Anyone know where I can find information on this?

[ChallengerYoshi2015]

Hello! I am new here, so if I am not doing this correctly, please let me know. I bought this about a year ago because I was told it was a 1970s Mopar toolbox. At a car show last week, I was told it was actually a craftsman hot wheels toolbox. I contacted Mattel, and they told me it was an old Waterloo project. However, Waterloo has been bought out by Stanley, and when I contacted them, they had no idea. Does anyone know where I can find some information on when this was made, why it was made, and what the decal means on the top? Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!

 

[yatg]

Did you check ebay?

Vintage Mopar **** Pack Metal Toolbox 1960s-70s Red with Bee Stripe & Insert

https://www.ebay.com/itm/397767399801

 

[ChallengerYoshi2015]

Thank you for your reply. I did. in fact, this is how I got it in the first place. However, I also found this:

VTG Craftsman Metal Tool Box Hot Wheels Box 1970 Good Condition with tray, Retro

https://ebay.us/m/T9MknK

I was also told by a gentleman who purchased and has restored several Mopar/Challenger specific tool boxes from '71-'72, this was NOT a Mopar, and this logo was never one they used. I am just trying to verify as I want to make sure I don't tell people I have something I do not, and, if it is something different, any information I can find is awesome. Just wanting to be sure and not reply on one source.

Thank you again for your reply. I am in the same boat as you are, but want to make sure.

 

[rust in the eye]

The character depicted on this box is NOT the Dodge Scatpack. Clearly inspired by it but no doubt it is NOT.

 

[yatg]

here's another box with a roadrunner graphic. same box design, almost same stripe.

 

[yatg]

The character depicted on this box is NOT the Dodge Scatpack. Clearly inspired by it but no doubt it is NOT.

A toolbox company could have made a batch with stylized logos, either under license or not.
90% of the internet thinks its a mopar box, 10% thinks its a hot wheels box.
That 90% could easily be wrong, building upon past false assumptions.

 

[rust in the eye]

90% of the internet is wrong in this case. The image on this toolbox ELUDES to the Dodge Superbee, which it is not, period. The old Superbee and newer ScatPack logos ( a prochronism in this context) are easy enough to find and compare.
A quick glance at any of the old advertising will bear this out.
Doubtful this is Hotwheels either. Just an effort to evoke those images without coughing up for the rights to use the real one.

 

[rust in the eye]

here's another box with a roadrunner graphic. same box design, almost same stripe.

Not sure what you are trying to prove here.
The Roadrunner character was(is?)Warner Bros. property, Plymouth licensed it and used actual WB created images. I'm not going to make a detailed examination of every roadrunner image but suspect this is only(very)similar or simply used without permission from WB.

 

[rust in the eye]

Did you check ebay?

Vintage Mopar **** Pack Metal Toolbox 1960s-70s Red with Bee Stripe & Insert

https://www.ebay.com/itm/397767399801

Last line of seller's description after the AI part
"I'm not sure why people call it a Mopar Scatpack toolbox, but they do. I don't think it actually has anything to do with Mopar. "

 

[Ed in Virginia]

I uploaded the photo to ChatGPT and asked it to ID the mfg. It replied:

"The cartoon graphic looks very much like the late-1960s to 1970s branding used by Waterloo Industries toolboxes, especially the bright orange metal cantilever and tackle-style boxes they sold under both the Waterloo name and store-brand labels.

The little helmeted “speed/mechanic” character and stripe treatment were common on Waterloo-produced boxes from that era. Sears/Craftsman and Montgomery Ward also sold very similar boxes that were actually manufactured by Waterloo.

I can’t say it with 100% certainty from this single view, but Waterloo is the strongest match."

 

[yatg]

Not sure what you are trying to prove here.
The Roadrunner character was(is?)Warner Bros. property, Plymouth licensed it and used actual WB created images. I'm not going to make a detailed examination of every roadrunner image but suspect this is only(very)similar or simply used without permission from WB.

just offering more info on similar "mopar" themed toolboxes.
que lastima.

 

[BombShelter]

Neat, there's a few versions out there with orange and yellow colors.

Roadrunner Tool Box???

Just acquired a hip-roof (1960-70's) marked with decal, Roadrunner toolbox in a tool swap. size is approx. 18" w x 7.5" tall x 8.5" depth, color is pale yellow with the decal paintd on (not vinyl), also has inside tray. Does anyone have any knowledge if this might have been standard equipment...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[RTM]

You could start here, where it's already been posted a few years back, see what the group said. Read answers below the picture

The VINTAGE toolboxes of Garage Journal!

Thanks guys. I will keep an eye out for a donor box

www.garagejournal.com

Searching on the site for Mopar or SuperBee or Hot Wheels toolbox may find more

 

[no704]

No help, but my stepdad has that same box.

 

[cowades206]

I have the roadrunner version. It was a Christmas present from my grandparents around 1970 plus or minus a year or so. It may have been purchased from a Sears or Wards catalog, or from a local hardware store. I seriously doubt it would have been purchased at a Dodge dealer or a toy store. It came with a nice plumb hammer (still have that too), so I'd lean more toward the local hardware store. I'm assuming they were bought in the same place. Could the tool box have been a Christmas seasonal item?