I’m doing some siding/soffit at a garage that was once the workshop of a custom cabinet builder. These two items were in the rafters of the carport.
My guess is these are clamps by which a cabinet can be suspended for finishing.
I need to know if I should be saving/selling these or just recycling them.
Thanks.
Rich Beckman
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those are old roof top carriers or ones that were modified to do a special task...
for a small trailer perhaps..
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My Dad added wood like that to his back in the sixties because the stock version had a series of holes in it that made a sonic sound at about 5o-60 MPH that would drive you crazy from the wind whistling through the holes
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My Dad added wood like that to his back in the sixties because the stock version had a series of holes in it that made a sonic sound at about 5o-60 MPH that would drive you crazy from the wind whistling through the holes
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Yeah, My Dad & uncle made a home-made version of these, out of "U" shaped steel channels (the kind used to support all kinds of industrial electrical fixtures, etc.), and we'd get up to speed with those things howling and whistling...
It would drive people you were driving near a little crazy, too, trying to figure out where the he!! that noise was coming from. I always enjoyed seeing their reaction.
/;-]Jack of several trades, Master of one...
...I'm a rabid do-it-yourselfer.
Yeah, old roof-top carriers.
C'mon Rich. You're old enough to have seen those before!!!!!
"Objects in mirror appear closer than they are."
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Rich only knows of one kind of roof top...
He's trying to play young. It helps his ego.
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You can't judge me man! You've never even kissed me, Man!
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"You're old enough to have seen those before!!!!!"I guess so. But that doesn't mean I've actually seen them! At least not much.Mom always had a big station wagon with a luggage rack. We never used the pictured item.
Still, I have to admit I'm a bit embarrassed.Oh, well!!
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Those are used to carry a cow on top of your car, thought you already had some??
That's what I thought.. .they are cow top carriers!
In another few years, we'll have geneticly modified cows with suction cups for hooves so we can do away with those relics altogether.
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That would look UTTER LY ridiculous
yes it is, besides, a cow with suction hooves could milk herself and put the farmers out of businessBTW,Did you notice there were no udders on the heifer in Heck's drawing? So it would do him no good to have a moon roof for refreshment on the road.
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On the other hand, that would be one heck of a moon.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
BTW,Did you notice there were no udders on the heifer in Heck's drawing? So it would do him no good to have a moon roof for refreshment on the road.
Good point, although if he's a gardener, the moon roof would come in handy as a fertilizer collector. I hope he wears a hat.
You have never SEEN Rich's hat?!!!Andy has.Joyce and Calvin have too!We all took the HAT for a trolley ride!The ladies even had a round table discussion of men in hats! ( actually men without pants but the program had to be disguised to keep out the lookie-loos)
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Pretty nice head covering Andy has going on there...
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I'm not sure why Rich wears his hat, but some of us realize that hats can really make us look good!
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"I'm not sure why Rich wears his hat, but some of us realize that hats can really make us look good!"Well, as the pics clearly show, that is NOT the reason I wear mine!!! I need more than a hat!!I wear it so people can identify me in the pictures.
Rich BeckmanAnd without the hat, I get a headache from the sun.
Oh yeah, I knew you had once given the reason. I was thinking it was something medical so I'm kinda close.got your surfboard waxed up?
cow's gonna need those suction cups for surfing....
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"got your surfboard waxed up?"Ummm....Uhhhh..........uhhh.....Sure!!! Sure!! Absolutely! Surfboard's all waxed up!!!Cowabunga, Dude. Surf's up!
Rich BeckmanI can't even remember the last time I applied wax to something....not to mention I wonder how many miles I'd have to travel to find surf that is up....
I can't believe all these people you call friends, lieing to you like this.Better start checking the bushes. I suspect half of them are hiding there hoping to be the first one to the trash bin when you throw out...The...Original board stretchers and skyhook anchors !!Man, those things are worth a LOT of money !!!
Yeh... That'll work.
"Original board stretchers and skyhook anchors !!"I guess that would be the way to market 'em on Ebay!!!
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You bet !
Yeh... That'll work.
P.S.Just in case you don't believe me, those boards attached to the one... Used to be toothpicks.
Yeh... That'll work.
For those of you who are younger than dirt, those roof top carriers were clamped to the rain gutter on the car. Then long about ohh 1975 or so they started phasing out the gutters. maybe it was later than that, but not much.
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In Canada, those gutters were called 'troughs'.
"In Canada, those gutters were called 'troughs'."
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Truly they were called eaves troughs -displaced canuk livng and working in CTLet's not confuse the issue with facts!
I had a '89 Volvo 240 wagon with gutters, and Thule racks like the ones pictured, to go with it. Back in the 60's, my dad had a set of home-made rooftop carriers. He screwed the working end of four toilet plungers onto the bottom side of a pair of 2x4s. He stuck these on the roof of the car with a piece of rope looped around the ends ran the rope through the car windows. I think he got the idea from Popular Mechanics. Ah, the good ol' days
Those are old cartop bars. The feet rest in the rain gutters that used to be over the doors of a car. There would be clamps in the bottom of the feet that would secure it to the gutter. They're junk by now.
Of course they're worth saving! You can never tell when rain gutters will come back in style on cars.
"Of course they're worth saving! You can never tell when rain gutters will come back in style on cars."Yeah, well, when that day comes, someone will start making these again, I am sure.To the recycle bin they go!
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Remember the good old days?
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dang that is just so funny!!!
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
I can't tell what kind of critter it is though....Rich - don't throw hem away. They are needed for the archives now that this thread has come this far. When the BT museum is built, you can donate them.
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When the BT museum is built, Mike Smith will build it, and blog it. Boss Hog will provide the trusses, Stephen Hazlett will do the roofing, Stan Foster will provide the spiral stairs, Forrest will build the balcony, and Basswood will do the interior trim. Dino will sneak in at night and put d-mix on the walls with a roller, and Doodabug will sell miniature wood models of the museum in the lobby!"...an open mind is a powerful thing. The ability to listen to others is invaluable."
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Nope, we'll all be too old to do anything but lift a shot glass by the time that ever happens. They'll prop us up in the corner, blow the cobwebs off every now and then and let us tell storys. Mike will be stuck on the time he beat par golfing...
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Nice drawing! I notice the suicide doors on the back - I guess that's a '60s Lincoln?
Forrest - eye for detail
You might look around for antique car collectors -- they might want them.
Out here, the old station wagons with original factory wood on them are highly prized by the surfers, who use roof racks like that
-- J.S.
Heck needs to start drawing again - "Beckman surfs the troughs"
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"Have you ever noticed what a catalyst for creativity you are?"If I ever write a book, I'll get Heck to illustrate.
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Not only that - you'll have Heck to pay!
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Although they may look like car top holders even i was fooled for a minute, They are actually the first tickle torture man holders used to torture the helpless victim into giving up his secrets. You never see these anymore as they are banned as to cruel although there have been reports they were used at GITMO