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A friend of mine who is clearing out a bunch of his fathers stuff gave this to me. His father was a automobile mechanic but I cannot figure out for the life of me what this would be used for? It has a small cable that is attached inside that alumium housing and reels out back and forth. Jon

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Ya, a key ring holder. Should be a clip on the back for attaching to your belt. A lot of folks with a wad of keys had them especially when needed for work. I think the janitor at my grade school wore one. I associate them with dungerees and bib overalls.

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It's not a steel for pulling wire through conduit.

Though it does look like something you would use for holding keys, I would think the fact that it is string rather than a cable would rule that out.

Also, the clip on the does not look strong enough to hold keys nor does it look like you could clip some fishing tool on it such as fly fishermen use.

That clip looks like it would be for something very specific.

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Perhaps a Hood Release Cable Return Spring Mechanism?

(When One pulls the Hood Release in the Cab, then this devise would have returned the Cable to its correct waiting position)????

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I guess the description of it being a cable rather than a string is what got me thinking it was a wire snake. Being that it is string and doesn't seem to have been subjected to chalking, my new guess would be a for use with a string level like usen in masonary jobs where you establish two level points a distance apart.

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I guess the description of it being a cable rather than a string is what got me thinking it was a wire snake. Being that it is string and doesn't seem to have been subjected to chalking, my new guess would be a for use with a string level like usen in masonary jobs where you establish two level points a distance apart.
Now yer talkin'. That hook looks like its made for use on a nail.

Hmmm. Maybe that was brought up before...

i might be way off but it almost looks like an old school straight line tool, kinda like the chalk lines contractors use these days.

or

Was there a plumb-bob located near this item?... Might be a cord for hanging one. Or maybe a level line string.
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I think it has to do with determining the weight of a copper clapper.

I believe that Sgt Joe Friday may have used such a device during his

investigation of the famous Copper Clapper Caper.....

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It's a tool or load balancer. I've seen these used many times although this is an old one.

This would hang over a bench or work station and a often used tool (usuallly like a power screwdriver) would hang off it. The weight of the tool is counter-balanced by the spring. There may be an adjustment screw to change the tension.

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I think it has to do with determining the weight of a copper clapper.

I believe that Sgt Joe Friday may have used such a device during his

investigation of the famous Copper Clapper Caper.....

"Now let me see if I got the facts straight here...

Cleaning woman Clara Clifford discovered your clean copper clappers

kept in a closet were copped by Claude Cooper,

a kleptomaniac from Cleveland. Now is that about it?"

Edited by kbuhagiar
Just the facts, ma'am

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