Gasoline, Oil, Auto Parts & Tire Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful 1930's Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 10K Gold # 855, 25 Year Service Pin with Diamond. VINTAGE: 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10K Gold with Diamond. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a Great World War II Vaedol Flying V Motor Oil Remember Pearl Habor Tydol Station Attendant Uniform or Hat patch. Rare!! VINTAGE: Circa World War II. SIZE: Approximately 4-5/8" in length x 1-5/16" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1959 Zippo advertising lighter. I believe, but am not certain that this is a Zippo lighter bearing the logo of the Conoco Oil Company. Factory-engraved. VINTAGE: Circa 1959. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 2-1/4" in height and about...

ARTIFACT: This is a factory engraved Zippo for the Champion Company, showing their logo on front. At the top of the logo it says America's Favorite and at the bottom of the logo it says Spark Plugs. VINTAGE: 1952 SIZE: This is a full size Zippo: 2-1/4"...

ARTIFACT: This is a 7-color factory engraved advertising Zippo lighter made for the Gateway Tire Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The lighter has its original insert and shows a caricature of an old, bearded Confederate soldier still carrying his Rebel flag...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II Blue Point CF-12 valve lifter tool. The tool is for use on valve-in-block engines, including the Willys Jeep used by the United States Army and the Ford GPW model. These two vehicles were manufactured only between...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s K-D Manufacturing Company K-D 930 valve compression tool. The tool is for use on Ford, Mercury and Lincoln vehicles. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 13-1/4" in length. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool old circa 1950s or 1960s State of Maine Inspection Station sign. The two lines at the bottom read "Authorized by Maine State Police". The sign is in a mustard yellow screen-printed plastic with rounded edges and two holes for...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1914 advertising pin for Prowodnik Tires of Riga. Riga was part of Russia at the time, about to be occupied by Germany, and destined to be the capital of an independent Latvia in a couple of decades' time. The pin is an eagle...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s jacket patch for the United States Air Force 509th Air Refueling Squadron (509th AREFS). The embroidered twill patch shows the Mobil brand gasoline "Pegasus" logo at its center. VINTAGE: Circa 1970s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940 brass advertising key chain for Goodrich Tires. It is in the shape of a 1940 Massachusetts license plate. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in height and 1-15/15" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Painted brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 published history of the USS Sangamon CVE-26, originally an Esso (Standard Oil Company) tanker. Launched November 4, 1939 as Esso Trenton, the oiler was converted into an escort carrier and renamed. She served in the Pacific...