Help me identify this side box

[Russ T. Nutz]

Purchased a side cabinet today from a pawn shop. Like the box, wish I knew who made it. I've looked on it, in it, under it, and I can't find any indication as to who made it. Please check out the pic. I hope you either have this same box, can recognize drawer lip, or even the slides.

Its 26" tall and heavy.

 

[zkling]

Certainly looks Waterloo built, for whom
Did you check it all over for a date, COO and possibly maker stamp? 26" tall is a bit short compared to most. Is it ~15" wide x 18" deep?

Are there any holes ~1/8" dia on the front door or frame, where a badge may have been located?

 

[Russ T. Nutz]

Box is
26" tall
13 3/4" wide
15 3/8" front to back

I can't find any markings, stickers, or holes (other than 2 mounting holes on the side where previous owner put a side shelf on his side cabinet). I've pulled out the drawers and sliders also and found nothing.

Box is in such great condition, I guess it could be a repaint? If it is a repaint they did a great job.

 

[sk farmer]

stack-on maybe?

 

[stratman977]

Pics are hard to see but those drawer pulls scream snap on. Kinda like this box.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173086

 

[4x4gearhead]

It kind of looks like an International side cab I had on my old KRL761.

 

[stratman977]

It's close to this one I think?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SNAP-ON-SID...=Motors_Automotive_Tools&vxp=mtr#ht_38wt_1362

 

[zkling]

It's close to this one I think?

It is not a snap on, that is for sure. They never made a model like that, the dimensions, drawer slides and drawer layout are all wrong. The stack on comment my be correct given the smaller size.

 

[Russ T. Nutz]

Found the closest match so far.

MB Century out of Franklin Park, IL (slides looked different but drawers appeared to be identical).

Any MBA Century box owners out there ever see this box before? Does MB Century stamp or mark their boxes?

 

[zkling]

I highly doubt it is a MBC box. Again the drawer slides are wrong for that maker. MBC made boxes for snap on so their slides were usually identical.

 

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

The drawers do look MBCish though.

 

[zkling]

The drawers do look MBCish though.

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[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

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[zkling]

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In all seriousness I'm not 100% sure on the stack on, but given the build style and dimensions I'm almost positive it is not a professional grade box. Still looks like a well built box in really good condition by one of the makers back in the day. Stack on made some boxes that looked very much like the older snap on/MBC boxes.

 

[Russ T. Nutz]

I know what you mean about the size. only stack on boxes I've seen seem to be very thin steel. I'm sure like everything else made from steel, the older stuff was heavier and built to last.

I like the box and plan to either put it by the garage door and put a few screwdrivers, hammer, pliers for quick jobs in the house (also to keep the wife from digging through my toolbox). Other idea I had was to mount a small air compressor, hose reel, and this box to a cart and keep the air tools in the box.