Vintage TOYOTA MOTOR Hand Tools and "TEQ" Accessories (3 Viewers)
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Also stumbled across an old Denso Catalog, which if you look close has what I think is the early clam shell heater on the front. Lastly, found some kind of sticker that has the vintage Toyota parts logo on talking about "Winter Check"
Michael B
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Where did you find these jewels?
Those both came out of Japan. Restless nights mean deep diving the internet and looking for Land Cruiser and Toyota items.
dmamj
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Standard Vacuum Oil, Co., or Stanvac, was started in 1933 after the merging of Socony-Vaccum and Jersey Standard. In April of 1953, Toyota General sales signed an agreement with Stanvac for them to become Toyota's automobile lubricant supplier. Evidently Stanvac's "Dolphin" brand was one of Stanvac's product lines. In September 1953 the 'Dolphin' mineral oil trademark was changed to "Castle", the likely origin of the long-lasting Castle brand.
Below are a couple of Castle branded containers. The large motor oil container is "A Standard.Vacuum Oil Co. Product". Stanvac dissolved in 1962, so we can presume the container was made sometime between September 1953 and 1962. The antifreeze can does not reference Stanvac, so guessing that would be a 1960's piece, maybe 70's.
Below are a couple of Castle branded containers. The large motor oil container is "A Standard.Vacuum Oil Co. Product". Stanvac dissolved in 1962, so we can presume the container was made sometime between September 1953 and 1962. The antifreeze can does not reference Stanvac, so guessing that would be a 1960's piece, maybe 70's.
dmamj
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dmamj
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WOW. Pretty cool.
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These were first shown way back in post #447 of this thread.
I speculated they were some sort of counterbalance. Learned they are just that.
They are counterweights for Toyota tiller/cultivators made in the 50s-60s by Toyota Automatic Loom Works. Below is a mid-60s manual for a KB-II model which clearly shows the weights at the front end. I believe the text at the bottom of the front cover translates "Toyota Automatic Loom Works", but you don't see the typical "TEQ" katakana characters. I suppose Google translate could be wrong.
It looks like the maximum number of weights which could be used was two, at least on the KB-II. I also speculated the weights were from the late 30s or 40s, but based on the manual that was way off the mark. I would think the one with the diamond-shape logo which matches the Loom Works logo is a little earlier, but not terribly certain on that. Either way, they are circa 50's/60's rather than a couple of decades earlier. Nice to finally get a positive ID.
I speculated they were some sort of counterbalance. Learned they are just that.
They are counterweights for Toyota tiller/cultivators made in the 50s-60s by Toyota Automatic Loom Works. Below is a mid-60s manual for a KB-II model which clearly shows the weights at the front end. I believe the text at the bottom of the front cover translates "Toyota Automatic Loom Works", but you don't see the typical "TEQ" katakana characters. I suppose Google translate could be wrong.
It looks like the maximum number of weights which could be used was two, at least on the KB-II. I also speculated the weights were from the late 30s or 40s, but based on the manual that was way off the mark. I would think the one with the diamond-shape logo which matches the Loom Works logo is a little earlier, but not terribly certain on that. Either way, they are circa 50's/60's rather than a couple of decades earlier. Nice to finally get a positive ID.
