Wartime Guarantees

[Wingnut]

Thanks for all the comments, guys. I suspect Frank has been following, but I'll ping him again, just in case. I'm gong to help him re-write the FAQ and the other pertinent sections.

[snapy64]

As a 26 year Snap-on Dealer and Tech Rep I have to put my 2 cents in here. There never was any problem with a warranty for the E and G tools as that just designated the years that they were made during the war and were always available to the general public. The tools that were non warranty were they ones that were sold to the Government at cost or below - those were the tools that used a V in the part number such as normal was S261 where government was SV261. I was told not to warranty those tools when I started in 1980 because after the war they eventually were sold by the government as surplus for next to nothing. In my later years with Snap-on that was relaxed and we were allowed to warranty them if we wanted to. I hope that helps with your information.
By the way I was told the reason for the V in the government tools was a designation of V for Victory.

[Wingnut]

Thanks for the confirmation, snapy. I didn't mean to imply that EVERY Snap-on truck dealer was confused, or to impugn the reputation of Snap-on truck dealers, in general, on this issue. It is a fact that many have refused to honor the warranty, as these stories are commonly reported again and again on tool colleting forums. (As a WWII collector, I can't understand why anyone would want to trade in a 70+ year tool that may have served our country in honor, but that's beside the point.)

"V" for "Victory" is a WWII thing. Were the tools with a "V" incorporated into their regular model number WWII era or later? I thought they were later, in which case the rationale you were given sounds apocryphal to me.