Kustom Toolbox

Posted by 141drew Jan 6, 2010 at 11:35 AM and filed under Reviews & Features

Updated on May 28, 2021 at 11:37 AM

A member on our sister site, jalopyjournal.com, recently finished up a restoration of his vintage Snap On box. Rather than going back with straight factory red, he decided to get creative – Viper red, flake, and lots of clear.

Check it out.

See Comments on the forum.

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kooldino

Well-known member

Jan 6, 2010

Beautiful. Can't wait to see them reassembled.

v8muscle

Active member

Jan 6, 2010

Vintage, huh....

I dont think of myself as old and I have the same box in my garage. Bought it new in 197something. Guess that is vintage.

Looks great by the way

Bill

Stuart in MN

Well-known member

Jan 6, 2010

It was actually posted here first before it showed up on the HAMB: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51252

GeorgiaHybrid

Well-known member

Jan 6, 2010

V8muscle...Neither of us is "vintage" we're just considered "old farts"

rpsurfr

Well-known member

Jan 6, 2010

great job- are these things hard to take apart? Do they paint like any other metal?

Vernmotor

Well-known member

Jan 6, 2010

I had a hard time calling that vintage .. maybe my 1957 craftsman is older than I think?

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35mastr

Well-known member

Jan 7, 2010

That thing looks real good.

Furious D

Well-known member

Jan 7, 2010

Man, I'd like to do that to my old early 60's Snap-On box but I would hate to lose all the vintage stickers it has gathered over the years.

BUBJEL

Active member

Jan 8, 2010

You could scuff the stickers; tape them up; put 3 coats of clear base; base; remove tape after base & clear; done it many times; comes out beautiful.

Last edited: Jan 8, 2010

KolkataKustoms

Member

Jan 10, 2010

It must have taken forever to paint each of those drawers. Very cool!

larryv

Well-known member

Jan 10, 2010

Cool! can't wait to see it all finished. Good Luck.

JeffreyJames

Active member

Jan 11, 2010

I have a Kennedy Tool Box that was my father's last box at work before he passed. It been disassembled for a couple years and I have root beer brown candy paint and a silver flake base to go down as a base. I just need to find some time to tackle the project.

Awesome box!!!

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