PPC-x series model numbers

[Wingnut]

Hi All,

First post.

I have been collecting and preserving WW2 military vehicle toolkits for a long time. Snap-On is not one of the brands with the best provenance. There are some Snap-On 9/32nds sockets thought to be a USAAF application, but not widely accepted in vehicle or 2nd-echelon general mechanics toolkits. Recently however some NOS Blue Point wrenches turned up in an intact Stewart tank toolkit. This is creating some excitement in our MVPA community, with some collectors now opening up their aperture to the possibility of the Snap-On / Blue Point brand for other tools in their kits. I may be back from time to time to pick brains about wartime production, identification markings, etc. For now, I have a specific question...

I have seen some tools with PPC-x model numbers. A PPC-5 for example that looks like a chisel or punch holder. What era were the PPC-x tools? I used the search tool but it came up zilch. Thanks in advance.

[snapmom]

you might be interested in this thread.
http://www.collectingsnapon.com/forum/v ... rlin#p2213

[Wingnut]

Cool. Thanks for the link. I will post some pics of the USAAF and Stewart tank kit tools later... On the PPC-xxx model numbers, I noticed they don't show up in the 42 and 45 catalogs.

[snapmom]

Sometimes, items are skipped in the cats, and show up in later cats, this happened a lot in the 30s and 40s.