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10-23-2019, 06:21 AM | #1 |
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Front Tool Box
Hello to each other.
In an other topic post I have first seen that there is a front toolbox for the A. I like it so much that I immediately tried to order one. But my dealers MAC's, Bratton's and - finally dismissive - even Snyder's can not deliver it and there is also no indication when the box is available again. Does anyone know an address where I can still buy the Tool Box? Also used part.
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10-23-2019, 06:36 AM | #2 |
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Re: Front Tool Box
Almost exactly two years ago, when I was on a quest to get one, Mike's Afordable was the only place that carried them (here's an archive of their product page for it from July, 2016 - note that they call the toolbox "A Mike's Exclusive", implying at the time that they were the only sellers of it)
They don't have it in stock now, but here's their contact page - maybe someone there can let you know if the there are plans to produce/sell them again. |
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10-23-2019, 08:27 AM | #3 |
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Re: Front Tool Box
Werner, There are two versions of the tool box if you are talking about the one that fits between the frame horns on the front of the car. One is square like the picture posted. The other is shaped to follow the downward curve of the frame horns. The second one looks like it belongs to the car. Jack
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I was going to buy an extra lid but as usual I blinked and they were gone... Maybe if enough interest they will start selling them again. |
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Hallo at all.
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The fact that there was a lid individually makes it easy to replicate. But even the lid is no longer available as a single item. To make this myself, I think it is very difficult to make the longitudinal embossing hardly feasible with sheet and hammer. Quote:
It would be nice if someone opens here a request topic to ask who is interested. Then it turns out how many people would want this nice box.
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10-23-2019, 01:39 PM | #6 |
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10-23-2019, 08:20 AM | #8 |
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Re: Front Tool Box
Used some 1-1/2" X 1/4" strap and a 14" tool box and made my own. Less than $25.
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10-23-2019, 12:34 PM | #9 |
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I had no difficulty buying this tool box this year from my local dealer. It has a much larger capacity than the curved tool box.
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10-23-2019, 12:56 PM | #10 |
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Re: Front Tool Box
Hallo,
I already have a square tool box. On the right side on the step board. But for the front I would like to have such a very nice oval box. It integrates so beautifully that it looks like Henry Ford designed it himself. If the oval box is mounted on the front, then I remove the square box.
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10-23-2019, 03:59 PM | #11 |
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10-23-2019, 04:36 PM | #12 |
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Re: Front Tool Box
I made my tool box with a curved lid just like the ones the vendors sold. I only used a few pieces of offcuts from another project so the cost was virtually nothing.
Werner, maybe you could find someone to fabricate one for you - who knows, you might even sell a few. BTW, the hinge is along the bottom edge of the front of the box, not at the back of the lid.
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10-23-2019, 03:22 PM | #13 |
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Thanks Floats.
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10-23-2019, 03:55 PM | #14 |
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Found a photo of my $25 tool box
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10-23-2019, 08:56 PM | #16 |
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We have one in stock at Bert’s Model A Center . Modelastore.com.
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10-23-2019, 10:53 PM | #17 |
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Steve, do you normally stock the tool box Mr. Blockhead shows in post #5? If so I am interested in purchasing one.
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10-24-2019, 03:29 AM | #18 | |
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An Jack Wingard:
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An Steeve B 31: If I look at your shop-page there is shown only the biger edge box. I do not find the contoured box like pictured box shown in # 5. Note: The deliver adress is in Germany!
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10-24-2019, 10:50 AM | #19 |
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The problem for me would be that the hand crank would no longer be able to be used .
I like to use my hand crank to show off if nothing else . The hand crank is part of the model A experience that I wouldn't consider giving up !!! No harm meant to those that like the tool box . Just my thought . |
10-24-2019, 07:20 PM | #20 |
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I am the original designer and manufacturer of the tool box that replaces the radiator apron and follows the contour of the frame horns. I believe it is still shown on my website, olympicspeedsters.com . I gave MikesAfordable the exclusive rights to sell them. The image posted by Y-BLOCKHEAD looks exactly like the ones I supplied to Mike's. They were expensive to make and I didn't make a profit, but had the satisfaction of conceiving the product and seeing it through production and sales. I still have a couple set aside for future personal cars. '28/'29 and '30/'31's were different. I still have the patterns, jigs, tooling and several un-assembled panels rusting in the back room. One problem with marketing them is that few frame horns today are shaped like they were from the factory and even though mine are shaped to match the factory shape, they don't fit bent frame horns, so I had to make them to stand nearly 1/4" above the fender flanges that lay on the horn, allowing room to try to hide a bad frame horn. So a big danger in this kind of endeavor is that people will complain that a perfect part doesn't fit. Public complaining can destroy everything I have worked for all of my life and on top of that, I make no profit for the effort. Tonight I considered selling the parts so people could weld them together themselves, but that would quadruple the likelihood of complaints about fit when amateur attempts are made to jig and weld. You can contact me and discuss possibilities. My contact info is on my web site.
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