For 25 years have been doing mechanical work, starting with bicycles, and moving on to full offroad fabrication work and now onto to racecar and general maintenance stuff.
I have amassed a decent collection of tools over the years. I have always stored them terribly, in a mixture of different brands of boxes and carts, with side lockers, and never enough room or the space/layout area I have needed to store them correctly. My tool box setup has been quite embarrassing honestly for the amount of high dollar tools and equipment that I have acquired over time.
I have ALWAYS lusted over Lista/Vidmar setups I would see at dealerships or high end repair shops, and had always told myself that someday I would make it happen. Someday I would get me a bank of Lista cabinets, and it would be the last set of boxes I would ever have. Something that I could pass down to my son when I'm gone.
A friend of mine, Matt, is a serious Lista/Vidmar guy, and had always wondered why I never picked any up. Mostly it was because I could never begin to afford the 6-10 cabinets that I wanted to build my empire out of. Never got lucky enough to come across someone giving some away, and I surely would never pay retail value for them. Do you realize how many mismatched, garbage tool boxes I could buy with that kind of money, lol.
So, flash back to two weeks ago, and I'm perusing the ebay, as if I have nothing more important to do. And I see a listing for a red Lista cabinet, then I see a sister unit, and then another sister unit... and holy ****, they are only 1.5 hours from me. I bypass the auction and call this guy on the phone. We strike a deal. The package is to include this...
1 single cabinet 28" - 9 drawer
1 single cabinet 28" - 8 drawer
1 double cab 56" on a stand (two 28" cabs) - both 8 drawer (butcher top)
1 single extra wide 56 - 5 drawer (butcher top)
After arriving, I made him an offer for another taller Vidmar unit that he had there on site. The original minty green, 14 drawer, 30" wide. This one I was just as excited about as I plan to use it to get rid of all the bins and ****** drawers of hardware and small parts I have everywhere.
Here they are strapped down on the trailer leaving Louisville last week.
I have amassed a decent collection of tools over the years. I have always stored them terribly, in a mixture of different brands of boxes and carts, with side lockers, and never enough room or the space/layout area I have needed to store them correctly. My tool box setup has been quite embarrassing honestly for the amount of high dollar tools and equipment that I have acquired over time.
I have ALWAYS lusted over Lista/Vidmar setups I would see at dealerships or high end repair shops, and had always told myself that someday I would make it happen. Someday I would get me a bank of Lista cabinets, and it would be the last set of boxes I would ever have. Something that I could pass down to my son when I'm gone.
A friend of mine, Matt, is a serious Lista/Vidmar guy, and had always wondered why I never picked any up. Mostly it was because I could never begin to afford the 6-10 cabinets that I wanted to build my empire out of. Never got lucky enough to come across someone giving some away, and I surely would never pay retail value for them. Do you realize how many mismatched, garbage tool boxes I could buy with that kind of money, lol.
So, flash back to two weeks ago, and I'm perusing the ebay, as if I have nothing more important to do. And I see a listing for a red Lista cabinet, then I see a sister unit, and then another sister unit... and holy ****, they are only 1.5 hours from me. I bypass the auction and call this guy on the phone. We strike a deal. The package is to include this...
1 single cabinet 28" - 9 drawer
1 single cabinet 28" - 8 drawer
1 double cab 56" on a stand (two 28" cabs) - both 8 drawer (butcher top)
1 single extra wide 56 - 5 drawer (butcher top)
After arriving, I made him an offer for another taller Vidmar unit that he had there on site. The original minty green, 14 drawer, 30" wide. This one I was just as excited about as I plan to use it to get rid of all the bins and ****** drawers of hardware and small parts I have everywhere.
Here they are strapped down on the trailer leaving Louisville last week.
