WINK-TV the local CBS outlet just ran a story on a Sears house on Sannibel Island. Actually there are four of them, but the one that they featured is unmodified. I think there is even a plaque on it. It has stood up to storms and Hurricanes for about 70 years!
Why would you need to replace an entire set of sockets or wrenches if only one breaks? I have mostly Snap-on, Mac, and Matco, but I also have a lot of Craftsman. Anytime I break a craftsman, I just return it to Sears and they give me a replacement. They don't ask if it's part of a set and they would have no way of knowing if it was. It's not like there are two different 13mm sockets, one from a set and one individual.
The Ponce City Market in Atlanta-that big mofo in the middle-was Sears’ distribution center in downtown Atlanta. 2.1 million square feet. It had a rail line coming into one side. They kept the Craftsman house kits there, among many other things (maybe even Allstate cars and such). As a point of reference, the small building to its right (below it in the pic) was a Ford factory in the early 20th century. Patrick
We owned what started life as a Sears kit house. Double 2x4' where the sections attached. A few others were built in that subdivision in the 50's.
The largest US Post Office ever built was constructed in Chicago specifically to handle the mailings of Sears-Roebuck's catalogs. It is still standing, but currently is sitting empty.
Sears has always been at the forefront of new gadget type tools, thanks to the intervention of Bob Vila. (The guy makes me wanna hurl chunks). They included one of these with a big black plastic boxed 300 pc + tool kit (I kept in the trunk for work). I just figgered they were for rounded off bolts. Never did work too well. The entire set was only nickel plated too; no chrome. Looked kinda weird. Wun Fun Tung got the gulag for that job... I was offered a full set of combo wrenches from the store manager for this one lousy wrench but I turned him down. Its too much of a conversation piece. ws
My Garage is a 1930 18'x18' Sears kit Garage. The 4 parts of the roof are put together with door hinges, and the front doors slide open to the sides. Duane
You all know that sears sold a Car called the All State. It was a upscale Kaiser Henery J, upscale interior of Saran plaid or occasionally leather or smooth vinyl, special hubcaps/wheel covers, horn buttons and instrument bezels, a locking glove box and trunk lid, special engine color (blue), custom armrests and sunvisors, revised door locks and keys, and special parking[1] and taillamp assemblies. Most notably, the Allstate featured a unique two-bar grille and jet-plane hood ornament "One mechanical difference between Allstate and Henry J was that Allstates were equipped with Allstate-brand tires, tubes, spark plugs and batteries, all with their own Sears "Triple Guarantee" warranties." "Sears marketed the car as "the lowest-priced full-sized sedan on the U.S. market." However, Sears did not accept trade-ins from Allstate buyers, and there may have been reluctance to buy a car through a department store where service was thought to be questionable. (The lack of a trade-in program proved to be a serious impediment to the sale of Graham-Bradley tractors from Graham-Paige Motors Corp. by Sears in the late 1930s.) Only 2,363 Allstates were sold in two model years before the marque was discontinued; 1,566 during 1952 and 797 in 1953. Kaiser soon discontinued the Henry J as well" Yes they also sold farm tractors. http://theironmule.blogspot.com/2017/02/sears-and-roebuck-economy-tractors.html Al
