Author Topic: Guess the price of the black box (Read 567 times)

hblair · « **on:** August 29, 2002, 01:03:07 PM »

One of our bodymen just added another box onto his Snap-on rig. The cabinet hanging on the right was the latest addition. H'es got us all beat by a lot. And I mean a lot. Anybody care to take a guess at how much money he's got wrapped up in this set of boxes? And I'm just talking the boxes. None of the tools inside.

BTW, if you see your local snap-on tool distributors truck, pull him over and rough him up.

gofaster · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2002, 01:05:10 PM »

He building a race car for the Great Transcontinental Race or something?

hblair · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2002, 01:08:02 PM »

Poor corvette.

Motoer · « **Reply #3 on:** August 29, 2002, 01:22:02 PM »

Id say about 20-30K

used to have a nice snap-on set that set me back about 11k:eek:

Moto_MOL

SunKing · « **Reply #4 on:** August 29, 2002, 01:48:58 PM »

YES! Death Race 2000 one of my fav all time cult films!

Kratzer · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2002, 01:50:33 PM »

That much for friggin' BOXES? WTF is going on in the world?

LePaul · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2002, 01:59:34 PM »

Golly, hblair....no WalMart or Sears stores near ya?

Elfenwolf · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2002, 02:16:33 PM »

Whenever I see a picture of Hblair's shop I'm struck by just how clean everything is. Definately a good indication of a shop that does quality work.

Sikboy · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2002, 02:18:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Elfenwolf
Whenever I see a picture of Hblair's shop I'm struck by just how clean everything is. Definately a good indication of a shop that does quality work.

It takes a lot of work to clean up all the forensic evidence. You really need attention to detail for that.

-Sikboy

midnight Target · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2002, 02:20:23 PM »

Is this guy compensating for some unseen ... ahem ... shortcoming?

just askin.

Greese · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2002, 02:33:35 PM »

There are other cabinet manufacturers out there doing high quality work for much cheaper. Lista comes to mind. Stanley is another. We used to sell a lot of stuff like this to intel, and Snap-on always had the highest bid (by far).

hblair · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2002, 02:45:47 PM »

Yer too kind elfy. You're setting me up for a troll I can tell. Funny Sikboy.

And you thought frame racks were for unibodies. They do well quartering bodies too.

Greese, I agree, snap-on is freakin astronomical on their prices. Very good tools, but they cost too much imo. It gets to being like wearing the cool clothes in high school. Some guys who really can't afford it buy the huge boxes. (this guy can afford it BTW).
I paid $2500 for my MAC boxes back in 1990, and they're 1/4 the storage capacity.

The answer to the riddle is $17,500. The bottome box, top box, two side cabinets and coil spring wheel package was in the neighborhood of 17,500. That's empty boxes and not one tool. All the tools inside are snap-on too. All in all he's got well over 50 grand in tools.

Nifty · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2002, 03:22:22 PM »

damn! His box setup there costs the same as my car did I think!

Hangtime · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2002, 03:28:52 PM »

Fifty Grand.

American.

How much is that stuff worth on the 'black market'?

Yer shop insured?

Maybe we can works omething out...

Sikboy · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2002, 03:29:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Nifty
damn! His box setup there costs the same as my car did I think!

You think that's bad? I can take all 6 cars I've ever owned, add up the cost paid, multiply it by 2.5 and still have $250 for gas lol.

-Sikboy