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    snap on toolbox with the strange smell

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The tool box is now up for sale.UK based ad . I would like to get what I paid for it being £200. I think it's a bargain for someone.I'll put some pictures up.There's not many 30 plus year old, 12 drawer,snap on...
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    The tool box is now up for sale.UK based ad . See Classified Rothko
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    restoring 60s Texaco sign pole

    Re: restoring 6os Texaco sign pole Hi Don Long The work on the Texaco pole is awesome! Rothko
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    Big boy Champion air compressor (picture heavy)

    That's the business!! What would that be, at that quality, at todays prices new!! Nice one. Rothko
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    Yes but it doesn't,it's the OTHER ONE I have(I've got two of them).Same model,with the 12 drawers,but in great condition. You'd think it WOULD be this one but it ain't! I will be trying the picture send /resize later on today. Rothko
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    Hi rtole That's amazing.All those things and still no result!! Same boat mate! Rothko
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    Thanks all !!!! Good work there Jasper.It's the same model as second photo,but in great condition. I was looking forward to renovating this one,but the other good one came up,and was a kind of spanner in the works.This one in the photo here is in poor condition, but again ,such a brilliant...
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    Hi Jake Like the projects.Like the old school motor drive on the wire wheel.I have one also.A half horse motor on my 70 + yr old press drill.Would love to show that(made in USA too.)My Dad used that drill prewar at the firm he worked for ,here in UK. .What would be the best way to resize the...
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    It's Stevie boy! What I like about him is that he can waste at least 30 folk before the opening titles have gone up. What a guy! I can't even work out how to post a photograph without registering'fail to up load' each time.Was ok with photobucket at first but then that went haywire. Strewth...
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    Hi All Great replies.I'll have a go. Rothko.
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    PS The pledge ad was brillo !Like some thing out of MAD. r
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    Hi Folk You really are a good lot! really.Still hangin' in there.Thanks for the continued support.:bowdown: Mat be I could contact NASA ,and they could fly it out into space.Y'know one of those research rockets.That just keep going.We're talkin' a one way deal here. Naahh,couldn't do that to...
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    Hi Yer Car wax smell that's ok, but this is something else! It seems to be contained in the molecular structure of the paintwork and NEVER stops building up when you shut the lid down.Horrible old carwax/vomit smell. It really is a super box though.I think it's what you call a road...
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    The toolbox with the strange smell

    Hi Again The tool box I was discussing a while back is now in my garage.Possibly the best box I'll ever own but really it's got to go.Very down about that. That smell of 'gone off' car wax is something I can't live with. Lots of ideas here but nothing worked,I tried the lot. I know it...
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    help! toolbox reeks of old wax polish(smells like vomit)

    What I omitted to say was the contamination of the paintwork is coming from the toptray,the fixed one.I have done all the applications to the empty drawer area and will now concentrate on the fixed top tray. I am going to try T-cutting over and over to try to get rid of the top layer at...
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