My First Craigslist Buy

[murphaayyy]

Just thought this was a somewhat 'unique' buy, and thought the design was pretty sweet. It is in really good condition with only 1 dent, good alignment, and clean paint. Paid $90 locally. The stuff inside did not come with it.

 

[Sam'sAutoParts]

That is a nice box, I have one and used it for years as a "road" box. Mine looks like it has been through a war, but it has held up well. They come up on eBay once in a while, but it is not a common item.

-Sam

 

[Midman914]

My brother left me the same model box that you have there. I just can't decide how I want to outfit it. I might just make it my body tool box. That is a good first CL score.

 

[jimkinney]

Nice, we have one here also, it came from my wife's side of the family.

Like Sam, ours is beat to snot, the handle is a piece of rope, but still works. The best part, it came with a bunch of Williams tools in it, along with some SK and a few Snap On.

Jim

 

[Tbabble]

Awesome box, would you happen to know them model number on it?

 

[balane]

Very nice score! Is it USA made?

 

[murphaayyy]

That is a nice box, I have one and used it for years as a "road" box. Mine looks like it has been through a war, but it has held up well. They come up on eBay once in a while, but it is not a common item.

-Sam

Thanks! Mine will most likely be a 'road' box too especially because i dont have a garage to work in at the moment.

My brother left me the same model box that you have there. I just can't decide how I want to outfit it. I might just make it my body tool box. That is a good first CL score.

Thanks, I saw it and knew it would be the first buy.

Nice, we have one here also, it came from my wife's side of the family.

Like Sam, ours is beat to snot, the handle is a piece of rope, but still works. The best part, it came with a bunch of Williams tools in it, along with some SK and a few Snap On.

Jim

how heavily do you have yours loaded? the plastic handle is the only thing that worries me about the construction but that can obviously be replaced/upgraded.

wish mine had the extras included

Awesome box, would you happen to know them model number on it?

yea its a BluePoint KRW48A. I looked on snap on's website and saw they now offer a KRW48c (i believe it was c)

Very nice score! Is it USA made?

thanks, and im not entirely sure to tell you the truth. on ebay i saw a seller say made in USA in description but i dont trust that 100%. i also read a forum discussion where it seemed as though the box was thought to be usa made as they were comparing it to chinese boxes. I will say the newer KRW48C is made in China... either way seems like pretty solid construction. weighs a decent bit empty, the handle just seems like the weak point but that is untested theory.

the flyer ad has no descirption either:
http://www.kawanlama.com/pdf/0326.pdf

 

[SCscoutguy]

That is a nice box, I have one and used it for years as a "road" box. Mine looks like it has been through a war, but it has held up well. They come up on eBay once in a while, but it is not a common item.

-Sam

Nice, we have one here also, it came from my wife's side of the family.

Like Sam, ours is beat to snot, the handle is a piece of rope, but still works. The best part, it came with a bunch of Williams tools in it, along with some SK and a few Snap On.

Jim

Beat to snot you say? I got this one at the flea market full to the gills with old USA made sockets some time back. The seems on the corners are busted open and every single part of it is bent but it still "works". Blue Point made a pretty stout box I will say that. I just don't have the heart to throw it out.

 

[jimkinney]

how heavily do you have yours loaded? the plastic handle is the only thing that worries me about the construction but that can obviously be replaced/upgraded.

wish mine had the extras included

It's pretty heavily loaded. It had the rope on it the first time I saw it, almost 25 years ago. I will try to get some pictures this weekend.

Jim

 

[jimkinney]

Beat to snot you say? I got this one at the flea market full to the gills with old USA made sockets some time back. The seems on the corners are busted open and every single part of it is bent but it still "works". Blue Point made a pretty stout box I will say that. I just don't have the heart to throw it out.

SC,

That looks similar, except ours is green. The only metric tools in it were a couple of Mercedes open end wrenches.

Jim

 

[crewchief888]

SC,

That looks similar, except ours is green. The only metric tools in it were a couple of Mercedes open end wrenches.

Jim

if it's green it's either
a) moldy
b) an SK