Snap on truck
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mercman from oz
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Snap-On Model AA Truck where Joseph Patterson bought his first tool.
He is believed to be their first customer.
rfitzpatrick
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Now that was NEAT!!
Fullraceflathead
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Another great photo!!!
rotorwrench
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Snap-On started business with the removable sockets that were usable on five different handles back in 1920 so it wouldn't be an AA in the model TT era. The oldest wrench I've seen was a 1/2 inch ratchet handle that was made in 1923 in Milwaukee. I have a 3/8" ratchet handle that was made in the 1980s that looks just like the one from 1923 but smaller scale. The Snap-On guy I worked with back then, took it in on a trade for a new one since he collected them. The damn thing was well worn but it still functioned normally.
I purchased most of my snap on tooling back when it was a lot less expensive than it is now. There is no way I could replace it all with new if it was lost, stolen, or totally destroyed. The cost of purchasing "Made in USA" stuff is expensive but most of it will last a lifetime with no problems and the Snap-On guys never gave me crap about warranty repairs on eligible items. I just purchased some Andrews gears for one of my old Harleys and they are like jewelry compared to rough-hewn stuff from Asia. They made my original parts look like crap. You get what you pay for.
I purchased most of my snap on tooling back when it was a lot less expensive than it is now. There is no way I could replace it all with new if it was lost, stolen, or totally destroyed. The cost of purchasing "Made in USA" stuff is expensive but most of it will last a lifetime with no problems and the Snap-On guys never gave me crap about warranty repairs on eligible items. I just purchased some Andrews gears for one of my old Harleys and they are like jewelry compared to rough-hewn stuff from Asia. They made my original parts look like crap. You get what you pay for.
emf
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David in San Antonio
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I wish it was true that “You get what you pay for.”
Project Farm on YouTube buys a bunch of tools and tests them against each other. Sometimes Snap-On is the best, but often a brand that costs two-thirds less does better.
Project Farm on YouTube buys a bunch of tools and tests them against each other. Sometimes Snap-On is the best, but often a brand that costs two-thirds less does better.
BRENT in 10-uh-C
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Yeah, this is another example how history is often altered by skewing the facts.
A very common sales tool back in the teens and twenties was to outfit a vehicle (-the most popular was a Ford Model-T) with a large box on the back to be used to carry products for display or selling. Since this is about Snap-On, the first sales vehicle for Snap-On was built around 1920 on a late-teens Model-T Runabout chassis. While the whereabouts of the first sales car is unknown, Snap-On commissioned a replica of their first car for their 100th anniversary in 2000. I hosted the Model-T Ford club national tour in Johnson City, TN in 2009, and at that time Snap-On had a manufacturing plant in Johnson City and one in my town of Elizabethton. They graciously allowed tour participants to tour the Elizabethton plant. As a part of this experience, they shipped their replica Model-T down from Kenosha, WI and placed it on display for us.
After seeing the Snap-On sales car, I knew I wanted one. Since Sears Roebuck was a store near our home growing up, my parents literally shopped there weekly, ...so with many memories shopping their as a kid, I decided I wanted a Sears salesman's car much like the Snap-On car. The first picture below is the car I replicated mine from, -and the 2nd picture is my 1914 T with a Sears salesman's box fitted. The 3rd and 4th pictures are of an original Snap-On car and their replica they shipped to the Elizabethton plant. The rest of the pics are of similar vehicles that were used in a similar manner for traveling sales.
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A very common sales tool back in the teens and twenties was to outfit a vehicle (-the most popular was a Ford Model-T) with a large box on the back to be used to carry products for display or selling. Since this is about Snap-On, the first sales vehicle for Snap-On was built around 1920 on a late-teens Model-T Runabout chassis. While the whereabouts of the first sales car is unknown, Snap-On commissioned a replica of their first car for their 100th anniversary in 2000. I hosted the Model-T Ford club national tour in Johnson City, TN in 2009, and at that time Snap-On had a manufacturing plant in Johnson City and one in my town of Elizabethton. They graciously allowed tour participants to tour the Elizabethton plant. As a part of this experience, they shipped their replica Model-T down from Kenosha, WI and placed it on display for us.
After seeing the Snap-On sales car, I knew I wanted one. Since Sears Roebuck was a store near our home growing up, my parents literally shopped there weekly, ...so with many memories shopping their as a kid, I decided I wanted a Sears salesman's car much like the Snap-On car. The first picture below is the car I replicated mine from, -and the 2nd picture is my 1914 T with a Sears salesman's box fitted. The 3rd and 4th pictures are of an original Snap-On car and their replica they shipped to the Elizabethton plant. The rest of the pics are of similar vehicles that were used in a similar manner for traveling sales.
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Fullraceflathead
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Wow!!! Thanks Brent!!!