Nylint Pressed Steel Trucks History and UHaul Restore

Pressed steel toys by the Ny­lint (later Nylint) Tool and Manufacturing Company of Rockford, Illinois are considered by many as among the best American toys ever manufactured. Their line included literally hundreds of models of construction equipment, trucks, and cars. Especially during the 1950’s and 60’s, Nylint toys were often faithful replicas of real pieces of machinery and automobiles made by leading US manufacturers. In fact, many people are of the opinion that Nylint’s toy Ford Econolines and their F­Series Ford trucks were actually better styled than their real-­life counterparts!

Nylint Uhaul truck we brought back from the dead for a customer. He had it since he was a boy, and painted it several times over the years. Everything is original, even windshield.

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Beech Grove City Hall Clock restore

We are completely restoring this Cleveland Clock for the City of Beech Grove, Indiana. The clock has hung on the front of City Hall since 1927. It will have a fresh look, including replacing the neon light that once existed in the clock. The Electric Neon Clock Co. was never known as "Cleveland Clocks" while the company was in business.  That is a current fabrication, probably due to the long, and rather generic, company name. This is similar to why some people in the industry refer to Neon Products clocks as "Lima" clocks.
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