The Ford Barn

GaryU. · 01-24-2025, 03:25 PM

Saw this for sale and thought I'd get some more info. Thanks

https://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/clt...816561466.html

deuce5wndw · 01-24-2025, 03:54 PM

Would like to know also. I have one.

ford38v8 · 01-24-2025, 04:46 PM

If I’m not mistaken, those dinner trays were used at the Ford Trade School back in the day.

nelsb01 · 01-24-2025, 05:38 PM

And it is highly polished.
The ones I have would be called satin finish.

Reds34 · 01-24-2025, 05:57 PM

If that was local to me, I'd snag it right up.

Red

ford38v8 · 01-24-2025, 07:27 PM

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I’m sure that most if not all veterans will have fond? memories of food trays not much different than that one.

Lawson Cox · 01-24-2025, 07:38 PM

I'm interested. I have sent you a pm. Consider it sold, but let me know.

ford38v8 · 01-24-2025, 07:56 PM

Lawson, go back to the original post. It's not his, it's on Craigslist. Follow the link he posted. Good luck!

GB SISSON · 01-24-2025, 09:31 PM

I love that thing. I see two good uses. 1) Carb rebuilds. I can even imagine where each grouping of parts go. 2) With its low profile my wife slides my
( now cold) dinner under my shop door.

Terry,OH · 01-25-2025, 07:07 AM

Forks, spoons, coffee cups, dinner ware. Believe from Fords cafeteria, all with script.

ct1932ford · 01-25-2025, 08:52 AM

That is cool! 78 years old and never saw one. Would love to have one for my work bench. To hold nuts, bolts, junk and my coffee.

oldandtired · 01-25-2025, 09:11 AM

My wife and I were at the Ford and Mercury Restorers Club meet in Belleville, MI years ago and several of the local venders had them for sale. One of the friends of mine from my trips up there gave me one. I used to enjoy going up there, I figured if you couldn't find a Ford part in Detroit, where are you going to find one? They would often have what they called lunchbox parts for sale. One year I got lucky and found a NOS 37 pickup map light for $15.They usually had a lot of the tool check items in addition to the kinds of things you find at typical swap meets.

sidevalve8ba · 01-25-2025, 09:14 AM

I have one of those trays. The story I heard years ago was that they were used in the cafeteria at one of the Ford factories. The Rouge possibly?

Bob NH · 01-25-2025, 11:07 AM

I do not have a tray but several pieces of silverware as well as a bunch of various dishes most of which I purchased from a vendor at Hershey in past years.

petehoovie · 01-25-2025, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

I love that thing. I see two good uses. 1) Carb rebuilds. I can even imagine where each grouping of parts go. 2) With its low profile my wife slides my
( now cold) dinner under my shop door.

01-24-2025, 03:25 PM	#1
GaryU. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Posts: 835	Ford cafeteria tray? Saw this for sale and thought I'd get some more info. Thanks https://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/clt...816561466.html

01-24-2025, 03:54 PM	#2
deuce5wndw Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Liberty, KY Posts: 1,024	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? Would like to know also. I have one.

01-24-2025, 04:46 PM	#3
ford38v8 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 7,634	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? If I’m not mistaken, those dinner trays were used at the Ford Trade School back in the day. __________________ Alan

01-24-2025, 05:38 PM	#4
nelsb01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 870	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? And it is highly polished. The ones I have would be called satin finish.

01-24-2025, 05:57 PM	#5
Reds34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Eastern, CT Posts: 548	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? If that was local to me, I'd snag it right up. Red

01-24-2025, 07:27 PM	#6
ford38v8 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 7,634	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I’m sure that most if not all veterans will have fond? memories of food trays not much different than that one. __________________ Alan

01-24-2025, 07:38 PM	#7
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,119	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? I'm interested. I have sent you a pm. Consider it sold, but let me know. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

01-24-2025, 07:56 PM	#8
ford38v8 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 7,634	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? Lawson, go back to the original post. It's not his, it's on Craigslist. Follow the link he posted. Good luck! __________________ Alan

01-24-2025, 09:31 PM	#9
GB SISSON Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Orcas Island Washington Posts: 6,202	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? I love that thing. I see two good uses. 1) Carb rebuilds. I can even imagine where each grouping of parts go. 2) With its low profile my wife slides my ( now cold) dinner under my shop door. __________________ Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)

01-25-2025, 07:07 AM	#10
Terry,OH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5,394	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? Forks, spoons, coffee cups, dinner ware. Believe from Fords cafeteria, all with script.

01-25-2025, 08:52 AM	#11
ct1932ford Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: CT. Posts: 605	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? That is cool! 78 years old and never saw one. Would love to have one for my work bench. To hold nuts, bolts, junk and my coffee. __________________ A man should do what he thinks best! "The Duke"

01-25-2025, 09:11 AM	#12
oldandtired Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Edgefield, SC Posts: 836	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? My wife and I were at the Ford and Mercury Restorers Club meet in Belleville, MI years ago and several of the local venders had them for sale. One of the friends of mine from my trips up there gave me one. I used to enjoy going up there, I figured if you couldn't find a Ford part in Detroit, where are you going to find one? They would often have what they called lunchbox parts for sale. One year I got lucky and found a NOS 37 pickup map light for $15.They usually had a lot of the tool check items in addition to the kinds of things you find at typical swap meets.

01-25-2025, 09:14 AM	#13
sidevalve8ba Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Harrisonburg, VA Posts: 950	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? I have one of those trays. The story I heard years ago was that they were used in the cafeteria at one of the Ford factories. The Rouge possibly?

01-25-2025, 11:07 AM	#14
Bob NH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Meredith, N.H. Posts: 816	Re: Ford cafeteria tray? I do not have a tray but several pieces of silverware as well as a bunch of various dishes most of which I purchased from a vendor at Hershey in past years.