Yes they are MBC boxes, they should be stamped, somewhere IIRC. Bright light odd angles, you know the drill. The scalloped drawer pull ends are MBC exclusive, IIRC 
:They were made when men were men and vise grips were made in Nebraska.[emoji4]Today the TV is getting hung, so that will give me a little more room to play with. I'd do "birdseye" views of them all but the darker shot (where the S-K stack is) is under the mezzanine. Out of all of them though, "the twins" are my favorites. Home / Shop made and unbelievably heavy. Not sure why the put a handle on top, they're probably close to 70# empty.........Ask Cypherian
My Gerstner winter project:
)Nice setup dave!
I have a suggestion however: Consider moving the top to the front edge, and using the resulting back ledge as storage for something (I have my slide hammer box and some other stuff back there on one stack, but maybe shop chemicals?
This prevents the "flat surface junk collection rule" from blocking one or more drawers on the top box... (A problem on my Vintage Craftsman stack...)
I've posted these pics before. But here they are again:
Joe Mamma
Here is my vintage box I'm slowly restoring......and slowly is a understatement lol.
It is a Snap On KR-562, it was built in 1976. It was covered in years of grease and grime. Under it all it wasn't to beat up. I have all new slides for it, new locks and lock hardware, new castors and trim courtesy of Snap On. Only charged for the trim. Here's my dilemma though and feel free to give your opinions. The box is missing a lot of stuff to get back to factory. The rubber ends for the handle, the old emblems and the brake these boxes originally had. Also the castors are not a direct replacement either so all this has got me thinking about a true custom job. Painting it to match my other box and using new style emblems. It's not something I'm doing to resell, I wanted one as soon as I seen it on, wait for it, Garage Journal. Softtailgarage got me in to this project lol. As far as the handle, Snap On sent me a KRA handle that does bolt up. So handle, castors and logos all would be non factory. Sorry for the long post.
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Here is my vintage box I'm slowly restoring......and slowly is a understatement lol.
It is a Snap On KR-562, it was built in 1976. It was covered in years of grease and grime. Under it all it wasn't to beat up. I have all new slides for it, new locks and lock hardware, new castors and trim courtesy of Snap On. Only charged for the trim. Here's my dilemma though and feel free to give your opinions.
If you're box is in good shape(no serious rust, bends), I'd replace the parts you have and clean the dickens out of it and call it good. These aren't 429 Mustangs or Hemi Cudas, in my eyes they don't have to be 100% "period" correct. Besides for something that's almost 40 years old, the box could be on the 3rd or 4th set of drawer slides or locks. I'll take new and functioning over broken and original.
Stripping down and re-finishing these boxes sounds deceptively simple. It's a lot of work and it's time consuming of you want it done to a high standard. I've done a couple of Snap On boxes and it was a ton of time and effort. If you're not a body man or painter, it's good practice and pretty forgiving as a first sheet metal/paint project. Good luck and post some more pics!
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