Ebay Blackhawk Torpedo Tool Box - Be Careful

[thehorse13]

I would hate for someone to lurch at the the Ebay private offer being pumped out to all watchers of this item. Take a close look at the heavy pitting and rot, especially in the socket tray area.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Black...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

I'd hate to find out that one of our members jumped on this only to find that it's rotten to the point where it becomes a huge problem to restore for the average Joe.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I saw that one. Fixable, but if I were still looking a hard pass at that price.

 

[JoCoSawdust]

But the skulls man.....the skulls.......

 

[930dreamer]

I'd make a lowwwww offer.

 

[don long]

There are nicer ones out there but with twice the price for sure.
This one is a bit ruff

 

[Oldtuleguy]

You could evaporust it and lead fill the rust pits, but it's alot of work.

 

[Badbob1919]

Maybe use it as a template to pump out a few of your own for family members. Stainless and then polish it would be cool. Patents aren’t for ever right? The type of patent etc. definitely not my area of expertise.

 

[thehorse13]

You would need to be very handy with metal work and a welder to fix this properly. A good body shop guy, with a healthy amount of work, could restore this.

By the time you get this one right, you would have been better off buying an original in good shape.

 

[twertsy]

I'd be careful of this Blackhawk 16-D set as well. Those sockets are not correct.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/383118216743?ul_noapp=true

 

[Oldtuleguy]

That screwdriver really makes the set

 

[twertsy]

That screwdriver really makes the set

Oh yeah...…..and it's missing some screwdrivers......

 

[3baygarage]

Be careful out there boys!

Over priced totem poles.
Rusted out torpedoes.
Mixed socket sets with few pictures.

Stick it to ‘em. Go find it on your own the old fashioned way.

 

[bonneyman]

Be careful out there boys!

Over priced totem poles.
Rusted out torpedoes.
Mixed socket sets with few pictures.

Stick it to ‘em. Go find it on your own the old fashioned way.

That's anathema to today's I-pod crowd. If you can't find it with a Smartphone it doesn't exist!

Heck, just drop that Torpedo box in an electrolysis tank and run it for a day. You'll have a nice pair of aluminum wheels when it's done.

 

[twertsy]

That's anathema to today's I-pod crowd. If you can't find it with a Smartphone it doesn't exist!

Heck, just drop that Torpedo box in an electrolysis tank and run it for a day. You'll have a nice pair of aluminum wheels when it's done.

As you know, I find most my stuff the old fashioned way. But if a once in a lifetime pops up online, I'm your huckleberry........

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[r_olson_06]

Damn this thread went on a tangent. Being part of younger crowd on tool collecting front I do find it fun to work both sides to get what I am looking for. eBay helps fill gaps in sets and also find tools that just are not in my region.

It is more of thrill to find stuff in the wild is much more but as Twertsy mentioned there is some stuff you will just not find.



Looking for the following Plomb Pebbles Wrench 3061

 

[Oldtuleguy]

You find it where you find it. As the pickings get slim no stone goes unturned.

 

[thehorse13]

You find it where you find it. As the pickings get slim no stone goes unturned.

This.

I use any and all methods at hand. The Internet is how I found my pair of Alemite cabinets for my work bench.

I will say that the wild is getting much tougher these days. I've found exponentially less stuff over the past 2 years.

 

[Shelbylex]

I think that the problem with finding things in the wild is the guys from reselling businesses. They come and buy everything together. Pretty often I come and hear that the first guy bought almost everything and the second got majority of the rest...
To be fair I usually do not show up first and seems like it’s the first 15 minutes where the things disappear...

 

[Lassen Forge]

Just reading the description told me all I needed to know... the picture confirmed it.

When they use the standard "come-on" terms ("rare", "great shape", "Display", and especially the infamous "rat rod") I prefer to walk away... Surprised they didn't also say "Diamond in the rough", "barn fresh", or "almost NOS"...

The reason stuff disappears fast is people were addicted to "American Pickers" and now consider themselves "expert pickers"... thinking they're emulating the dynamic duo on TV. The sad thing is it's done nothing but drive prices way up on stuff at yard sales and junk stores, I had someone tell me they knew a "picker" that would "make me a deal" for my old motorcycle"... because I "don't know how much that's worth, and he'll give me a fortune" which will be about 1/10th of what it's worth... but they have "cash in hand", even tho I tell them "IT'S NOT FOR F***ING SALE, now GIT OFF MY LAWN!".

What would happen is they'd break it for parts, and sell it on eBay, trying to get their money back... rather than keep a 96 year old original factory bike in one piece. I've seen it happen way too many times already...

Betcha can't guess how I feel about "pickers"... sorry for the drift.

 

[Oldtuleguy]

I have an old Buick riviera people are always trying to buy for nothing. Same thing, I tell them not for sale. They watch those classic car flipper shows and think they can buy your stuff cheap and flip it.

 

[3baygarage]

As you know, I find most my stuff the old fashioned way. But if a once in a lifetime pops up online, I'm your huckleberry........

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Ok Mike. He’s said that on Pickers.

It’s almost a must to split it up between online and in person. I agree though, more fun to find something out and about. The funny thing to me, is there are those items seem to never appear in the wild, yet they can be found on Ebay just about any day of the week.

 

[twertsy]

Ok Mike. He’s said that on Pickers.

It’s almost a must to split it up between online and in person. I agree though, more fun to find something out and about. The funny thing to me, is there are those items seem to never appear in the wild, yet they can be found on Ebay just about any day of the week.

It was actually a Tombstone homage reference..........but Mike is ok too.