Recent content by DC6DRIVER

That was my Aunt.

That's Babco.

It is Babcock. I doubt that it was part of the original build.

Thanks. Here is a closeup.

My Uncle worked at Hughes for 30+ years retiring in about 1995. In the mid 80's, Hughes closed the Culver City Airport and started clearing out all the shops. Many tons of stuff went to the dump. My Uncle saw this bench and asked if he could have it rather than dump it. Here is the back story...

If only I could figure out how to do that. I thought that when I posted it here, I was starting a new thread. Instead, it appears that I hijacked a thread from Zmotorsports. That wasn't intentional, it's just me not knowing how this all works. I went to that site and could not find any place to...

Not a tool box but it's in my shop so it should count. I got this from my Uncle's estate. He worked many years at Hughes in Culver City. When Hughes shut everything down there, in the mid 90's, they cleared out all the buildings and hauled a lot of stuff to the dump. This was slated to go but...

Thanks for the info. This means for sure that there is one more thing in my shop that is older than me. But not by much.

This is it exactly. Same layout inside the drawers. Mine is missing the original front panel and the plunger on the left that locks the front panel. I bought another lid that had the front panel attached and cut it to fit and then attached some projections to the bottom that fit into the slots...

There is always the possibility that the dealer fed me a line of **** and this is just some random old box with a Snap On tag riveted on. If so, it's probably too late for me to return it.

I am trying to find any information that I can get about this Vintage Snap On tool box. I bought it in 1968 for $45 in southeastern Wisconsin. The Snap On dealer I bought it from said that it was over 40 years old at that time and was made by Chicago Box Brake for Snap On because this was before...