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I just put these up in my garage, anyone know who made them? I did not see a name, but they have no handles, just the recess under the center to grab the door with your hand.http://sphotos-a.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/534509_10151340551082774_21203703_n.jpg
 

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Hey johhny those cabinets look great! Wish mine looked like that.
Would you be interested in selling that intake manifold and carb set up?? Just curious.
 

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I just put these up in my garage, anyone know who made them? I did not see a name, but they have no handles, just the recess under the center to grab the door with your hand.http://sphotos-a.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/534509_10151340551082774_21203703_n.jpg

Are those five slot ET's sitting on top?? just got a set the other day take off from a 63 vette...very nice.
 

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I traveled to Cincy from Indy and paid $75.00 for all of these cabinets (Craigslist) Worth every penny and then some.

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This is the first time I've posted any pictures so not sure how they will come out. I bought these off Craigslist for 75$ but they sure needed ALOT of work. These are Youngstown kitchen cabinets.

I also am using youngstown cabinets, I bought a whole kitchen of CL for $300, need to paint them and install the SS top I have custom made for them and then figure out how to post pics:willy_nil
 

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I have two that I picked up from C/L a couple of years ago.

Looked like this:
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Made by Youngstown:
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I sanded and repainted one, and have it above the sink in my shop:
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I have a few of those same Youngstown cabinets with the chrome handles as above. I also have a slightly different style with rounded corners. All the houses in my neighborhood had metal cabinets when they were built in the 50's. Need to get some pics.
 

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266th and Meridian.

I forgot. My cabinets are American Standard brand from Ohio. Many of the doors had serial number stickers.
 
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Hey johhny those cabinets look great! Wish mine looked like that.
Would you be interested in selling that intake manifold and carb set up?? Just curious.

Thanks! I painted them with an appliance paint, Biscuit is the color, didn't want them to be plain old white. The intake is for my 27 T Roadster project if I ever get it off the ground.... Going for a Y block, 4 speed and a Columbia 2 speed rear from a 39 Lincoln.
 
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This was an old kitchen sink base that was in an old house I was tearing down for a friend. He gave it to me and I put an extra wide top on it and covered it with heavy gauge galv. sheetmetal. Not a good pic but has three drawers on each side and double doors in the center. The finish was in very nice shape and it gets a lot of use. The cabinets are fireplace doors that I removed from new units to convert to gas logs (used to be in the heating trades) they were going to toss them so I built the boxes and after a little surgery mounted fireplace fronts to them. They have been up there for over twenty years and it's nice to be able to see everything that you store there. Free is my favorite price and it feels good to make use of something that was going to be discarded. Mike

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Couldn't fit these in above.have five sets up, and a bunch more squirreled away for the new shop going up this coming summer.
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This was an old kitchen sink base that was in an old house I was tearing down for a friend. He gave it to me and I put an extra wide top on it and covered it with heavy gauge galv. sheetmetal. Not a good pic but has three drawers on each side and double doors in the center. The finish was in very nice shape and it gets a lot of use. The cabinets are fireplace doors that I removed from new units to convert to gas logs (used to be in the heating trades) they were going to toss them so I built the boxes and after a little surgery mounted fireplace fronts to them. They have been up there for over twenty years and it's nice to be able to see everything that you store there. Free is my favorite price and it feels good to make use of something that was going to be discarded. Mike

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That FE intake is cool! What kind is it?
 

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I have about 25' of lowers with S.S. tops taken from a school remodel. Free
Check your local school system as some states require they resell back to public to make back some money. There are some good bargains, you just have to sort thru some junk.
I also got 12' of art cabinets 7' tall in the deal. Specs on most instutional products are better than normal products.
 

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I have a cabinet almost like the one above. It has no markings on it and I have no idea who made it. Any throughts?
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And I have one almost like that one. Has the same profile on top, doors that sit out from the cabinet a little, band around the bottom (mine's black where yours is silver), but my door handles are different. No idea on the maker, and where it's stored right now, I can't hope to get to it to look inside. I'll try to remember to look inside next time I dig into that area.
 

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OK, I took a break to carry in some fire wood, and the curiosity was killing me. I knew there was a label inside my cabinet, but I could not remember what it said. I just HAD TO go and move enough stuff out of the way so I could check it out.

As you can see, I think it shares the same shape as yours, hcsi99.

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Here's the manufacturers label.

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And, just in case things get out of hand in the shop, and I drink some poison, I can always refer to this handy first aid chart, courtesy of my Twin Pines milkman.

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That cabinet is sweet, Dave!

Thanks Johnny. There used to be a guy near here that did house demos, and sold the stuff on ebay. I picked up a couple of useful items from him over the years. This was one of them. It was a bargain, and is a great place for storing manuals.
 
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