Here is a curious artifact.
Comparing this 33# weight to the one in post #127 of this thread, this one has two TEQ logos, one on each side, while the post #127 weight has one logo. The logo in the first photo below is somewhat similar to the logo on the post #127 weight. But turn it over, and you see the diamond-shaped perimeter TEQ logo, which I'm pretty certain was a Toyoda Loom Works logo. Loom Works was Toyoda's first company, established in the 1920s. Toyoda's first automobile, the Model A1, was manufactured under the Loom Works name in 1935. Toyoda Loom Works produced their first trucks and buses in 1936. March 1937 saw the separation of the automobile portion of Loom Works into a completely separate entity: Toyota Motor Corporation.
I initially suspected the weight in post #127 was a counterbalance from an early fork lift, but a 33 lb. weight just seems a bit too light. Granted, ten 33 lb. weights would make a decent counterbalance, but even counterbalances on early fork lifts seem to be one large steel piece. I still believe this weight is some sort of counterbalance, but possibly from one of the early Loom Works dump trucks or work trucks. The weight could potentially be late 30s or 40s, as the "TEQ" design was trademarked in April 1937. I'm also relatively certain now the wrenches and pliers with the same logo that you see in the last couple of pictures pre-date any tool KTC produced (they started making Toyota tools in 1950 or 51). So the tools are probably late 30s or 40s. But then who would have forged them? Toyoda themselves? Fun stuff.
View attachment 2824121View attachment 2824122View attachment 2824124View attachment 2824126
