Impala64
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Deciding if I should pick this one up and save it. He said $30
The VINTAGE toolboxes of Garage Journal!
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taumac
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Deciding if I should pick this one up and save it. He said $30
I would check and see if the slides are still all there especially if the channel the slides ride in. You can't get them Snap On no more. Buddy of mine got one for cheap and only to find out the guides which slides rode in wore straight through and didn't hold the drawer. If they are intact then $30 sounds like something I would do.
Outlawmws
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Also check for cancer.. surface rust; OK; Cancer, maybe not...
Impala64
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It was only surface rust. It's the top drawer I'm worried about
Sam'sAutoParts
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I would get it just for the cabinet on the end.
bagged89s10
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Just saw this on craftsman box on CL but the guy wants $140.
Outlawmws
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WAY too much...
bagged89s10
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Yeah exactly. It does come with some tools but just stuff I already have. I need to find one like it for cheap.
Deciding if I should pick this one up and save it. He said $30
If you had the time and space I'd buy it just for parts if nothing else. If you had a blaster or dip tank even better.
crewchief888
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Deciding if I should pick this one up and save it. He said $30
the side box alone is worth more than the asking price...
i picked up a used one 20 years ago, and paid way more than that...
Gidge
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Sam'sAutoParts
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My WAG is early to mid 80s
Gidge
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Thanks gentlemen...kind of scary that the 1980s is 30 years ago 
Sam'sAutoParts
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Tell me about it, I'm a 1980s model...lol
McBrownie
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Not sure if this one is over 20 years old :
I have one just like that I bought new in 1983. Yep, that was a while ago now that I think about it.
bagged89s10
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bagged89s10
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Anyone know anything about this old New Britain tools/husky tool box?I forgot I had this.
FANTM58
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OK here Are a few I picked up at an estate sale Thursday for $20. Each
The Gold /tan box is a PowerKraft and the green /red is ??
Nine4gmc thinks it may be a proto / based on colors??
It is a really well built box with nice roller drawers,
I'm going to use the PowerKraft box for my bechtop lathe9"x20"CM
The Gold /tan box is a PowerKraft and the green /red is ??
Nine4gmc thinks it may be a proto / based on colors??
It is a really well built box with nice roller drawers,
I'm going to use the PowerKraft box for my bechtop lathe9"x20"CM
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twertsy
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twertsy
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I have several snap-on chests but none of mine look like that. Actually, if you scrutinize the details on the boxes, it appears to be the same maker as this box, which I believe is a Cornwell box.
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jywilli69
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That is a pretty cool tool box. Vintage is always awsome.
I highly doubt that, take a closer look.
FJ 432
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Congratulations. A Bonney box should go to a Bonney guy.
twertsy
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Thanks! For 2 years I've been using searchtempest to search the entire USA for a Bonney box. The first one I found popped up in San Diego and disappeared before I could respond/inquire. This one was a struggle.
December - Bonney chest pops up on CL near Albany; I make an offer immediately (8 minutes after posting), seller accepts.
January - February - Ad taken down, but seller doesn't respond. Late February I get an email stating "Dad isn't ready to sell the box yet."
April - "Dad is ready to sell, but at $100 more than we agreed" ...... I offer $75 more, seller agrees. I call friend near seller to pick up box and ship it to me. 2 weeks later, box picked up.
May - I call friend to see where my box is. "Been busy." Which is ok........it's not like I'm going to die without it. I order a $95 bottle of Bourbon for friend to "Prod him along" -- AND say thanks for helping me out.
This past Thursday (late June) - I call friend, "I'm sorry, I'm on it right now, I promise it's out the door"
Today - I receive the box! It's been a long road and a long search!
jakemac
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Friends don't let friends wait for their toolboxes. I think he was hoping that you'd forget about it. 
twertsy
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Friends don't let friends wait for their toolboxes. I think he was hoping that you'd forget about it.
Nah..........he collects BB Novas (a LOT of them), not tools.
Gidge
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Well it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong. I will have to dig it out and see.
John
ZRX61
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I have one absolutely identical to the one on the right, it's a '53 or '54 Craftsman.
softailgarage
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TWERTSY- The orange boxes look like MBC, who made boxes for Snap On, thus the resemblance. Cornwell has never made their own boxes, if I had to guess I would say thats a Remline, maybe mid 50's. I'm just guesstimating though.
rickhigginshtbr
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That looks more like a Huot with the logo on the cover like that.
I've been hunting one for about that same period too... a bottom popped up in NJ but think it's a newer one.Outlawmws
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Twertsy and Rick, if those Bonney's were made by Waterloo, and are in fact the same model with different paint and logo applied, maybe you can get another Waterloo built box and paint and logo it to suit?
taumac
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Did Waterloo stamp all the boxes the made? Craftsman they stamped them in certain so would those same stamps be in same location for other boxes they made for other companies?
Outlawmws
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ZK probably knows for certain, but I'd think so.
you have the Bonney, so go over it in detail and compare it to other Waterloo's if that is what it was determined to be. I'm certain that Waterloo made the same box at least in some cases for both Sears and Wards...
you have the Bonney, so go over it in detail and compare it to other Waterloo's if that is what it was determined to be. I'm certain that Waterloo made the same box at least in some cases for both Sears and Wards...
twertsy
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All Waterloo boxes are stamped on the front floor of the leftmost tray. This Bonney is not stamped there. I will say though that it has a very pronounced crinkle finish. I went over every inch of it with the magnifying lamp and could locate no stamps at all. I have Waterloo, MBC, SO, S-K boxes so I will snap some side-by-side pics that may help.
egnorant
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Well, now I have tracked big Bonney boxes to one in Georgia, one in New York (now Virginia) and my top and bottom box in Texas. These oval logo boxes showed up around the time Miller came into the picture, but I can only find a few ads and these 3 sitings in the wild to confirm they even exist.
The logo does have a stamped oval ring in the metal as the main difference from a Huot (round with tangental lines and others that seem just flat fronted.
The hunt continues!
Bruce
The logo does have a stamped oval ring in the metal as the main difference from a Huot (round with tangental lines and others that seem just flat fronted.
The hunt continues!
Bruce
rickhigginshtbr
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That bottom looks a lot like my late 40's CMan bottoms by Advertising Metal Display Company of Chicago. Hmmm....