Love the Avanti.That is a LITERAL drive-by gloat! What year is it? There was an old lady in Grand Island (Nebraska) that had a gold one she used as her daily driver. Saw her shopping with it many times. I can hardly think of parking in a parking lot with one (or being on the street in one with today's distracted drivers)! Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 3:04 PM Ed Minch wrote: > Just left the basement of a woman I met at a garage sale. She commented > on my Avanti and we struck up a conversation - new reason to drive an > interesting car. She lives with her 93 old dad in the house she grew up in > in rural MD. Her dad had a constrcution company and the basement was FULL > of stuff. Not much of interest - things like a whole 45 gallon bucket full > of channelocks or screwdrivers, but I did find a stgraight pre WWII Victory > saw with close to a full depth plate, if not full depth, I few of the > orange Jorgenson bar clamops I use, a very nice early Stanly 98 marking > gauge, 3 Arkansas stones brand new in their boxes - soft, hard, and black. > > She has 3 items I thought might garner some interest from all y'all > > A cabinetmakers bench - 24” X 84” (approx) with a tool trough along the > back of the top. It has a face vice and and end vice each with a great big > wood screw. It was covered in more crap than I wanted to move, but it > looked about average in wear, working vices, and very sturdy base. He dad > said he wants $500 for it. > > A vice out of a local blacksmith shop her dad got in the 60’s. It has a > maker’s mark up high on one side - stamped large letters in a straigh line > ?????? with BROOKLYNNY in a smiling curve just below. Faintly seems to > have more letter in a frowing curve above. My guess is 200 lbs. The plate > on top has one slightly rounded edge. She did not have a price in mind. > > A machinists tool chest - tall, metal, lots of drawers, a ton (literally) > of contents. Starrett, B+S, Mitotoyo (SP?), lots of gauges and > micrometers. I didn't price anything out of it > > She is located on Maryand’s Eastern Shore, an hour from the Annapolis Bay > Bridge or 45 minutes from Wilmington DE > > Let me know if you have any interest > > Ed Minch > > > > > > -- [image: photo] *Darren Addy* Cheekius Geekus cheekygeek@g... Create your own email signature /> Links: ------ [1] https://groups.io/g/oldtools/unsub |
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273972 | Ed Minch <edminch3@g...> | 2021‑06‑19 | Re: Anvil |
It’s an ’81 - Made with left over parts - ’59 Lark Frame, kingpin front end, mid-50’s Jaguar disc brakes, etc, but I can't mention that it has a carburator. Ed |
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273973 | Ed Minch <edminch3@g...> | 2021‑06‑19 | Re: Anvil |
Not only wooden dashboards, Studebaker started making Conestoga wagons in the 1870’s - they were galoots. The twin turbo version of the ’63 Avanti was the fastest production car in the world at 171 MPH, and with suspension changes and a HP boost it did 196. I wouldn't dare go over 90 in mine. Sorry Chris Ed Minch |
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273976 | Tim Pendleton <tpendleton@g...> | 2021‑06‑20 | Re: Anvil |
Ed, Try using the British spelling of that component; it might make it past the censors... Tim |
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273984 | Larry Ruebush <lrt@m...> | 2021‑06‑21 | Re: Anvil |
Studebaker Made large delvery wagons, in fact Studebaker build the basic wagon that the Budweiser Hitch uses. They have several wagon, but at least two are based on Studebaker gears |
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273985 | Michael Blair <branson2@s...> | 2021‑06‑21 | Re: Anvil |
Studebaker was a waaay old company. There's a painting of the Studebaker shop done in 1855, with Studebaker Sr standing in shirtsleeves but a top hat. There's also a drawing (done in 1893) of the shop in 1850 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Original_Studebaker_Wagon_Shop_1850.png) . More information here: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=94507 The rest of the story starts in the Gold Rush: Wheel barrow races are still called Studebaker races. https://www.edcgov.us/landing/Living/Stories/pages/wheelbarrow_johnny.aspx Mike in Woodland |
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