[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Manufacturing During WWII (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 8/17/2013 10:51:12 PM EDT
We all know Singer made 1911s, and IBM made M1 Carbines, but what about some of the more mundane stuff? Lionel Corporation(yeah, imitation crab meat Lionel) made J-38 telegraph keys for the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Here are pics of mine. Anyone else got some unusual WWII stuff from a well known company?   Lionel Logo:   |
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Nope, it's the one that makes imitation crab meat. I wasn't aware that there was another Lionel. Quoted:
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I would have thought it was the Lionel corporation that made Model trains... Just sayin' Your explanation and link in arfchat has made me both giggle profusely and feel like a fool... Good show old man! |
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Packard made Merlin engines for P-51 Mustangs and Maytag made the headers for those engines as well as the B-26 Marauder and I'm sure some others as well.
McCormick, the people who make spices and seasonings, made cans of lice powder (10% DDT 90% pyrophyllite) for issue to troops. Frigidare produced M-2 .50 cal machine guns, propellers, and aircraft hydraulics. Goodyear made FG-1 Corsair fighter planes for the Navy and Marines. |
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You've never heard of Lionel trains?
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I would have thought it was the Lionel corporation that made Model trains... Just sayin' |
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I would have thought it was the Lionel corporation that made Model trains... Just sayin' Crab meat |
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Quoted: Because IHC only made Garand post WW 2 (along with H&R Arms) Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: International Harvester made M1 Garands. EDIT And torpedoes. Better check your dates on IH Garlands. Because IHC only made Garand post WW 2 (along with H&R Arms) |
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I would have thought it was the Lionel corporation that made Model trains... Just sayin' Uh.......I got nothing brother. 
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Inglis, an apliance maker in Canada, made 1911s and Sten guns. They may have made SMLEs too. no, Inglis made Stens and Hi Powers, never 1911's Long Branch built No4 Enfields and Bren guns btw, GM built Hellcat and Avenger planes for the Navy and Marine Corps, Ford built B-24 Liberators for the USAAF. As to the M1 Carbine, its really neat story on who built them history on who built the M1 Carbine |
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I have an M1 carbine that was made by the Underwood typewriter company. Royal Typewriter made BAR's, Ford made B-26's and took over production of the grumman wildcat so grumman could concentrate on hellcat production. and the waco glider, that was used during the normandy invasion, was built by the waco coffin company.
after 1941, the entire might of US industry was turned to war production. My grandfather went from working for Tennessee Coal and Iron, blowing holes in the ground, to the us army. showing them how to blow holes in the ground. |
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The m3 Grease Gun i carried in the eighties looked to be WWII vitage and said "Guide" on the side in cursive. From what I gather they were a division of General Motors. First year I had it I thought it said Guido on it, which seemed appropriate youp... General Motors Guide Lamp division. they made the head light assemblies for all the cars and trucks. they designed it because they were familiar with sheet metal stamping. |
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The m3 Grease Gun i carried in the eighties looked to be WWII vitage and said "Guide" on the side in cursive. From what I gather they were a division of General Motors. First year I had it I thought it said Guido on it, which seemed appropriate |
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Quoted: You've never heard of Lionel trains? http://www.lionel.com/ Quoted: Quoted: I would have thought it was the Lionel corporation that made Model trains... Just sayin' woooooooooooooooooooooshhhhhh |
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I have an M1 carbine that was made by the Underwood typewriter company. Royal Typewriter made BAR's, Ford made B-26B-24's and GM took over production of the grumman wildcat so grumman could concentrate on hellcat production. and the waco glider, that was used during the normandy invasion, was built by the waco coffin company. after 1941, the entire might of US industry was turned to war production. My grandfather went from working for Tennessee Coal and Iron, blowing holes in the ground, to the us army. showing them how to blow holes in the ground. FIFY |
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I would have thought it was the Lionel corporation that made Model trains... Just sayin' Crab meat Somehow I've never seen the origin of that ARF joke |
Lionel also made the ammo feed tracks for the tail turrets in B-24 bombers.  There wasn't room in the tail for the ammo boxes so they were mounted in the waist.  The ammo belts laid on little railroad tracks on the double decker support bars on the left. I was unable to find a wartime picture that showed the complete ammo belt setup complete. I found several pics like this that had the supports for the tracks and belts, but nothing else installed to complete the restoration.   The rear guns were fed through flexible belt guides like these, laid onto the support bars. The ammo slid along the Lionel rails for greatly reduced friction.  |
I used to have a Remington Rand (typewriter manufacturer) 1911A1. I sold it 20 years ago. Every industry in America turned to war production. Rockola made M-1 carbines, so did Frigidaire if I remember correctly. The general population couldn't buy much of anything, because there was nothing left to buy after the military was supplied. We could never do this today, America has damn near no production capacity compared to the WWII years, and the American people are so spoiled that they'd riot in the streets if they couldn't get the goodies they're accustomed to. My grandmother and her two sisters worked in Chillicothe Ohio making 75mm shells in a plant that had been a fireworks manufacturer prior to the war.
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Quoted: I used to have a Remington Rand (typewriter manufacturer) 1911A1. I sold it 20 years ago. Every industry in America turned to war production. Rockola made M-1 carbines, so did Frigidaire if I remember correctly. The general population couldn't buy much of anything, because there was nothing left to buy after the military was supplied. We could never do this today, America has damn near no production capacity compared to the WWII years, and the American people are so spoiled that they'd riot in the streets if they couldn't get the goodies they're accustomed to. My grandmother and her two sisters worked in Chillicothe Ohio making 75mm shells in a plant that had been a fireworks manufacturer prior to the war.And severe gas rationing, food rationing, shoe rationing, tire rationing, ........... The aircraft industry quickly ramped up to build over 300,000 extremely complicated modern aircraft just 35 years after there were no aircraft in existence and that weirdo stuff called aluminum was just a novelty. |
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no, Inglis made Stens and Hi Powers, never 1911's Long Branch built No4 Enfields and Bren guns btw, GM built Hellcat and Avenger planes for the Navy and Marine Corps, Ford built B-24 Liberators for the USAAF. As to the M1 Carbine, its really neat story on who built them history on who built the M1 Carbine Quoted:
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Inglis, an apliance maker in Canada, made 1911s and Sten guns. They may have made SMLEs too. no, Inglis made Stens and Hi Powers, never 1911's Long Branch built No4 Enfields and Bren guns btw, GM built Hellcat and Avenger planes for the Navy and Marine Corps, Ford built B-24 Liberators for the USAAF. As to the M1 Carbine, its really neat story on who built them history on who built the M1 Carbine I wasn't sure on who made what, the Inglis factory was in Longbranch as well. |
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Quoted: The m3 Grease Gun i carried in the eighties looked to be WWII vitage and said "Guide" on the side in cursive. From what I gather they were a division of General Motors. First year I had it I thought it said Guido on it, which seemed appropriate |
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The company I work for (that I will not name) made hand grenades during WW2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_24_grenade
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Quoted: The company I work for (that I will not name) made hand grenades during WW2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_24_grenade  |
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The 50 Cal Machine guns we had on the ship were made by AC spark Plug Division of General Motors Here I am shooting one of them in my younger days http://imageshack.us/a/img12/6936/001pfw.jpg We had a M2 in Iraq in '05 made by GM Spark Plug. I have a picture of the engraving somewhere. ETA: Found it: 
It still ran like a sewing machine. |
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and the waco glider, that was used during the normandy invasion, was built by the waco coffin company. The Waco Aircraft Company would beg to differ. |
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We had a M2 in Iraq in '05 made by GM Spark Plug. I have a picture of the engraving somewhere. ETA: Found it: http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq164/xyster7212/P2023483_zps185b4fa5.jpg It still ran like a sewing machine. Quoted:
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The 50 Cal Machine guns we had on the ship were made by AC spark Plug Division of General Motors Here I am shooting one of them in my younger days http://imageshack.us/a/img12/6936/001pfw.jpg We had a M2 in Iraq in '05 made by GM Spark Plug. I have a picture of the engraving somewhere. ETA: Found it: http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq164/xyster7212/P2023483_zps185b4fa5.jpg It still ran like a sewing machine. Made in 1942? 
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Of course Ford built jeeps, but a little bit of trivia... When the gov't contracted with the various companies to build jeeps, part of the contract stated that the companies would have to replace, at no cost, any defective parts. Henry Ford knew that it was impossible to tell who made the various parts, and he was worried that he would have to pay to replace parts from other manufacturers, that were mistakenly sent in as being from a Ford jeep. So Ford marked every part on a Ford jeep with either an F or FORD, so he knew he wasn't losing money due to another company's defective parts. |
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Of course Ford built jeeps, but a little bit of trivia... When the gov't contracted with the various companies to build jeeps, part of the contract stated that the companies would have to replace, at no cost, any defective parts. Henry Ford knew that it was impossible to tell who made the various parts, and he was worried that he would have to pay to replace parts from other manufacturers, that were mistakenly sent in as being from a Ford jeep. So Ford marked every part on a Ford jeep with either an F or FORD, so he knew he wasn't losing money due to another company's defective parts. And Bantam, who invented the Jeep in Butler PA, only got a contract for jeep trailers. 
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