A coupe made into a small delivery pickup for delivering brake lining riveting machines.
He must have had a lot of brake trouble on the last tour. Chances are it will be something different this trip.
Rich
I have an idea that machine got used for riveting more transmission bands than brake bands.
Now that's a fun little tailgate and bed!
Matthew
I hope they are stopped to do a job. The dies are in the tray on top.
The sign on the back looks like "Rush air ducts" is that possible? Did they have air ducts then? I thought everything was radiant heat.
I believe it says "Rush Products".... Hey! It's Model T Wheel of Fortune ! Forget Pat, where's Vanna ?
There is an add for W.S.RUSH & COMPANY , NORTH DALY STREET, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FROM 1922 : THEY SOLD rush adjustable shoes for fords. The add is in
THE AMERICAN EXPORTER magazine located here :
http://books.google.com/books?id=v1ZLAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA5-PA118&dq=%22rush+products%2 2+brake&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J40MT8f9IIaUiALVqdD5Aw&sqi=2&ved=0CFEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=% 22rush%20products%22%20brake&f=false
Hi Dan
Rush held a several patents for brake designs for the Fords,
as well as patents for both conical and straight roller timers.
All were in the early 20's.
Regards
Art
Great photo! This is from my great, great grandfathers company in Los Angeles, "W.S. Rush & Company" which was, at that time popular in the first patented brake lathes, riveting machines and other tool & die products. My family still maintains the company, "Rush Machine & Tool, in Los Angeles. /Chris Rush
Glad you got to see it here Chris !
My shop neighbor is in need of one of those riveting machines, anybody has one for sale????
Andrew, Yes they had air ducts back then. Even before. Usually there was a large coal furnace in the basement with very large air ducts routing the air to various rooms. Large air ducts were needed as the system depended on gravity feed (hot air raises, cool air sinks) to circulate the heated air. No fans needed.
Gravity flow furnaces are still common here in Minneapolis and St. Paul. People like to call them "octopus" furnaces because they are typically located in the center of the basement and have large ducts emanating from them in all directions.
Many houses that were built in the teens, twenties and thirties still have their original gravity flow furnaces. Last week I was at an estate sale in a house that was built in 1912 - it had a "modern" replacement gravity flow furnace from the 1940s.
They can be fired with gas, oil, coal or wood depending how they are set up although most now have been converted to natural gas if they weren't set up that way when originally installed.