358156 hp
At large, whereabouts unknown.
As some of you have suspected, I have an obsession of sorts about moulds, primarily single-cavity Ideas. And although I do have great respect for Elmer Keiths work, I tend to follow Ray Thompsons work for the "classic" designs. One thing that I was never able to figure out was the apparent non-existence of unvented Thompson designs. For the longest time I've pored over the pictures on Thompson moulds on the auction sites hoping to prove or disprove their existence. And then at long last:
I hit "buy it now" and received the mould a few days later. Guess what the first this I saw when I opened the box.
This is one of the original run of moulds Ray had Ideal make for him to sell in the early 1950s. He used to put out flyers advertising his design for sale, I've seen copies of these flyers in Taffins "Book of the 44". This mould is straight from his days with the "44 Associates". I've read what little information remains about the group, those really were some wild times. If anybody has any better information on these mould I'd really appreciate any info you may have. I have other 431244s, and 429244s but they're all vented. I wonder if there are any 358156 unvented? I'll keep looking now.
I hit "buy it now" and received the mould a few days later. Guess what the first this I saw when I opened the box.
This is one of the original run of moulds Ray had Ideal make for him to sell in the early 1950s. He used to put out flyers advertising his design for sale, I've seen copies of these flyers in Taffins "Book of the 44". This mould is straight from his days with the "44 Associates". I've read what little information remains about the group, those really were some wild times. If anybody has any better information on these mould I'd really appreciate any info you may have. I have other 431244s, and 429244s but they're all vented. I wonder if there are any 358156 unvented? I'll keep looking now.
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