DGersic
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Another find in Dad’s tools, some Indestro double box end wrenches.
Show your Indestro and Duro-Chrome tools
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Outlawmws
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The long ones too!
DGersic
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Indestro and two Craftsman 3/8” extensions.
four.cycle
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^ Those are Indestro "Select" - very cool.
I'm a bit puzzled by these, as I cannot figure out what year they might have been published, and the address shown doesn't align with anything we know about the company. I've sent out some feelers... hope to hear back from somebody soon.
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RTM
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-3429 w 47th street Chicago is listed both in AA, and in MadeinChicagoMuseum.com. The -57 implies they took over more space IMO.^ Those are Indestro "Select" - very cool.
I'm a bit puzzled by these, as I cannot figure out what year they might have been published, and the address shown doesn't align with anything we know about the company.
What am I missing in your question? Both imply moving in 1929.
The building is still there, looks like the daylight model shown.
four.cycle
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Am I blind? Where did you find that?
So... you think that 1929 is close on those?
The only marker I can see is the guy's shirt collar, tie, and vest and trousers.
So... you think that 1929 is close on those?
The only marker I can see is the guy's shirt collar, tie, and vest and trousers.
RTM
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Forgot to attach this last night, sorry
And then google books added this (today’s search, earliest at a glance)
four.cycle
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wow...
In that same AA article, up above that entry, it is stated that Indestro announced the construction of the factory on Kildare Avenue in 1923:
"Fig. 7 shows a notice regarding a new building for Duro Metal Products, as published on page 883 of the December 7, 1923 issue of Sheet Metal Worker. The text states that Duro Metal Products had awarded a contract for a new building, to be constructed at 2649 North Kildare Avenue in Chicago."
So if these catalog pages are from 1929, then we have to believe that Indestro built a factory on Kildare Avenue in 1923, then moved to West 37th Street in 1929, but continued operations on Kildare Avenue all the way through to 1990.
Am I getting that right?
Because when I was writing purchase orders and addressing the envelopes, it was the Kildare Avenue address I was using in the 1970s and 1980s.
In that same AA article, up above that entry, it is stated that Indestro announced the construction of the factory on Kildare Avenue in 1923:
"Fig. 7 shows a notice regarding a new building for Duro Metal Products, as published on page 883 of the December 7, 1923 issue of Sheet Metal Worker. The text states that Duro Metal Products had awarded a contract for a new building, to be constructed at 2649 North Kildare Avenue in Chicago."
So if these catalog pages are from 1929, then we have to believe that Indestro built a factory on Kildare Avenue in 1923, then moved to West 37th Street in 1929, but continued operations on Kildare Avenue all the way through to 1990.
Am I getting that right?
Because when I was writing purchase orders and addressing the envelopes, it was the Kildare Avenue address I was using in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Picked up a Durobilt #411 valve lapping tool along with a seat cutter and valve face cutting tool. I was drawn to it because it had the complete Duro writing and logo on it. The guy I bought it from said it was his grandpa's valve job kit. I tried to just clean it up but the paint just fell off hence a complete redo. The perfect color match for the Duro red is VHT caliper paint #SP731 Real Red. I don't know why I am so enamored with the old Duro tools but I can't pass them up. The valve face cutter appears to be a Zim Mfg. (just pretend the extension is a valve).
d42jeep
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Here are a couple of Duro wrenches BK sent me in a recent care package. The combo didn’t need any clean up but I did a little on the prewar DBE wrench. 
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