The VINTAGE toolboxes of Garage Journal!

[Ryan]

Or add a Montezuma slant front top box and have a great tool cart!

Before I moved, I sold my two smaller Lista boxes. They are just so damned heavy that it made more sense to get rid of them rather than figure out how to get them moved safely. I couldn't bring myself to sell my bigger main Lista box though... My whole life is in those drawers. But those smaller boxes were always legs to a main workbench.

And I need to replace those two Lista boxes as well as the before mentioned workbench and don't want to spend a lot of money doing it. I was gonna do a couple of Husky boxes or something similar just to get by and then this thing came up so cheap that I couldn't say no. Hell, it might be cool to pair the Lista with a couple of vintage snap on boxes anyway....

 

[DAustin]

Maybe for a torque wrench ?

Now that I've been thinking about it-
A couple of packs of cigarettes, a lighter, a few bottles of Fireball, a box of condoms, and your favorite Hot Wheels car.

 

[Beerhippie]

$150 toolbox

Oh, yeah, you do ****!

 

[senlow]

@Ryan, your Snappy box cleaned up beautifully. The color is remarkably close to the color of that silly looking German, air cooled, rear engined car (yes, I love 911s) in the near background. The brightwork on the corners is one of my favorite features on that Snappy box.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

Cleaned up pretty nicely with just some simple Green.






Slides are a little stiffer than I would like, so need to get some paraffin wax… otherwise, just add liners and this $150 toolbox is ready to go.

I’d really like to find another similar box to add to this one and build a workbench out of em…

You have earned a "you ****"

It's very hard to find a box that old in that good of shape, especially a roller box that old.

 

[Ryan]

Thanks fellas. I started loading it up… those shallow drawers are difficult, but it’s gonna work just fine if I can find another box to go with it.

 

[CGarage]

Thanks fellas. I started loading it up… those shallow drawers are difficult, but it’s gonna work just fine if I can find another box to go with it.

Interestingly, Snap-On in this era sold a kit to combine two of these boxes into a bench. The kits are probably long gone, but you may find one for sale as such.

It’s a great box, enjoy it.

 

[Leviton]

Anyone recognize this partial label?
Box is 19" x 7" x 9" tall.

 

[Cruzan80]

Brazil tools (SK brand). I had a very similar toolbox, complete with a riveted name badge as well (mine was SK waterslide decal though).

 

[Leviton]

Brazil tools (SK brand). I had a very similar toolbox, complete with a riveted name badge as well (mine was SK waterslide decal though).

Thanks for the identification. Was the name badge on yours the same size and shape?

 

[Cruzan80]

No, mine was more square-ish, still rectangular but 2 lines of text. Same silver plate riveted on (and a rope handle, as the leather apparently died before I got it).

 

[Shelbylex]

Spent the better part of 2-3 years looking for a KR1000 that didn't cost me over $2,000. I found this on Marketplace for $650, a 87 KR1000. IMHO the grandfather to the Epiq beauties sold today. Will be cleaning this up over the long weekend.

Congratulations!!!
I love how it has a lot of relatively shallow drawers - that's tons of useful space!!!
Please post the picture once you clean it up!

 

[tool_scrounge]

Cleaned up pretty nicely with just some simple Green.



Slides are a little stiffer than I would like, so need to get some paraffin wax… otherwise, just add liners and this $150 toolbox is ready to go.

I’d really like to find another similar box to add to this one and build a workbench out of em…

Nice find! I see them in So Cal for around $250 but they are never in that nice of condition. For some unknown reason, that model is usually seen around here quite beat up.

 

[Snaparxon]

Your wish...

From the 1986 catalog....for those long extensions. Not what I would have guessed, prybar or torque wrench makes more sense.