vintage craftsman tool box what year?

[warmpancakes]

Ok older guy who lives up the street (82 years old) had this box I kinda bought it/ helping him sell it he remembers buying it after coming home from the war any ways hes the original owner Im thinking late 40s early 50s

 

[jordan369]

Wow that thing is ancient and very cool.

Mike

 

[OpFlash]

what are your plans? are you going to restore it?

 

[warmpancakes]

Im selling it for the old guy up the street hes 82 and doesnt have time to deal with people, hes a cool old guy always full of dirty jokes and wants me to go chase "skirts" with him

 

[Outlawmws]

I don't think its quite as old as 49, as the 49 catalog shows one almost identical in structure, but the one you have lacks the cover embossing ribs.

It's not as new as 54 either as the covers over the drawers were dropped, so I'd guess 51-3...

 

[warmpancakes]

thanks its a nice box very solid the worst rust spot is shown in top drawer picture

 

[Red Leader]

Nice box!

 

[softailgarage]

That's a nice box, wouldn't mind having it in my collection. I passed up one a couple months ago at an estate sale, the lady wanted $175.00. Are you going to buy it or sell it for him?

 

[Mickey O]

1940 - 1943

 

[warmpancakes]

Are you going to buy it or sell it for him?

he was asking 25.00 at his garage sale, I helped him sell it to a craftsman collector friend for 125.00 Both were very happy with the deal

 

[Mickey O]

What happened to the rest of the pictures?

 

[warmpancakes]

dunno im trying to figure that out right now

 

[Mickey O]

 

[CRTDI]

Mickey,

Nice looking collection.

 

[Outlawmws]

Mickey, look at the logo and location of the logos. 1942 catalog clearly shows the simple oval (probably the blue one) on the top frame, and yours (and IIR the one Warmpancakes had pics of) are on the cover and used the 1950's oval with dashed "wings, which the earliest confirmation we have of that being used was I believe 48 and then rarely. It didn't take off until 50.

Certainly the box design is the same. Good eye there!

 

[jeepinjakear15]

hate to bring back an old thread but does anyone know what the proper top box for this would be? saw the old add and typed in the item # for the top and googled but no results

 

[Mickey O]

hate to bring back an old thread but does anyone know what the proper top box for this would be? saw the old add and typed in the item # for the top and googled but no results

Do you want the one that was specifically designed to sit on top of that box?

 

[Outlawmws]

Someone posted a thread for one of that era's top boxes where it was in practically pristine condition other than some grease, which he cleaned up. It was in the past month or so, but sorry, I have no links...

Those are VERY rare to find in any condition however.

 

[jeepinjakear15]

The one specifically designed or close

 

[jeepinjakear15]

Got me a bottom box and a top off eBay

 

[jeepinjakear15]

Is this correct that it's not quite as wide?

 

[Outlawmws]

Very common that one was not the same width as the other back then. Definitely the correct era however...

 

[jeepinjakear15]

Cool would love a taller top box but I'll paint em both up nice and if one comes along I'll let the other go down the road

 

[B17E1943]

My top box fits the bottom one pretty good:

 

[rickhigginshtbr]

whoa, these boxes are awesome looking!

 

[mcmlvif100]

My top box fits the bottom one pretty good:

Agree with rickhigginshtbr

More pictures please, especially of the drawer arrangement.

 

[B17E1943]

Here ya go - top box still has the tool tote box, too -

 

[softailgarage]

This may be what your looking for, this is '49
Before


After

 

[Robsplace]

how about this box what year would you think
It is from

 

[Robsplace]

here is a pic of the logo

 

[Project 2501]

The drawer with the sockets in it.. does the drawer come partitioned from the factory like that or did you make them yourself?

 

[Outlawmws]

Which post? Micky's in post #13? - if so, that was factory,

 

[Project 2501]

Yes, post 13.. I apologize..
Man, thats awesome. But since the drawers are designed in a very specific manner it makes me wonder if there was a schematic that was available at the time that showed which tools were supposed to go where. Does anything like that exist? Or did they leave it up to the imagination of the customer?

 

[Outlawmws]

None that I'm aware of