old tool boxes

SpeedracerX said
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. :D