I'm so old I Remember when:

They used to have 3 levels of tools. The best was the Professional and they were really good tools. The other 2 were just a midgrade and then a really cheap one and those were not so good. I don't know that they still have the 3 different levels since Stanley Black and Decker bought them. I don't think they do, though. It seems like they are all kind of midgrade tools. Not really bad, but nothing like their Professional.

They also used to have a lifetime warranty that didn't even require a receipt, but now it is quite a bit tougher to get a broken tool repaired or replaced. If I remember correctly it has changed to 25 years instead of lifetime and you must have receipt and it still can be tough to get honored.


Most all of my tools are craftsman’s because of the lifetime warranty and my brother has his own and is still using my dad’s from the seventies. And so far none have had to be replaced even the old ones from my dad.

Some of mine have grown legs and walked away over the years
:gig :lau
 
Most all of my tools are craftsman’s because of the lifetime warranty and my brother has his own and is still using my dad’s from the seventies. And so far none have had to be replaced even the old ones from my dad.

Some of mine have grown legs and walked away over the years
:gig :lau
My father was a carpenter so he had a lot of Craftsman hand tools - most of which my brother inherited. Since Brother worked summers with Dad before joining the USN, he had some of his own so I did get some basic ones. Then I had kids.
 
I've always been partial the the Chevy Nova SS. Electric blue, please. I think it's way sexier than a Mustang.
If we're talking muscle cars, I had a friend up in Norfolk, NY who owned a red '69 Pontiac GTO and another in Norman, OK who still drives his green '62 MG Roaster around town on pleasant summer nights. There's a high school kid a few blocks over who's restoring his blue '67 Ford Mustang in the second bay of his grandfather's garage. Grandpa keeps his candy apple red '63 split window Stingray in Bay #1.

I know it's not technically a muscle car but I am partial to the lines on a 1940 Ford Deluxe Convertible Coupe as well as the very muscle-y T-bird in American Graffiti.
 

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