the only problem with me and the older metal boxes is that loaded down they get kinda heavy for me to carry around ....I put tools in the red one and needed both hands to carry it ......but I suppose I need to eat more Wheaties.
I've seen her box!!! :blob: :blob: :blob:
I've seen her box!!! :blob: :blob: :blob:
There are TONS of tool box restorations on GarageJournal.com Rani. Have fun!!!
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Afterthought Edit:
When I started driving at 16, my dad gave me a little red Craftsman box for my (then) meager tool collection to keep in my trunk for roadside issues. I kept it in every car I've ever owned and it served me well for many years.
A couple months back I walked up to my work bench and saw a little tool box in 'exploded view' blasted to bare metal. I asked Billy where it came from ... he proudly proclaimed that it was mine and that he thought I might like to redo it since the stickers were all faded and the paint was flaking off. "That Flag Red you've got will look great!"
Truth be told, it upset me that he'd do such a thing as a surprise without asking me first. Nice and shiny and new looking is all fine and good ... but that media blasting wiped out a whole bunch of memories. I still can't make up my mind how I feel about it, and it's still laying in the back of the blast cabinet waiting for me to decide.
And I thought I was the only one who did this... My dad gave me my first tool box way back when... When I started driving he suggested I keep it in the car 'because you just never know when you'll need it' ...lol... It rode with me for years... finally winding up in the Dart.. it sits on the floor right behind the drivers seat (with the fire extingiusher) .. We refer to it now as the 'buggy road box' ... and trust me, 3 different trips to the Nats, with several of us in line driving the hot rods there (3 hours one way) the box has come in handy more than once...
its all beat to hell now, and I have to agree, I am not sure how I would feel if someone started a resto on it for me... I mean it would be cool to see it new looking.. but it was a hand me down when I got it, and the look of the box now, tells the story of that boxes journey.. And brings me so many memories...
When my grandson gets old enough, I will retire the box from buggy service and pass it on to him.. and let the journey continue..
I get the sentimental value that you guys are talking about but there is something about restoring old items, and I go back to the idea that most people get old cars and the first thing they do is restore.
your making new memories now and the restoration of an old item that has a memory for you will have an additional memory with the restoration itself......."remember when I restored that old tool box in 2013...yea those were the days" you might be telling yourself 20 years from now as you realize it needs even another restoration from the million miles you put on it from now till then.
maybe I am at a "forward thinking" part of life now at my age and I will be more sentimental later, not sure, but for now the idea of restoring back to new appearing and re-living, re-creating is more appealing .....like many, I hope this whole saga we are living in now still has many many more episodes left and re-runs for a million more miles.
SpeedRacer Bill, I have to tell you that your post the other day about making new memories has been in the back of my head ever since I read it. Late last night I touched up the blasting on the flash rust on my dad's old Craftsman box and coated it in Flag Red. I still need to figure out what to do color-wise with the handle and closer -- they're rusty and a little pitted -- but the box looks a lot more like it should now.
Thank you for the new and wonderful perspective on my old tool box! :-D
Ya'll making me dig up a couple of my old boxes I got stashed in the rafters and see if they are worth fixing . I got a box that was my Grandpas from the depression era somewhere . I thought it was so out-dated I wouldn't be caught dead with it , but maybe now ........
I doubt that it would ever be used . I keep it wrapped in oilcloth so its protected . But it would be preserved as is for the memory of my Grandpa . Kind of a mantelplace piece ? It will fit in fairly well with all the model cars on my wall , my Aspen R/T rear spoiler , Superbird wing decals , and BB mopar pie tins hanging up ."but maybe now".........you mean now you want to hang out with the trendsetter cool kids and have the latest tool box style ......retro is in.
yup ...I said it ......LOL Xs1000
got ahold of another one for dirt cheap ...this one is heavy but after a good cleanout and buff out it should be nice