Bobby Campbell Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) I found this little beauty while at the local salvage yard digging up a trailer hitch for my truck.It was laying over in the dirt beside the weigh in scales.It was locked up when I bought it. I disassembled everything and wirebrushed all parts before putting it back together.I only found 2 markings on it, a number 6 on the inside edge of one of the jaws and a number 2 on the screw assembly.It now works very smoothly, it appears to be hand forged with the slots hot punched and you can see where the bends in the metal were made while forging. post 10.htm Edited May 31, 2015 by Glenn typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Campbell Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 Here is the before picture, when I first brought it home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Nice save! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 And ot even has the mounting hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Campbell Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Yea and all for only $35 I just couldn't pass it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Quite a find and a nice job cleaning it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norrin_radd Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Nice score and good job on the restoration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knucklebuster Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Swwwweeeet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom H Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Notice the 'old tyme' threads on the screw.I imagine the screw box also has the brazed thread elements.Nice example of the earlier method of manufacture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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