Searching for Lincoln Engineering benches in promotional ads

It is hard to believe that we have had trouble tracking down ads from Lincoln that show their popular 1945 - 57 merchandisers. With the quantity produced, there should be plenty of magazine ads and catalogs floating around. To our dismay their simply isn’t much out there.

 
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The two ads above are the only ons we have with the model 2765 present in it.


Update

A new ad found in a 1957 Motor Age magazine

  • We found these two wonderful Lincoln ads from sellers in Canada with measurements, features and drawings

 
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We do stumble onto images of these units in use in the late 1940’s every now and then.

Notice the K60 Snap On toolbox behind him

Notice the K60 Snap On toolbox behind him

If you have advertisement images or a catalog of this style Lincoln workbench, please reach out to us as we are always attempting to expand our historical archive.

The Unique "Under-Window" Merchandiser Cabinets

Most of the major manufacturers offered these lower style work benches to their consumers.

The quantities must of been very low as most of these benches are quite scarce.

The ARO service merchandiser

With only two pictures of their elusive work stations, this ARO cabinet may be one of the more rare units out there.

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Possessing an indented single stainless trim piece across the top of the cabinets and a study center bench, the ARO merchandiser appears to be able to take a variety of different center sections. Much of the benches details, like hinges, handles and proportions, tend to have me believe that they may have been built out of surplus Lincoln Engineering units. We have not seen the rectangular ARO emblem until January 1948 and after, so that is the best gauge of when these cabinets would have been manufactured.

If you have one of these workbenches, please reach out to us.

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1949 Buick Lubricare photo ad

Update

Here is a ARO bench with a different style to the top of the cabinets.

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Workbenches in unique color schemes

Here are some fun color ways we have seen over the years

and here are 2 Texaco themed benches with a lot going on

1948 Lincoln sectional merchandiser

In this Lincoln Engineering bulletin sent to us by a friend of the site; you can get a glimpse of one of their more rare configurations.

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You could order any combination you desired of these shorter work station setups. 

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Although we do not have a picture of one of these cabinets complete, here are the side cabinets by themselves.

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