Lumidor/Waterloo toolbox experts help!

[ALLFAST]

Does anyone happen to know the approximate year(s) that this light metallic blue body with brown drawers 6 drawer job might be from?

The decal is a goldish yellow. She has the Waterloo lock dimples and chrome extendable side handles. I’m picking it up here soon and the seller has gone over the inside upper box area and hasn’t yet found the date stamp.

Would these have been stamped like the CM boxes?

Thanks for any help !

Shawn

 

[RTM]

Did you buy it? I decided I didn’t have room or need it right now. Seemed decent.

 

[Packard V8]

I have a red Lumidor three-drawer-plus-bottom-door roll cab from the 1970s. It's good user quality; not quite professional quality.

Your thread title is Lumidor/Waterloo; is there a connection?

jack vines

 

[RTM]

Your thread title is Lumidor/Waterloo; is there a connection?

Dimples around the lock, from other threads on Waterloo / Craftsman/kennedy etc.

 

[ALLFAST]

Hello Jack,

Yes it has the dimples outboard of the lock sides, the round tabs at the upper top outside corners, and the interior construction is exactly as the CM/Waterloo boxes as affirmed by RTM. This 6 drawer is exactly the same as my original 1974 and 1973 CM 6 drawers in all construction details (except for the drawer pull edges). I’ve only seen gray red or red Lumidors and no ice blue/brown personally

 

[Rileysan]

Does anyone happen to know the approximate year(s) that this light metallic blue body with brown drawers 6 drawer job might be from?

The decal is a goldish yellow. She has the Waterloo lock dimples and chrome extendable side handles. I’m picking it up here soon and the seller has gone over the inside upper box area and hasn’t yet found the date stamp.

Would these have been stamped like the CM boxes?

Thanks for any help !

Shawn

Yes, Waterloo stamped a 4-digit date of manufacture on every one of their boxes so with a little cleaning, you should be able to find the date stamp. Based on the style, I would guess early to mid 70s.

Brian

 

[tool_scrounge]

Your thread title is Lumidor/Waterloo; is there a connection?

jack vines

Here is a link describing the connection. Sounds like Sears was a bit slimy with its suppliers long before Eddie for there.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=125445

 

[ALLFAST]

Brian,

I’ll find that bad boy! I just need to get my hands on the box(next week) first !

Thank you for the link Mr. OTS. That was an interesting read !