Just missed an ammco 1750

[Young Ed]

Been trying for years but refuse to pay huge money for one. I was the high bidder on this one for 1 second! So close yet so far......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180836760841

[BobT-47P15]

It sure doesn't take long for those other bids to come rolling in, darn it.

[Young Ed]

I got outsniped. The good news is the price of these seems to have fallen quite a bit.

[plyroadking]

About a dozen grinding wheels and a fair amount of time and I now have my own to haul around for the next 60 years

[Tom Skinner]

That There is ingeniuty at its best.

Or as the English would say "Thats Capital".

Thanks for sharing a picture.

I missed one on ebay 2-weeks ago (Ammco 1750) it was

$200 but missing parts. when they go for under $4-500 they

are usualy missing gauges etc.

I'm hunting them at local flee markets where the owner is kinda ignorant as to their value.

[deathbound]

It was only a 3 day auction, so unless you check everyday, you sometimes miss 'em. I was watching it, set my phone alarm for it, but left the phone in the house while I was in the garage.....oops. Decent price for the new owner.

[Bingster]

Is the Miller tool shown in Mopar shop manuals of the period basically the same tool as the Ammco?

Is one or the other a better design?

[Bingster]

Another question. . .

Are the Ammco and Miller tools just for Mopars or did the other auto makers use them as well?

What were the exact years that these tools were used?

[desoto1939]

Bingster.

i have acquired both of these brake tools, the MIller MT19C withthe 7 sleeves and also the AMMCO 1750 brake gage.

Of the two the Ammco is the easier of the two tools since you can use the tool with 1 hand vs the miller tool is a litlle more cumbersome to use. Both do a great job. refer to the pwer point presentation in the Technical Archives to see the use of both tools.

Miller tools was primarily used by the dealers. Some of the other dealers other than mopar also used miller tool company. Ammco was the aftermarket tool company that the local repair shops got their tools from such as your current sNAP-ON DELAER.

fORD USED THE LOCKHEED BRAKES WITH THE ECCENTRICS SO THE TOOLS COULD BE USED ON OTHER CARS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION PLESE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.

Rich Hartung

Desoto1939@aol.com

[TodFitch]

I got outsniped. The good news is the price of these seems to have fallen quite a bit.

Almost down to where I bought mine years ago...

[Young Ed]

The average price of the last 4 to sell on ebay is 280.39. I think someone got a good deal on this one. My next project I plan to do disk brakes and the two I currently have with stock brakes I'll keep doing the way I have been.

[Tom Skinner]

My neighbor has wood tools and will help me make one of these. In MHO that beats $280

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[Bingster]

Thanks Rich for the info.

[fatFreddie]

Ammco was the aftermarket tool company that the local repair shops got their tools from such as your current sNAP-ON DELAER.

Desoto1939@aol.com

Actually Miller sold the AMMCO 1750 as C-3492. Same tool made by AMMCO and sold to Chrysler mecahanics under a Miller number. 1956 price was $35.80.

[TodFitch]

Actually Miller sold the AMMCO 1750 as C-3492. Same tool made by AMMCO and sold to Chrysler mecahanics under a Miller number. 1956 price was $35.80.

According to the calculator over at http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm $35.80 in 1956 would be the equivalent of $298.33 today.

[Bingster]

That's pretty interesting, and when you think about the price of tools today, that sounds about right for such a specialized tool.

[thrashingcows]

My neighbor has wood tools and will help me make one of these. In MHO that beats $280

That's a clever design...I like it!!