Recent content by C-130 Driver

I need some more help identifying a tool box. It says "Park" on it but I'm not sure of that badging is original or not. Can anyone here point me in the right direction?

Thank you very much. It's tough losing a parent. He was sick the past couple of years and you would think that would give you time to prepare but it doesn't. I'm glad I found this place while searching the internet for a starting point with his boxes. You're right that there is a lot of...

Thank you. My father was a simple man who was not very materialistic and I never realized the quality of his tools. We just used them. He and I worked on a few projects together. I live out of state now and went to his shop to clean up his area, his coworkers were helping me and pointing out...

I've seen you guys reference the model numbers, these are listed as KR-537A, KR-547B, and KR-557B. Is the "78" after "Kenosha Wisc USA" the year number?

Thank you very much, that's the starting advice I was hoping for. My fear was that I would walk out and suddenly start removing paint or creating a hot spot for rust accidentally. You're right about how hard he was on the boxes. The dust is extremely fine and probably part of every car he...

Unfortunately he was good at keeping track of everyghing, but every drawer looks like this. I didn't know until I got home that Snap-On tools were as high quality as they are. So now I'm wanting to get all the grime and dust off the tools. I just don't want to find out later I've ruined...

I don't know how I didn't think of including pictures. Here are the boxes I brought home. Every drawer was overflowing with tools so I had to remove most to move it.

Unfortunately my father just passed away and I went to his body shop and recovered all his tools and tool boxes. He was a body man (great one too) for the past 40 years and accumulated a massive quantity of Snap-On and Matco tools and a couple of large vintage tool boxes. I brought home the...