LoneGunman
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I have a Mac Economizer lower, found this upper for $125, scratches but no big dents, everything works. Worth the money?
Is this Mac upper worth $125?
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speed bump
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I'd give that if all the slides worked okay.
Lookin4'67Galaxieconv
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I have a Mac Economizer lower, found this upper for $125, scratches but no big dents, everything works. Worth the money?
I think so. As long as it's in good shape, no big dents, works properly.
How much would it cost you to buy something as good as that box new and you'll have your answer!
Nik_95Cobra
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If it's in working order I don't know how anyone could possibly pass it up for only $125.
krusty the clown
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something doesn't look right with the shoebox drawer.
Jbullfrog
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It is normally in the middle, but can be swapped to the side as the slides are interchangable.
krusty the clown
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i think it's in the right place if it's an mb510........look at the margins. maybe it's an illusion cuz the cold meds are kicking my a$$
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Nik_95Cobra
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I dunno Krusty, I think you're correct that a couple drawers don't look right. I'm not sure if it's just the pic or what but I'd still check it out for that price.
Uncle Buck
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For that price you have to go look, IT'S YOUR DUTY!
Lookin4'67Galaxieconv
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Yup, and whoever buys it needs to put the shoebox drawer in the middle where it belongs!
Uncle Buck
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Yup, and whoever buys it needs to put the shoebox drawer in the middle where it belongs!
Very much agreed, puts the whole box out of kilter the way it is!
krusty the clown
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guy's........it's in the right spot. see the mb510
Merkava_4
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I'm wondering how the later full length extruded aluminum handles would look on there. The holes are already drilled for the current handles and the full length ones go on there real easy with #8 x 1/2" hex head sheet metal screws - if I remember correctly. 
eschoendorff
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I think that the spaces between the drawers look too big because the drawers below the are opened a little.
For me it wouldn't be as much about the $125 ($150 would be pushin' it though), but more about where the hell I would find the space to put it!
billymade
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Here is my top/bottom with long handles for comparison but mine doesn't have small drawers; the bottom does! The top is a Mac Tools 50th anniversary edition; circa 1988 and the bottom is early to mid 90s vintage.
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billymade
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Yeah, pretty cool stuff; I bought the bottom at a damaged freight store for less the $100 and the top at a pawn shop for $60 or something. The top was missing all the slider clips for some reason; had to buy new ones from the mac dealer. The bottom was tweaked pretty bad; at the body shop, my coworker straightened it for me with a power pac (you can see the "bend point" areas by looking at the left top and bottom right corners of the bottom box). The boxes are good but when really weighted down (like my bottom drawer stuffed full of air tools) are hard to open/close; it is more like "shoving" it open/close! The Mac/Matco boxes have a certain styling "charm" to them; at the body shop one guy had a really large Mac box that I thought was pretty cool.
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Merkava_4
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billymade
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Merk, you might have the right box in mind; it was in the early to mid 90s and before they put all the big "Mac Tools" badges on the big drawers, the badges on it were metal just like mine, the styling was just like mine, as were the drawer pulls (I think); the model # you mentioned might be it. This is a fuzzy pic but here is one for sale like you mentioned: http://www.usedcartools.com/cgi-bin...results_format=long&db_id=369&query=retrieval
Merkava_4
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Yeah that's it........that's an MB1700A with it's side cabinet.
If I bought it, that hutch on top would be history.