cool rat rods at El Cajon's season opener car cruise, the Garrett and Sons, and a former British Taxi

this one is from http://www.socal-suspension.com/ a local El Cajon busniess, and the saw blades on the front airbags are a cool touch

Here's the image of what it started life as... and for a good article on London Taxis showing up at car shows: http://www.classicaldrives.com/50226711/londons_iconic_taxicabs_spotted_in_classic_car_shows.php

The shifter is particularly cool, looks like a 3 or 4 foot long socket wrench extension with a 1 1/2" short impact socket. That is somethign I don't remember seeing used as a shifter in a rat rod or custom before... my compliments!

For a full gallery of the Garrett and Sons rat rod:

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/04/garrett-and-sons-rod-shop-rat-rod-i-dig.html

Free PRoTO tool set by getting subscriptions to Hot Rod magazine, 1967

That tool box might look familiar, I just found one and posted a photo of it: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/professional-tools-which-were-plvmb.html

A bit of this and that from here and there, can't recall where I found all of them

Robert Williams (kulture artist) had one impressive collection of German WW1 helmets Via: MC Art

Lettered in the Von Dutch style of obvious humor... love it! From Mr Jalopy

1908 Indian Torpedo Tank Racer

This image was on Pixdaus, but i don't recognize the car maker. What struck me as worthy of posting was the winch, bolted on front bumper and rope... why?

I love this funky can and bottle opener

1947 Salibury from MC Art

1965 Austin Mini Wildgoose

Dear Santa, I know where you can find my xmas presents

Here are close ups, the full image is last, and even bigger after the link

Via http://www.shorpy.com/node/4068?size=_original

PROfessional quality TOols, which were PLVMB tools until about 1947

This great old tool box belongs to my girlfriends mom, who also believes that you should by the best you can afford so things will last the longest possible time.

For some history on Plumb/Plvmb/Plomb tools that is now owned by Stanley: http://www.stanleyproto.com/xhtml/interactive_100anniversary/index.html

Tool boxes from history, made of wood by skilled craftsmen... back when they were built to last guys who hauled them to work every day

from http://www.flickr.com/photos/26012426@N08/4112576347/in/set-72157604939283219/ via http://www.garagejournal.com/

The DeWalt truck at SEMA... wow.

A customized 2011 Ford Super Duty pickup truck, the only newly designed Super Duty on display at the show.

"The Case of the Mystery Socket Set" solved! what is a WSW-100, WSW-101 etc mean on a set of Snap on sockets? I found out

WSW-105 USA 4 Snap on 9/16 W

WSW-104 USA 3 Snap on 1/2 W

WSW-103 USA 2 Snap on 7/16W

WSW-102 USA 9 Snap on 7/16BS

WSW-102 USA 7 Snap on 3/8W

WSW-101 USA 0 Snap on 3/8BS

WSW-101 USA 2 Snap on 5/16W

WSW-100 USA 3 Snap on 1/4W

WSW-100 USA 6 Snap on 1/4W

So, what do these have to do with what? Well, I listed them all because there isn't much info on the internet when I searched up each one of these.

They are used on old Jags, these tools with the strange and incomprehensible markings were once common enough that even Sears Roebuck and Snap-On carried them.

Before the mid-nineteenth century, nuts and bolts were individually hand-made, specifically matched and were generally not interchangeable. Serious efforts to standardize screw threads began in 1841, when Sir Joseph Whitworth proposed a standard screw thread form based on a constant thread angle of 55 degrees. This became known as the Whitworth thread, and gained acceptance in British industry. Outside diameters of bolts began at 1/8" and increased by fractional inch increments, with a whole number of threads per inch specified for each diameter.

In 1965 the British Standards Institution approved a policy statement urging British industry to regard BSW, BSF, and BA as obsolescent, to be gradually replaced by International Standards Organization (ISO) metric thread

I learned a lot from http://www.jag-lovers.org/xk-lovers/library/whitworth_system.html

Tool boxes among the trailers in the paddock at Speedfest

When shopping for or making your next tool box, here are a variety that the pros use. Seeing that touring race car teams use them, I bet they are set up for the most efficient way to get things done.
Wow. Impressive

2nd coolest, portable, secure, and has a vise

Most unusual and innovative

Oldest