Bombs...to fishing

[Kozmos]

Here's and interesting picture of my grandfather from the Tulsa Daily World, January 1965. He was a shooter too, but in a much different way than me. He drove a truck with big red letters that said EXPLOSIVES on it full of nitroglycerin and bought time bombs from the Zero Hour Bomb Company....you know them as ZEBCO nowadays.

 

[John Zane]

Nice old picture. I spent years as a mechcanic for Zebco right before they moved most of the product line to china. It was a sad day to lose all that history to save a couple dollars. I got to see and hear all about
ZEro hour Bomb COmpany.

 

[dennishoddy]

Love those old pics! A friend use to work there many years ago. She was in cleanup. Any part that hit the floor got swept up, and thrown away.

 

[WacosSon]

Love those old pics! A friend use to work there many years ago. She was in cleanup. Any part that hit the floor got swept up, and thrown away.

Dang! Talk about Quality Control!

 

[dennishoddy]

Dang! Talk about Quality Control!

With the high production, it was not feasible to bend over to pick up a part.
I know it doesn't sound right, but in the day Zebco was the leader in assembly line production, putting out a good product. I don't know of some of the production line video's are still around, but it was pretty intense.

 

[Stingray]

That's interesting. I had no idea of the history of Zebco.

-S