Old crap in my yard.

"vondon302" (vondon302)
05/20/2020 at 16:45 • Filed to: Yardlopnik

September 1967 ?

DISCUSSION (29)

CB > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 16:50

That looks awesome and I want it.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 16:53

That’s really cool!

September 18 67 would be my guess, Pinkertons were long gone before the 1960s.

ranwhenparked > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 16:53

People were serious about their milk crates back then

HammerheadFistpunch > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 16:53

way to go P inkertons, couldn’t even protect a box.

Brickman > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 16:55

D amn Pinkertons

vondon302 > HammerheadFistpunch
05/20/2020 at 16:56

And the statue of limitations has kicked in!

vondon302 > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
05/20/2020 at 16:57

Well damn of to the research rabbit hole now.

ClassicDatsunDebate > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
05/20/2020 at 17:01

very much around in 1967, whence this dairy crate came.

ClassicDatsunDebate > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 17:01

Its a dairy crate from 1967

Edit: Oh, and I’m from the Pinkerton Detective Agency and I’m her for my box ....thanks for making my job easy!

Wacko > HammerheadFistpunch
05/20/2020 at 17:02

You had one job...

Sovande > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 17:05

Ebay says about $80. And apparently the Pi nkertons were protecting milk until 1967...

UserNotFound > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 17:11

That is a fantastic box.

vondon302 > ClassicDatsunDebate
05/20/2020 at 17:13

Try to catch me copper! Ha

vondon302 > Sovande
05/20/2020 at 17:15

Well damn might have to be old junk inside now.

Thomas Donohue > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 17:16

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

Well, it’s got the serial number in the top left, so it’s definitely pre-1976

Molded corner brackets w ere only offered on the C and R models of crates.

Font on the word “Warning” looks to be early sixties.

Bottom rivets were steel t hrough 1957 . These look to be galvanized so it’s probably later than that.

I used to have that exact milk crate. Traded it for a Johnny Bench rookie card. Wish I still had them both.

Rolled edges for the circle vents only came on R models manufactured in Detroit.

I saw a few of these at the Verzinkt show last week. Sweet.

Lockshore made two models, one with symmetrical bottom drains, the others are staggered. Need more pics of bottom.

I remember when you could pick one of these up for $10 at garage sales.

These are crap. Real Crate guys only collect wood crates. Galvanized will never hold their value. Might as well use the plastic ones to store your LPs and 8-tracks

jminer > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
05/20/2020 at 17:26

The pinkertons are still around today. They’re not the same hired guns they used to be but they were definitely active in the 60s still.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Sovande
05/20/2020 at 17:29

$180 if it has the original milk

ranwhenparked > jminer
05/20/2020 at 17:29

I think the name was mostly dropped when they were taken over by Securitas, which seems nuts, given the brand recognition.

Wacko > Thomas Donohue
05/20/2020 at 17:34

I was going to say the same thing about that font

ClassicDatsunDebate > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 17:37

I read that in Conan O’Brian’s voice

Thomas Donohue > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
05/20/2020 at 17:43

No original glass bottles? CP.

Thomas Donohue > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 17:43

It’s not copper. It’s gal vanized.

benn454 > vondon302
05/20/2020 at 17:46

TIL the Pinkertons are still in business in 2020.

jminer > ranwhenparked
05/20/2020 at 17:59

I think it probably got dropped because of the mostly negative connotation with it today. They’re mostly remembered for doing things like union busting and cracking skulls at the behest of corporate overlords.

They obviously did more than that, but they also did a lot of that.

just-a-scratch > ClassicDatsunDebate
05/20/2020 at 18:24

Try it in a James Cagney voice. It's what Conan wishes he could do.

vondon302 > Thomas Donohue
05/20/2020 at 18:24

Golf clap

ranwhenparked > jminer
05/20/2020 at 18:38

Are they more remembered for that, or for protecting the President before the Secret Service was formed? Sort of how Ford is better known for the Model T and the assembly line than for the Battle of the Overpass and the Nazi stuff.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
05/20/2020 at 18:58

Pinkertons are still around. I work with one.

ClassicDatsunDebate > just-a-scratch
05/20/2020 at 19:48

Porkchops...and applesause