Is Your Toolbox Pimped?

Have you personalized your toolbox for maximum efficiency?

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I'm proud of my toolboxes but not the organization within, sadly. 

Toolboxes? Yes, I have some. That is the best that can be said, right now. They hold most of my tools and will be upgraded when my disposable income stops going to a Mustang that shall not be named...

What wrench rails are those in the image? Drawer organizing is not my forte. 

How the hell do you find anything in a toolbox that organized?  That's just crazy... 

pres589 (djronnebaum) said:

What wrench rails are those in the image? Drawer organizing is not my forte. 

Snap-on KRA15A 

They used to be one of the cheapest things on the truck but they seem to have doubled in price in the last few years. Still not a bad deal though. 

In reply to Jumper K Balls (Trent) :

Same basic idea for a bit less:  wrench rails on Amazon

Rural King sells a 6' long 4' high (big) all ball bearing toolbox for $899 (sometimes a bit less).

It's my favorite thing in the garage now.  Sort of like graduating to a lift when you've been using an old bottle jack for years. 

Do stickers count?

irish44j said:

Do stickers count?

Damn dude!  That is awesome!

In reply to irish44j :

I have screws in baby food jars in my basement - are those glass?  I found the ones from my son back in 1991 had crap threads.  I have some BF jars from my older twin sisters (1959) and the caps had real threads.  

Datsun310Guy said:

In reply to irish44j :

I have screws in baby food jars in my basement - are those glass?  I found the ones from my son back in 1991 had crap threads.  I have some BF jars from my older twin sisters (1959) and the caps had real threads.  

yeah, they're glass and have like 2 rows of threads,so occasionally I am sweeping up shattered glass if I don't screw them into the tops completely and tightly lol. My kids are older now so i'm down to like 4 or 5 spares at this point hahah......

Yes, would definitely be better if they were plastic. But, they were free so might as well use em while I can, and then start looking for some new options. 

wvumtnbkr said:

irish44j said:

Do stickers count?

 

Damn dude!  That is awesome!

the result of having to cram a lot of crap, plus project cars, into a regular 2-car garage....it's been 10+ years making everything fit just right :)

irish44j said:

wvumtnbkr said:

irish44j said:

Do stickers count?

 

Damn dude!  That is awesome!

the result of having to cram a lot of crap, plus project cars, into a regular 2-car garage....it's been 10+ years making everything fit just right :)

 

I've got even more respect for you now!

P.s. do you still race champcar at all?

wvumtnbkr said:

irish44j said:

wvumtnbkr said:

irish44j said:

Do stickers count?

 

Damn dude!  That is awesome!

the result of having to cram a lot of crap, plus project cars, into a regular 2-car garage....it's been 10+ years making everything fit just right :)

 

I've got even more respect for you now!

 

P.s. do you still race champcar at all?

My rally codriver Jim has an e30 we've run in Lemons and Chumpcar in prior years, though we haven't done a race in a couple years for one reason or another. He's been renovating his house, and the other owners of the car have had other things going on, and all my money has been going to rally and my other projects.. So we've done some rally, but no road racing....the car has actually been in GRM :)

irish44j said:

Datsun310Guy said:

In reply to irish44j :

I have screws in baby food jars in my basement - are those glass?  I found the ones from my son back in 1991 had crap threads.  I have some BF jars from my older twin sisters (1959) and the caps had real threads.  

yeah, they're glass and have like 2 rows of threads,so occasionally I am sweeping up shattered glass if I don't screw them into the tops completely and tightly lol. My kids are older now so i'm down to like 4 or 5 spares at this point hahah......

Yes, would definitely be better if they were plastic. But, they were free so might as well use em while I can, and then start looking for some new options. 

I have found the "Talenti" brand ice cream (Gelato, they claim) as a great nut and bolt jar, and plastic. In TX at least, they're at most grocery stores, Wally world, etc.

irish44j said:

wvumtnbkr said:

irish44j said:

wvumtnbkr said:

irish44j said:

Do stickers count?

 

Damn dude!  That is awesome!

the result of having to cram a lot of crap, plus project cars, into a regular 2-car garage....it's been 10+ years making everything fit just right :)

 

I've got even more respect for you now!

 

P.s. do you still race champcar at all?

My rally codriver Jim has an e30 we've run in Lemons and Chumpcar in prior years, though we haven't done a race in a couple years for one reason or another. He's been renovating his house, and the other owners of the car have had other things going on, and all my money has been going to rally and my other projects.. So we've done some rally, but no road racing....the car has actually been in GRM :)

 

Yep, I raced against you guys a few times.  I remember a few races at summit point.