Thread: Snap-on tool collectors

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Date Code chart and some Treasures.

Great chart - I'm sure I've seen a lot of these marks over the years and never put them together with production dates.

Thanks for sharing!
Glenn

In the old shop were I worked for a couple years back in the early 80's.
I busted more knuckels with them snap on ratchets than I could count.
The gears would break while trying to pull the plugs on the rear diffs.
I finally started bring in my craftsman and using it instead.
Kurt

That Snap-on #10 1/2" ratchet in the picture above is date coded 1933. It was buried in a garden for many years before I found it in 1995. I cleaned it up and started using it again, still works great and its 76 years old.

These 47 year old Snap-on flare nut wrenches do say right on them "NOT GUAR" next to the date code. They might break someday but at least they don't bend like the chinese ones.

Originally Posted by vara4

In the old shop were I worked for a couple years back in the early 80's.
I busted more knuckels with them snap on ratchets than I could count.
The gears would break while trying to pull the plugs on the rear diffs.
I finally started bring in my craftsman and using it instead.
Kurt

A breaker bar or impact wrench would be a more suitable tool for that.