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What did you buy?

GypsyR

GypsyR

just some guy
In general. Anything interesting. Why don't we already have one of these threads. Or maybe I didn't see it? Anyway.
Autofair this last weekend. Dearth of Mustang parts. Did pick up a new (discounted) ignition switch for the '69 I think I need. And this pile of...other stuff.
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Killed all my paint gun cleaning brushes so there's some more. A lot of my tape is drying up. The tape rolls are sus but were cheap. Microdrill bits! For model car super detailing. Plug boot protectors for headers kind of metling my plug wires. I knew I had either that '69 model or the '70 but couldn't remember. Grandson gleefully volunteered I buy both and he could build the extra one. Varmint. I've been after a flop top funny car. THe middle proclaims to be such. Not what I had in mind but it was cheap. The one I wanted was $45 and I balked. Other stuff too. Weird sealant, some sus Chinese "carbide" drill bits and soem left hand drill bits.
 
You know, people who look at a posted picture and pick out something completely irrelevent in the background (or foreground) to comment on are just the worst kind of people.

I know this because I do it too. :)
 
A delayed one. Wife says at the Autofair I almost always find a "deal of the day". One time it was new roof skin for the '69, another time a little ATV for cheap, etc. None this time. I thought. For a few years now I've found I really like cast iron on the rare occasions I cook. At some point I discovered an old company called Griswold made some cast skillets that were lighter weight. They accomplished this (apparently) with precision molds that made the pans thinner overall. Plus they are smoother and not rough cast. I've been wanting one but apparently everyone else does too and they are collector's items. Every one I've run into was priced stupid high.

So this fella had a pair of rusty old skillets laying on his tarp. Told me $5 each. Neither had any casting marks at all that I could see. Generally non-marked ones are cheap Taiwan stuff. Being surface rusted they could be a year old, ten years, who knows. Griswolds all have pretty deep markings on the bottom. "Griswold", a big cross symbol in a circle, "Erie PA" all pretty unmistakable. These were not those by any means. But one felt right. It had the light weight and slimness to it. Just felt like a good quality piece. I figured even if it was a Taiwan-made on it seemed like it would cook well. Five bucks poorer and thought little more of it.

Week and a half later I took a notion to scuff it up and get an idea of what it will take to clean it up and get it seasoned. Scuffed the bottom with some scothbrite and there appeared an "E". What? No! Scuffed some more and the rest appeared "Erie". Before they were were Griswold they marked their pans just "Erie". More scuffing revealed a "10" for the size and "710" for the series. Turns out I bought a 1905 skillet in primo condition that's selling about everywhere for at least $400! Shaaaawing!
Now the problem is I'm about afraid to cook in a $400 pan. Also a downside is that now I've found the freaking holy grail no more hunting cast iron. I am NOT collecting iron skillets.

Not cleaned up or anything yet. Once I discovered what I had I figured I better approach the resoration with a bit more care.
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See the lettering? No? Me neither, but it's there.

By the way, don't you louts ever buy anything interesting?
 
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