R.J Loock History and Our Pick
VINTAGE
DAYTON
V-BELT
MATCHOMAKER
VINTAGE 1930s DAYTON - MATCHOMETER - V-Belt Selector WOODEN
This is a Beautiful Old Time Piece of Auto Parts History. This is an old MATCHOMETER V-Belt Size Selector From the 1920's and 30's. Its From Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company in Dayton Ohio, and is made of light weight wood. The Body measures: 30" long."
As far as Condition goes, for something made of wood and nearly 100 years old, I say it's in pretty good shape and fully intact. The slide, slides up and down the neck and would make a great piece in your collection, shop, garage, man cave, retail or resale.
The Dayton Rubber Company was incorporated in
These items were sourced from R.J. LOOCK which was a Baltimore Institution when it came to Automobiles. They operated at the same location : 339-345 N Gay st from 1913 until the neighborhood declined and the last heir retired in 2001. They were not your ordinary cookie cutter automotive parts store like you see today. They were parts distributors as well as jobbers for their own LIGHTNIN Parts line as well as for most of the top brands of the day. They sold: Auto supplies, Replacement parts, Garage equipment, Shop equipment, Tires, Tubes, Oil, Grease, Accessories and they even had a Complete (belt driven) Machine Shop.
This may not sound different from an auto zone except Loock was responsible for placing products such as Champion Spark Plugs, Quaker State and Gates belts (to name a VERY few products) into EVERY private and municipal garage that used them in a 5 state area. long before the internet and trade shows, these guys were road warriors that sold stuff the hard way on a massive scale. As the 22 floors of samples that they left behind will attest... thats right... I said 22 FLOORS of Samples! R.J.Loock tried to sell ANY quality product that they thought had a chance . Of course, as jobbers they were responsible for placing advertising in the businesses that they catered to as well.
We were lucky enough to purchase salvage rights to this little treasure trove almost 15 years ago now, and this is the last of our treasures! There was no working elevator and the buildings were 4 floors tall with a basement ................................. and they NEVER threw ANYTHING of value AWAY! It took us 2 months full time to sort through and we are now coming to the end of what we have found. If you like high quality out of the box advertising as well as MINT automotive related collectibles, please bookmark us and keep checking back, we keep finding bits and pieces in our storage warehouse. I think you will be in for a treat.
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If you are a beginning collector, theres stuff for you too. They had a habit of nailing signs around to cover holes and such so we will be offering those as well, most are gone now, but not all...please check out our store by CLICKING HERE
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About Us
MD Architectural Rescue is a different type of recycling company. We are based in
We also run two additional stores. If you are looking for unique and interesting glass pieces,
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