New England has a really cool used tool store, Liberty Tool in Liberty, Maine

found on http://www.acontinuouslean.com/

This store in Liberty Maine has been in business for the better part of the last decade, but with this well produced video, it ought to get more business now that more people know about it. May the business last and thrive!

the business is online as well as a walk in, and you can take a look at the website to buy from home if you (like so many of us) can't travel to Maine http://www.libertytoolco.com/tools.html . If you do drive through Maine and want to stop by, they are about 25 miles East of Augusta Maine, on Interstate 95, if you exit the I95 on route 3 http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Liberty,+ME+04949&ll=44.362642,-69.379349&spn=0.428067,1.054001&oe=UTF-8&hnear=Liberty,+Maine+04949&gl=us&t=h&z=11&vpsrc=6

They used to sell via ebay, but since the costs of ebay have risen, they are now just using their own website! Bravo!

Photos from http://www.libertytoolco.com/about.html

Kong's 3rd annual Pinstripers Toilet Seat and Panel Jam to raise funds this year for Parkinson's (disease) Association of San Diego (PSAD) charity at the San Diego Kustom Shop

Proceeds from this year’s third annual Toilet Seat Invitational Panel Jam will benefit the Parkinson’s Association of San Diego (PASD).  Jeff “Kong” Isbell, owner of Kong’s Pinstriping is asking his artist network to donate their art as an entry fee to the event; the art will then be auctioned off with the proceeds benefiting PASD.

Read about this charity auction here: http://blog.sandiegoclipping.com/?p=778

Jeff “Kong” Isbell, owner of Kong’s Pinstriping is asking his artist network to donate their art as an entry fee to the event; the art will then be auctioned off with the proceeds benefiting PASD.

The event has taken on a special significance this year, Kong chose PASD to partner with in honor of his father in law who was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s.  Parkinson’s is a neurological disease that affects over 60,000 local patients, families and caregivers.  The PASD provides support and programs for patients and others affected by the disease.

http://www.kongspinstriping.com/

 

Vic Edelbrock Sr.'s tool bench, tool box (Kennedy) and tools (Plvmb)

I point out the Plvmb (pronounced plumb) tools because they are very high quality Los Angeles made from before 1947, after that they had to change the company name to prevent copywrite problems and are now made in the name Proto tools (PROfessional TOols) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/professional-tools-which-were-plvmb.html

This display is part of the Edelbrock facility in Torrence, I was there for the annual Revved up For Kids charity car show the Edelbrocks put on every year. Inside the building is Vic's Garage where the cars from the 40+ years of Vic Edelbrock Jr company, publicity, research, and personal cars are on display, and I'll have them posted shortly. One of them is a 1969 440 6 Pack Super Bee

Check out the Wrenchers Tool Chests, these are awesome, handmade in San Jose California by a carpenter

Building the best tool chests possible that can be handed down as a family heirloom, Michael Genovese has improved on the tool chest, and improvised a brilliant drawer handle idea, rocker arms and trunk handles!

He realized that he could use his fine woodworking skills to build himself a rollaway tool chest to store his mechanics tools. That was the start of what is now Wrenchers Tool Chest.

Using only the finest of materials in the construction of these tool chests, each one is custom built by hand. They are stained and sprayed with multiple coats of a satin clear acrylic urethane to give a rich look with a hard finish.

Mulitple sizes and priced accordingly from $800 to $4000, 18" high to 60" highhttp://www.wrencherstoolchest.com/index.php to order