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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:01 pm    Post subject: Tool Boxes Reply with quote

I couldn't find a thread on tool boxes (please refer me appropriately if necessary), so here goes...

My Dad's old Craftsman tool box, circa 1970ish. I'm going to do my best to bring it back to its original glory.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i use a military issue mail bag. canvas and leather. i'll try and get pics up.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have that box Gruv, I got it when I was 12, and dad got a plaque with my name on it. It still houses my drill bits.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I have that box Gruv, I got it when I was 12, and dad got a plaque with my name on it. It still houses my drill bits.


Sweet, so what year would that make it?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

70?... I got mine in the 80s. My son has it now for his bicycle tools.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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70?... I got mine in the 80s. My son has it now for his bicycle tools.


70ish was just a guess...
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got one just like that one,in the late 80's.
I use mine for my vw electrical stuff.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is my toolbox....and I have a canvas toolbag I take with me when I hit up the pick n pulls. This thing is less than portable.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Tool Boxes Reply with quote

EZ Gruv wrote:
I couldn't find a thread on tool boxes (please refer me appropriately if necessary), so here goes...

My Dad's old Craftsman tool box, circa 1970ish. I'm going to do my best to bring it back to its original glory.

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Looks perfectly fine to me.
Here's my fire extinguisher holder:
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm....I got one new in the very late 70's/early 80's but I don't recall the hasp or the raised area for the hasp, I'll have to go find it now, maybe there's detail changes over the years.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got the sears one- it rode in the bug for years until I retired it to the basement to hold all the non metric/non wood working tools. With only one tray, the tool I needed was always in the bottom of the box and I got tired of having to dig.

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It fits behind the gas tank of the '59 really nicely and the cantilever opens up over the top of the gas cap. The most used stuff is in the top (screwdrivers, sockets, wrenches)
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

my59 wrote:
I've got the sears one- it rode in the bug for years until I retired it to the basement to hold all the non metric/non wood working tools. With only one tray, the tool I needed was always in the bottom of the box and I got tired of having to dig.

This is what rides in the bug or the bus now:
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It fits behind the gas tank of the '59 really nicely and the cantilever opens up over the top of the gas cap. The most used stuff is in the top (screwdrivers, sockets, wrenches)


Fits behind the tank in a 59 huh?......
Where did you get that?
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hazet 190L:

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holds quite a bit and fits in the frunk!

want one?

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm......... I must just have to get one.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I've got the sears one- it rode in the bug for years until I retired it to the basement to hold all the non metric/non wood working tools. With only one tray, the tool I needed was always in the bottom of the box and I got tired of having to dig.

This is what rides in the bug or the bus now:
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It fits behind the gas tank of the '59 really nicely and the cantilever opens up over the top of the gas cap. The most used stuff is in the top (screwdrivers, sockets, wrenches)


Fits behind the tank in a 59 huh?......
Where did you get that?


Its a Stahlwillie. Found it on the 'net, Maryland metrics http://mdmetric.com/sw/stahlwillehdr2.htm. There is another one with the trays divided slightly differently
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's one of my homemade boxes.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thats a pretty cool bus.
bet you could sell them.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have the Mac version of this box, top and bottom
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I've had it since the early 80's when i bought it new
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bought the big stainless costco box

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