I’m sure this has been linked somewhere in this huge thread, but found my toolboxes in this online pdf of the 1973/1974 catalog.
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=17449
Other year catalogs also available...
Followup video after sanding some of the paint off to show some of the "Made in USA."
I’m sure the paint thickness varies, but on mine I doubt if the date or other text would have been visible through the thick gray paint.
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Searching through this long thread, I finally found the info to locate the date codes on the toolboxes I’ve had for over 50 years. Thanks!
I posted a short video that hopefully may help other folks do the same.
Very nice building, congrats!
I just bought a property that has an unfinished 32 x 40 barn on it that I'm converting to garage / shop. This is the only thread I've found showing a shop that size, so I thought I'd add the layout I'm going to use so folks can see another way to use that size...