Sears tool catalog 1969

[sselander]

My dad bought land and started building his house around 1968-1969.
He took advantage of the Sears store credit to purchase many of the tools do so.
He still has a lot of the tools from back then. I remember how heavy a lot of those power tools were.

 

[joel63]

It meant a lot more back then than it does now (I was there and remember).

$327.95 was a LOT of money for a chest and cabinet back then. You could get a Proto Toolmobile or their regular cabinet and chest combinations for considerably less money (I've got a price list to prove it). You could even get Snap-On for around that price or less.





My first Craftsman cabinet and chest combination--the 6-drawer top and 5-drawer roller shown on that same page was $154 in late 1971 (up from $139 in the '69 catalog). With a wife and kid to support, I couldn't afford to buy both pieces at the same time. Bought the cabinet first (about $90) and several months later, had enough saved to buy the chest (about $60). I would have bought the 10-drawer top chest instead, but I couldn't justify the extra $15/20 for that for a home tool box (and I would have had to wait a couple of months more to buy it).

I bought my first tool chest from Sears on layaway in 1968 as a Christmas gift to myself. I opted for the 6 drawer top because I didn't think I could swing for the 10 drawer.
Getting the combination was not even a thought.
A week before Christmas when I came to pick up the box, the salesman went in the back to get the box.
He came back without it.
Apparently, the 6 drawer was a popular seller and my layaway was gone. (****! I thought.) Strange things happen around the holidays.
After informing me that my box was sold, the salesman without any hesitation or checking with any supervisor, asked me if I would accept the 10 drawer one for the same price as the 6 drawer one. (Holy **** I thought. How lucky could I get?) It was a different time, in those days.
I ended up getting the 5 drawer roller cabinet the next year on sale.
For many years it was my pride and joy. I still have it.

 

[2mJps]

My dad bought land and started building his house around 1968-1969.
He took advantage of the Sears store credit to purchase many of the tools do so.
He still has a lot of the tools from back then. I remember how heavy a lot of those power tools were.

We worked on a house that was started in the 60s and never finished. The people started building it them selfs. They got to the point were it was almost closed in and i dont know what order it took place but they seperated and he got hert working on it. He lived in the basment for years. It was full of stuff.There was a CM radial arm saw that they used and a all most mint 1966 CM tool catalog with the saw in it. I got to keep them. Tools back then were high and not very many poeple had tools.