OT- Whatisit? Tool

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mattthew G California on Friday, July 26, 2013 - 03:28 pm:

I got this with a Chevy 490 I got.

I don't think it is related to the car. It is magnetic on the ends and looks like it has a 'H' stamped into it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mattthew G California on Friday, July 26, 2013 - 03:29 pm:

Oh, I should say the shinny part is the tool and it goes into the case that has screw plug.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mattthew G California on Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 03:08 pm:

I guess no one has any idea on this. It was with other old tools I got from a barn/farm/machine shop.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 03:31 pm:

Someone may know what it is, but I sure don't.
It looks interesting though. What is the case made of?
Congratulations on the early 490, by the way!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Kopsky, Lytle TX on Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 03:54 pm:

From here, it looks like a metal toothpick. There's no scale to the picture. Could be some type of alignment tool or pry bar.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mattthew G California on Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 04:41 pm:

Thanks Wayne and Ken!

Case & tool is steel. It is about 1 foot long.

I don't think it was used as a punch or pry bar because it is so well protected and not much in the way of marks of such.

So at this point I will have to stick with the giant tooth pick:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ex trooper on Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 04:49 pm:

I don't get the magnetized part, but seeing it as being precision made and protected, my guess is a calibration needle from an old Fairbanks scale. The flat in the center was probably used to adjust the length via a thumb wheel. Is the tube felt lined?

ws from the black sheep squadron


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Spaziano, Bellflower, CA. on Saturday, July 27, 2013 - 05:58 pm:

O.K. I'm going out on a limb here.

My dad's first car was a '30 Chevy Coach (two door) so he told me many a story about that car.

One of the stories he told me was about the spare rear axle shaft and length of wire coat hanger he used to keep under the rear seat. Apparently he had a problem with snapping rear axles. So did a lot of other early Chevy owners.

So.... I'm thinking this may be a broken axle remover. With magnetized tapered ends, it may be a sophisticated tool that replaces the coat hanger wire for fishing out the inner broken chunk of axle shaft.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mattthew G California on Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 01:11 am:

Mike, That may be it:-)

Trooper, you make a good case, but I tried to look up a calibration needle to compare and didn't find anything.


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