I found a couple of jacks mixed in with things from my parents house. The first one, with the segmented crank, seems to be in working condition and could maybe be used with my truck:




The second one is maybe for a Model T. It seems to be missing a spring or something and probably isn't "robust" enough to be used with my truck.




Does anyone know anything about my jacks? Thanks.

Jim

 

Jim if you don't get an answer you may want to post it on the AACA forum. Antique automobile club of America. Good luck they are cool jacks

 

The first one sort of looks like what was in old Ford trucks, except for the handle. I am on my tablet now but I have pictures of the Jack from my 55 f350 on my desktop which I can post later.

The second jack looks like it was made by the Elite Manufacturing Company of Ashland, Ohio. Ha ha! Boring Friday night....

 

I'm curious to see your F350 jack Abe! Please share! That's one thing my truck did not have.. That will give me something to scavenge for! And as far as "Boring" it's OK. I'm sure you worked hard all week and deserve a break

 

Thanks Abe. I looked at some Elite jacks on line and saw some that were somewhat similar, but didn't really see one that was a direct match. Some of the Elite jacks I saw were made for wagons.

The screw jack seems a little too big and heavy for an F1 truck. The segmented crank fits the jack perfectly, however. I'm quite sure that the jack and crank belong together. There is a little "curl" at the end of the crank that fits into the slot in the jack. The curl seems to be part of the design to prevent the crank from slipping out of the slot. My jack is about 11.5 inches tall. I'll be interested to know how that compares to your jack.

You're right about Friday nights. We went out with another couple for a fish fry (of course) living as we do in Wisconsin, but being old, we were back home already by 6:30.

Jim

 

I'll take pictures and measurements tomorrow.

 

52 uscg, where's the good fish by you?

Elite made add a bunch of automotive jacks. I'm not quite sure what era that jack is from but it looks newer than a model T elite jack.

 

Hello Geno C. Welcome to the 48-56 forum. I checked out your profile page. You have a very nice 57! Congratulations on your purchase. Good luck and enjoy the ride.

Friday night fish fries are everywhere in our area. Even non-Catholics like myself are enthusiastic participants. We went to Z's Fork Horners near Bloomville last night. Another good spot is Wolf's in Post Lake. Where in Wisconsin are you located?

Jim

 

Thanks, while I would have preferred a 53-56, the 57 was a beautiful truck with a history I couldn't pass up.

I live in wautoma but I am all over the state all summer for work. Closest I make it to you is either Ladysmith, which was last week, or Rosholt, which is Labor Day weekend.

 

Geno, I looked at your album and your 57 is indeed a nice truck and I love the color! Did you buy it from a carnival company? It must have had low miles, being used only during the carnival season. Is it an F350?

Tell us about its history and how many miles etc. After all the 57 to 60 guys used to be part of our forum before they formed their own forum.

 

I'm very familiar with Wautoma. My wife is from Berlin. Growing up, I used to spend time at Emerald Lake in MT. Morris. My parents had friends with a cottage on that lake.

You pointed out a nice looking truck for sale in Wautoma. You should buy it for life's occasions when an F500 just wouldn't do. Lack of storage should never get in the way of an emotional need. Heck, I've been paying $20 a month since 1988 to store my old 68 Plymouth. I could never part with it now. I have too much invested. LOL.

Jim

 

Abe, I have a thread about the truck in the 57-61 area.

The truck was bought brand new by my wife's grandfather. He was the ower of the family carnival at the time. When he died my father in law took over. In 2000 he sold the truck to Chester Krouse out of Iola, from the Iola Car Show. RIP. When he died his family sent a bunch of his collection to auction and a farmer from Ogdensberg bought it and put it in his machine shed. I found it on Craigslist this last spring when looking for an old truck to putt around town in. My wife said buy it so I did. The irony of the story is that he dad has a fair number of super clean old trucks and has refused to sell me anything over the last 17 years that I've been with his daughter. He was a bit surprised to find out I bought his old truck!

It had a little over 28800 miles on it when I bought it and abough 29000 now. Since I work for the carnival too, it will never get driven a lot of miles with me either. I'll put it away before there is salt on the road and bring it out after the salt is all gone in the spring.

 

Jim, that 49 is actually in Tomah. That's where I am this week. I can't think of a time when the 500 wouldn't do it but any excuse to buy a classic is a good one! My oldest boy is starting to show a bit of interest in the old iron so he will probably be my next excuse to pick up an old truck. He's only 10 now but getting something to work on together till he's 16 would be awesome.

If you're ever back down by wautoma between oct and may I'll take you sour for fish.

 

Here are pictures of the Jack and tools that came with my 55 F350. Even though I am the second owner of my 54 and I've owned it longer than my grandpa it had no tools nor jack in it when I bought it in 1977. It did have a metal box of reflectors and flags, not the Ford box. It was a Grote brand.









Notice the Jack has a hole for the wingnut used in 48 to 52 trucks. For 53 to 56 trucks the Jack just bounces around!

 

Jeez Abe....... you need to get the Black Rattle can out and put it to use Thanks for sharing! I'm going to keep an eye out for one!