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Looking For My Father`s old Snap-On Boxes

FoMoCoPower

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My orig post I made in Feb is missing. I am sorry if this does not belong in the classifieds,but if you feel it has to be moved please tell me.

I know this is a long shot,but if anyone thinks these might sound familiar please let me know. They are not stolen or anything like that...just trying to track down a piece of my life basically. My father died in 1995 when I was 13,and his tools and boxes were promised to me by my grandfather when I turned 18. Well,my grandfather died in 1997 and my uncle took the tools/boxes and sold them,not knowing why my grandfather still had them.

So please spread the word and ask all of your mechanic buddys that have been at it for atleast 10+ years in the Chicago area.

I am looking for my father`s Snap-On boxes. I know it was a top and bottom with side cabinets on either side. 1985 or 1986 models KR550 and KR560,and I have the serial numbers here for verification,along with the orig reciepts. Red in color...yes,I know,sounds like every other box out there,right? BUT,these had ORANGE pinstriping on them with "LARRIE" across the top in cursev writing spelled with the ie and not a y.

He bought the side cabinets at a later date,and I was not able to figure out the model #`s on them. But all I really care about are the top/bottom boxes.

Like I said,I know it`s a long shot....but worth a shot.

I was able to track down the last known owner this past July,and he admitted to selling the boxes and keeping the tools. So he has all of my dad`s tools with his initials in them. He couldn`t remember thet name of the guy that bought the boxes,but he was a fireman that lived in Worth,IL

Sooo the last known owner was fireman living in Worth,IL about 9-10 years ago.

Please let me know if any of it sounds familiar!!

I would love the chance to have my father`s boxes back some day,or at the very least know they are in safe hands for the time being.
 
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Contact the fire department in Worth, and ask if anyone there remembers a fireman that did mechanical work that might have purchased the boxes. For all you know, he might still be working at that fire department. Stranger things have happened, like keeping the same job for 20 + years....
 

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I'm a volunteer fireman, and I believe you need to KEEP contacting the fire department - write a letter to the department explaining what you are doing - I can't imagine that you won't get some response - that's just the way fire departments are -
 

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I'm a volunteer fireman, and I believe you need to KEEP contacting the fire department - write a letter to the department explaining what you are doing - I can't imagine that you won't get some response - that's just the way fire departments are -

i am also and you have nothing to lose. try again.
 

Big Bad Jon

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I feel your pain, I had my great-grandfathers tools sold out from me in very much the same way. All I have is an old level and screwdriver, which I cherish.
 

fletch33

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The best thing to do, from the few firemen in my family (3) is to bring them a great dinner. Hang out with them on some night other than Thursday Friday or Sunday night, those are busy times.
I would pony up for 3-4 pizza's or bring a few T-Bones or NY Stips and talk to them about it. They will bend over backwards in many (most) cases to help another human out, especially one that feeds and talks to them. You will also get to play with some really cool hardware!

Just my .02

PS: I have asked the few Firemen that I talk to on a constant basis to keep their ear open and ask the mechs when they bring the trucks and engines in for maintenance.
 

thinkracing

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Good luck. As a little encouragement, my dad sold his race car in 1993 to offset some expenses caused by us kids. It had been my dream to drive that car.

It took me two years, but with some help from a couple of forums, e-mail and phone calls, I tracked it down and we bought it back this Summer.
 

94legaleagle

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Did you try writing them a letter? If so, did you get a response?

Please update us on what you have done.
 
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Jack90210

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Man, I love threads like this. I rescued my Mom's 1968 GTO (our family car when I was growing up) and it was quite a special occasion for me the first time I got to drive it (at age 38).

Keep looking for those boxes!
 

commonut

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I know the feeling there buddy, my uncle sold my grandfathers tools at a yard sale that the family knew nothing about. I'd even previously offered to buy them as I know what sort of a low life he is, but was told they weren't for sale. No one in the family ever did get anything that belonged to my grandparents. :mad::mad::mad: The ******* had control of the will, so one guess who got everything!

Good luck with your quest though. Hopefully they'll be yours again.
 
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FoMoCoPower

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Ran across these on Craigslist tonight,anyone know what models they are by looking at the picture?? Waiting for a reply on them. The pinstriping on the sidebox looks VERY familiar.

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S-O should put this on their home page. Or send a mass mailing to dealers. Maybe someone traded the box in at some point? That'd be cool of them to do.
 

bill5674

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i might have missed it, but you found the tools.Were you able to get them back? good luck on the box.
 
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