Help ID a toolbox please!!

[blstickley]

Just won 2 toolboxes on a online auction... one looks to obviously be snap on the other I'm not to sure.... any help is much appreciated as always thanks in advance!!!added this picture as it makes me think mechanics box and not machinist??also picture of drawer slides if it helps

 

[1982fxr]

Older Kennedy I believe

Pretty sure Snap-on is made by MBC era.

 

[FJ 432]

Older Kennedy I believe

Pretty sure Snap-on is made by MBC era.

I agree on both counts.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

The first one is a Kennedy, I recognize those handles.

 

[blstickley]

I also posted on social media and had people say not a Kennedy but maybe a Huot? Or Park mfg? I'm picking them up this afternoon any ideas as to where to look for the modle number on either one ?

 

[RTM]

Never seen a flip front Kennedy before. Looks like a 260 from 1958

Kennedy All Steel Tool Kits : Kennedy Manufacturing Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

2 p., illus., 27.6 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

 

[FJ 432]

I also posted on social media and had people say not a Kennedy but maybe a Huot? Or Park mfg? I'm picking them up this afternoon any ideas as to where to look for the modle number on either one ?

I restored my father's top box and it most certainly is a Kennedy. He was a mechanic in the civil service at a near by national guard base and it was the same "government gray".

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

I also posted on social media and had people say not a Kennedy but maybe a Huot? Or Park mfg? I'm picking them up this afternoon any ideas as to where to look for the modle number on either one ?

At first I thought it could be a Huot, but those are Kennedy drawer pulls. Also, Huots have a distinctive design on the lid.

Here's a Huot box I own.

 

[blstickley]

Older Kennedy I believe

Pretty sure Snap-on is made by MBC era.

Would it have a serial number some place hidden ?

 

[Shelbylex]

Kennedy and Snap On KRA55

 

[KnurledNut]

Kennedy No. 260
Snap-on KR-58B

 

[1982fxr]

Would it have a serial number some place hidden ?

No. If the Snap-on is stamped it's on the back, probably left hand side as you face the rear. Model number and where made only.

Kennedy may have a sticker with model number inside the top right drawer, right side, but I seriously, seriously doubt it.