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This was originally going to replace the workbench in my "bike room", but now seems destined to be a kitchen island down at the farm.
It belonged to my Grandfather and my Dad was ready to move it on. Not sure where is came from originally. Dad seems to think they had it in the basement of the shop when they lived in Oak Park, IL, but his memory is fuzzy nowadays. It could have been surplused locally from either an airfield near Fordland, MO or Richards-Gebaur AFB as Grandpa had been a civilian electrical contractor there.
The USAAF tag and the format of the contract number date it to July, 1943 or earlier. I need to find a database of contract numbers to narrow it down.
We will clean it up, but leave the original paint.
Excuse the junk in my storage space. The bench had been there about 10 seconds and was already getting covered up. Nature abhors a clean table-top ...
Bob
It belonged to my Grandfather and my Dad was ready to move it on. Not sure where is came from originally. Dad seems to think they had it in the basement of the shop when they lived in Oak Park, IL, but his memory is fuzzy nowadays. It could have been surplused locally from either an airfield near Fordland, MO or Richards-Gebaur AFB as Grandpa had been a civilian electrical contractor there.
The USAAF tag and the format of the contract number date it to July, 1943 or earlier. I need to find a database of contract numbers to narrow it down.
We will clean it up, but leave the original paint.
Excuse the junk in my storage space. The bench had been there about 10 seconds and was already getting covered up. Nature abhors a clean table-top ...
Bob