Mac the Yankee and I are helping a widow clean out her hubby's shop, and on Sunday I found this tool roll. I love a good road-trip tool kit, and have a hell of a good one for my '61 Suburban: it doubles as a all-encompassing junkyard tool box, and I've done everything but actually remove an engine from a vehicle with it (up to and including cutting off body panels on several occasions). But it's too big to carry around all the time. This is by no means a small roll: that's a yard stick along the bottom edge, not a 12-inch ruler. 69 inches by 34 inches, with 27 slots and three pouches (two with snap flaps). Huge, but small enough to stuff behind the spare tire in a '54 Buick, or under the seat in a vintage pick-up truck... if packed properly. I'm gonna buy it from the old gal, and probably a good number of the tools to outfit it. Thinking about it, it's a LOT of space, but it quickly fills up... a full set of combination wrenches, and a full set of box wrenches to hold the other half of the fastener (nut/bolt), a hammer, chisel, pliers, needle-nose pliers, vise grip, screwdrivers, a brake pliers/tool, a cheap multi-meter, a set of 1/2- and 3/8 drive sockets, a ratchet for each and a breaker bar. Little can of WD40, a shop rag, duct tape and zip ties... and before you know it, it's pretty full. But still reasonable, I think. I've got a friend who thinks he might want one too... so I may go find a canvas boat cover maker and see if they'll make a couple for me. There are no names, or markings anywhere on it, so I doubt it's military surplus. NO guess as to the age, either. -Brad
Ohhhh that'd be nice... what would something like that cost? Roughly, it's 67x34. I can get exact dimensions in a PM if you want. -Brad
This is a few months old, but I'm currently searching for a tool roll in dimensions that'll hold a sufficient amount of tools for an old car. This would be the ticket. '51 Plymouth, I take it this is something you make on a regular basis? Pm me please.
I've got a small old tool box full of tools that I bought for $5.00 many years ago (from a guy who wandered into the bar needing money) and the thing I like best is the smell. Must be old grease.