1940's Graco workbench

[jmar2003]

Better??

[olredalert]

----That rocket looks for all the world like a hood or fender trim for an early to mid 50s Oldsmobile.......Bill S

[68l30]

That is one killer workstation!

A few years back they were tearing down an old Chrysler Plymouth dealer in town. It had sat vacant for years and was finally being demolished. A friend and I stopped in to see what we could &quot;recycle&quot; and there was a whole wall of these workstaions left behind. In fact, almost everything in the dealer was left behind. We took what we could. I was pi$$ed I couldn't get at least one bench out. The roof was down on most of them. Thinking about it still sucks... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img]


BIG

[jmar2003]

Yeah, tell me about it. All I have are the two outer cabinets and the relatives don't ever remember Gramps having the middle bench portion. Oh well, maybe I'll get lucky and be able to complete it at some point, but the two cabinets stuck together are pretty cool by themselves. I'm not sure the rocket even belongs on this, but I'm working with Graco to find out.

[Mr70]

Yes

[68z28kk]

Here is a picture of me working at the local small town Chevy dealership in 1969. Note the Alemite work cabinets in the picture and my C/altered Henry J that I was prepping for the weekend races in Lawrence Kansas.

This picture is of the same Alemite cabinet in my shop a couple of years ago.

This is that old C/Altered I bought back after about 30 years of a local guy owning it. It is awaiting its restoration.

Here are a couple of pictures of what it was. After the Rally Green was introduced in 1968 I knew what color it would be.

And the Hilborn injected 301. That little motor and the 5.38 1/8 mile gears would stand it on its rear bumper if everything was right.

I hope this all works. Clint

[Xplantdad]

That's cool Clint!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

[olredalert]

----Wow, Clint! Thats a vise and a half......Bill S

[68z28kk]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----Wow, Clint! Thats a vise and a half......Bill S </div></div> It now resides in my scrap pile. It broke in half pressing a u-joint in a driveshaft. Chinese cast iron, I replaced it with a used forged one made in the USA. Clint

[olredalert]

----Hey, It looked good though!!! Mine is roughly half to two thirds that size and I cant seem to beat on it hard enough to knock it out. Oh,,,Its forged and USA as well......Bill S