Kennedy machinist chest ID help

Private Lugnutz · Jun 12, 2016

Found a Kennedy BIG HORN line 3-drawer machinist chest today. Trying to date it. There's a "412" embossed on the clasp. Can anyone date it? It looks possible for wartime, but I'm not a Kennedy collector, and I have no references (catalog, ads, etc). Anybody?

Pics on Garage Sale 16 thread here...http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5800461&postcount=3828

Sam'sAutoParts · Jun 12, 2016

No help here, but I must say that is the coolest Kennedy tool box I have ever seen. Nice find!

paulm12 · Jun 12, 2016

I agree. Can't help date it. but it sure is cool looking.

Private Lugnutz · Jun 13, 2016

Thanks, guys. Correction on the number. It's "412" not "41". The 2 is faint. Based on a friend's box, also a Kennedy, but not a machinist's chest, I am guessing it's a model number.

Private Lugnutz · Jun 13, 2016

The "412" may also be a code for the key type, since it's on the clasp. If you have a Kennedy box of any type, please take a moment to see if there's a number on the clasp, and, if so, and you also have a key (mine is missing), if it matches the number on the key. Thanks.

Private Lugnutz · Jun 13, 2016

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Buddy found a spittin' image - this one with WWII markings!

paulm12 · Jun 13, 2016

I saw you got the info you wanted on the cool box, but I looked on mine today. My K260 box has a "K" number on the lock assembly on the front cover. There are no clasps. My Kennedy 3 drawer machinist boxes (2 of them) don't appear to have a number on the clasp, though I haven't cleaned those up yet, and they are a bit rusty.

Private Lugnutz · Jun 13, 2016

Thanks, Paul. When you clean them up, I'd be interested in knowing if they have a number and what it is. Do they look like this box? Or different?

Dennis Leigh Henry · Jun 13, 2016

Lug,

neat boxes... I presume or sale on the 2016 Garage Sale Thread?

paulm12 · Jun 13, 2016

Lug: none look like the one you just got. Just replying for reference. The K260 pic is attached. The others are standard K620 units.

Private Lugnutz · Jun 14, 2016

Dennis Leigh Henry said:
I presume or sale on the 2016 Garage Sale Thread?

Not sure what you're asking, Dennis. I got the chest at a flea market and yes, it's the same chest I reported on the Garage Sale 2016 thread.

paulm12 said:
Lug: Just replying for reference.

Thanks. I appreciate it. It's neat to see how the design evolved.

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