Vintage Big Snap-on airport Toolbox Full restoration. 

Bought one of those comparable boxes in 1979 right after graduating High School. 3 more payments and it's mine.......

I've seen others restore Snap on boxes, but mustie approach is " I will make this work with 0 to minimal cash and I will like it!",😂 that's why I love your channel

I bought my Snap On box in 1968- it is still full of tools and special items many of which haven't been used in decades. All my drawers still work like new and I still have the pair of spring release tools to remove them. Watching this video got me thinking about emptying the drawers and cleaning out the box and re-organizing things, but I thought naah I know exactly which drawer to open for whatever I need, so just leave well enough alone.

To help with the cost of repairs on anything Musti1 decides to use it for. As always, thanks for the great videos.

Glad to see you finally get some use out of my old vise that I donated to the channel along with a bunch of other tools. And you said you didn't think you could use it at the time. Haha!

The older I get, the more I like to see ageing relics getting restored. Maybe it's an empathy thing 😁

Now that I'm not the first person here, i feel okay checking in on you Darren, because you usually let us know if there won't be a video. My Sunday morning routine has been to watch your video for a long time, hope you are okay. G-d bless.

Mustie1??? Hope everything is ok brother!!! Can we get an update from you man!!!

Good morning Mustie crew 👍👌🇮🇲

"FOCUS YOU F***" The spirit of AvE is alive and well in New Hampshire 🔧⚙

Hope all is well, very unusual, even when COVID-19 visited he let his viewers know, God Bless, Hoping for the best!

Hay Mustie, hope all is ok your side of the pond. Sunday morning coffee is not the same without a Mustie fix.

not sure if it was a subtle nod to AVE with the camera focus problem but this is why i watch certain channels to learn and have them teach us things. Thanks for all your hard work and time you put into showing us videos. Hope you are doing Great!

My Grandad used to do a bit of gardening and add jobs for a rich business man. One day, as he arrived, the business man, as he was leaving said, don't bother with the garden can you paint the porch today, the paint, brushes, everything is in the garage. As my grandad was leaving the business man returned and asked if he got the porch painted? He said yes, but it's not a porch it's a Ferrari!! An old joke I was reminded of, when spraying close to cars was mentioned.

Nice box and nice job cleaning it up. Ya know the older box with the flat sided wheels? You could lift it up and change the wheels, could use some cast wheels. That would make a cool video.

Dedication and down-to-earth approach make you a favorite. Congrats!

Those drawer slides are guaranteed for life through Snap On 👍

When I started watching this channel it got me inspired to restore/revive old stuff and I started with a small, old aircompressor and I was delighted how much better it looked with some paint and new hardware on it. Five years later its still serves a purpose and working great. Really nice to see this drawer getting the treatment it deserves. The strips on the drawers make all the difference and I really like it a lot.

Watching your work is amazing. This could be a graduate course in patience training!

LockPickingLawyer collaboration is indicated. 😂

For Crusty's tune up

That box is a winner for $100 bucks!! Wow. I remember when those were new.

A rubber mat with a hemorrhoid, laughing my ass off! Mustie, you're my Sunday morning with coffee go to, for years now. Rock on, brother!

30 year aircraft mechanic here. I've never seen that type of box at the airport. Also never seen a Snap On box without roller slides. You've found that Snap On tools aren't really lifetime warranty anymore. Not worth the excessively high price buying brand new in my opinion. Rolling a medium size box full of tools out to the airplane can suck. A bigger box can be almost impossible even with good wheels. I've seen a tow bar attached to a couple of the massive boxes owned by old school mechanics. Going out on the ramp from the hangar where the boxes are stored can create problems because some hangars have tracks for the hangar doors. I've seen boxes tip over while crossing the tracks. Most of us older guys with a ton (literally) of tools have a main box and smaller work cart. Put the tools needed for the particular job in the work cart and roll it to the aircraft. You generally don't need all your tools at once- just a few. Great channel.

i have an old snapon box .it was worn out all the rails were bad .i called snapon and they sent me all new rails for free..thx for a good waranty..

Thanks Mustie1 I appreciate your content 👍🇺🇸

Comeback Mustie1....i am sad...coffee ciggys and no Mustie1....i hope all is well with you my friend!!!!

Nice find! For concrete floors, I gave up plastic and rubber wheels 20 years ago. I use only cast iron and steel wheels, and everything rolls like it's on ball bearings. They're not too expensive. A two-inch wheel is as small as you should go. No more flat spots and no crumbled tires.

Hope everything is ok Mustie1 I’m worried about you.

Hope you’re doing okay. Missed you this past Sunday. Take care!

Its great to see Mustie out hitting the yard sales again . My father was a yard sale nut lol

A tool box you can role closer to your work is seriously convenient. I'm surprised all buisness don't implement such genius.

Hi Darren. Nice score and restore on the Snap-On toolbox. In my area a box of a similar size is selling for $600-$1000. Surprised though that you didn't try picking the old cabinet lock. They are usually pretty simple 4 or 5 tumbler locks and you can pick them with any small flat metal strip, like a nail file. Just slide it in and jiggle it around while twisting.

That electrical connector will be tight - right up until it ain't - good you can get it from underneath 🤔 Love the videos.

I figured out what Mustie1 channel has in common with another channel (@@CuttingEdgeEngineering) that RU-vid recommended because I watch Mustie1. Both are precision oriented and figure out solutions to problems (making their own tools). I really appreciate Mustie's channel for all the variety of work he does. I originally subscribed for the VW content but over the years I've found Mustie has content and personality that he presents and makes the channel so fun to watch.

Nice to see a tool, which really, a tool cart is, saved from the scrapper and restored somewhat to its former glory, and then put into use.

Nice box,perfect for what you want to use it for. Just an FYI for the future, they make cam locks with thumb turns, you wont have to mess with keys to keep the drawers and door closed. A retired locksmith.

Hey Mustie - you should do a shop tour. Be interested in seeing your setup and collections!

I have 2 of these KR-562A boxes. I looked for one for 2 years, and then suddenly found 2 at the same time-bought them both. I use them in a very large pole barn to bring the tools to the work. I used a salvaged piced of bowling alley for the top and bolted a nice vice to it. Many of these came with a foot brake and a 'hitch' in front- they were designed to be pulled with a tug around the airport. I only wish they came with ball bearing drawer slides...

Wasn't too keen on the floor mat instead of wood at first but I've gotta admit, she looks good and functional. I too have learned the hard way about garage overspray! Great job Mustie!

What an amazing restoration. Brilliant! Want to see this again, when it’s all filled with tools

Hey Mustie... I'm only 22 min in and I foresee a HUGE problem..... now that you're washing THIS toolbox... all the other toolboxes are getting extremely jealous.. LOL.. CHEERS!!!

I had that same box in my wrenching days. It had a laminate top on it so you could drop tools and parts on it without hurting the box. That was around 1984.

I think every boy and girl should watch this and visualize themselves doing all these skills. Maybe in school. Even decades later I use the printing shop (by hand) metal and wood crafts. Comes in handy when learning surgery later as well.

Mixing some Cascade with hot water in a pump sprayer with the steam cleaner works wonders. Learned this from the guys who clean restaurant exaust hoods.💡💡A half inch steel plate on top with tapped holes for a vice would be the ticket.

One can never have enough tool boxes. Great job on the restoration. I enjoy watching you bring all your projects back to life. 👍

100 bucks for a Old Snap On tool box. Not bad. Look at a new one you have to take out a second mortgage.

Snap on has a life time warranty on this box, I own one since 1986. I recently replaced my drawer runners and wheels at no cost.

Morning MustieVite's Coffee ☕️ Do- don't 🍩!!!; )

I hope you’re ok friend. Reach out if you need a helping hand.

Can’t say I’ve ever seen a tool box renovation before, but damn, looks brand new!! Excellent job!!

AKA - Taco Cart. Nice find.

Great job on the resto! That was a good buy too. I would put an one foot square piece of 3/8" thick aluminum plate under that vise. The 16 gage sheet metal top is not nearly strong enough for when you put something in the vise and crank down on it. Also I'd put the biggest fender washers you can fit on the underside behind the nuts, to spread the load.

Love the restoration! I'm a little surprised that you didn't give the casters a little love as well. I know, if it's not broke...

Snap On local Rep should contact Corporate about free 4 new wheels for ya and some pics in their promo's.....Great save buddy !..Memories of tools in a box in a shiny box!!

Hacksaw blade works perfect for those drawer slides

You should buy a couple more of those carpets and cut them up as drawer liners. Project turned out great!

Your old tool box with the adjustable dividers is a Stanley Vidmar cabinet. I bought 6 of these from an auction years ago, they hold up well.

The rug looks great on top!

Another hooked subscriber from the UK…great video.

Heavy equipment mechanic here i have 2 big Industrie boxes like you very heavy but awesome i storage all my tools in them almost all besides a few things hard to move around but awesome for storage stuff 👍👍

Not to many people can shell out the money for Snap On unless you do it for a living. Awesome job restoring a quality, vintage box. Thanks for a great video.

My boss’s old work bench was actually covered with thin carpet. We cleaned it with a dust buster. However , rarely did a screw or nut bounce to the ground. Nice surface to work on.

Brother that box turned out fantastic. It will be working long after you're gone. That I hope is many many years from now.

Congrats Mustie1, on showing us the experimentally way of rebuilding the 1979 Airport big Snap-on Toolbox. I would paint the wheels black, give-it some perigee..

Mate, the fact that Snap On were not able to live up to their "Lifetime Warranty" has got me thinking they should spot you $2,000 bucks for restoring something they were not able to help you with. Great to see you resurrecting old quality, fixable stuff. Wish there was more "fixable" stuff still being made and in the US, UK, Australia and more. We need to start making quality stuff again rather than bringing in crap from far away places that I will not name.

My brother is a licensed mechanic. He bought snap on, Mac tools. He doesn't work in a business anymore but we now work out of my garage. The quality of those tools, in my opinion, is second to none. I have plenty of tools I bought for me, the average back yard mechanic. Nothing wrong with them. But, if you're wrenching on cars everyday snap on/ Mac tools is the way to go. If you're just starting out, get the icon and master craft tools.

I love this type of content! Making old new and useful again- even stuff that isn't an engine!

That brings back memories, my late uncle was a mechanic and had that same box with two more on top, I miss it and him.

I really thought this was gonna be a piece of cake. LOL! No new slides?! WTF?! I Know Snap-On has new lock sets because I've purchased them. You should be able to get a set of the release tools as well, but I'm dumbfounded that they can't get you a set of slides! They should have all the tooling for them even if they have upgraded the slides (which they needed to frankly) Snap-On... Step up to the plate and knock out a set of slides for the team brothers!

Very nice Mustie, now you have to blacken those wheel supports. Keep up the good work.

Great thanks!!! That makes feel so old now.. I clearly remember buying a snap on anniversary key ring from the snap on van...that was 44 years ago ???. It felt like a year ago.. I'm off to the old folks home.. cheers mustie..

Hi Mustie, those things retail at around $ 3500+ Great deal for you, wonderful vlog for us. Well done again and again and again ................

I fought with replacement lock cylinders 12 years ago when I got a free Craftsman tool chest set. They are definitely a pain in the butt to replace!

Yes please to a vise restoration! Keep up the good work!!

Hey Mustie. I use mud flaps from semi trailers as benchtop covers. Works great. I have been using them for years.

As a 50 year auto tech I always had a roll around tool cart. Most of them were bottom sections. I would load them up with tools for brakes, tires and engines tools I knew I always used. They worked great for tire rotations because I would set the first wheel on the cart and rotate the next tire never having to bend down and pick up a wheel. Put black drawer liners in. I used to use tar paper. Make flats on the rod ends you cut.

If you were ever a professional mechanic you always wanted a Snap On tool box. I could never swing it but I still want one and I hung up my pro hat years ago.

I really enjoyed this video. You bought this box another 50+ years. Turned out awesome.

Good Morning Mustie! Thanks for starting off my Sunday morning on a good note!

Painters trick, when using red paint with a primer base coat. Try to use dark gray primer or red primer to give the red a jump start to covering..But most important is sanding to give tooth to coating and cleaning so as to not have any contaminants like oil, grease, silicone you get the idea. First coat is always light, a tack coat, second coat full. Overall Mustie did pretty good.

I bought my Snap On top box back in '63 or '64. Still use it today, but the drawer slides are pitiful if used for heavy tools. Bought my son a nice looking box from HF in about '07 it is okay, but the roller slides are flimsy to put it politely. Bought a recent smaller tech box from HF just recently and it is much better, but the prices are worse. You made that box look better than new. Shame the slides would cost so much to upgrade.

Interesting to see how stuff like that is put together. Thanks!

I think I would mount butcher block to the top and put your vise where it's more useful

I've got an old oak table top in my garage that would go perfectly on top of that box... Shame I'm several thousand miles away... That floor mat looks great though... 👍 🇬🇧

it's wild that snap on used compound drawer slides - great video - thanks for sharing !

Nice find! The old stuff is always better, kinda like us… 😊

Good heavens, man! There's no carb to teardown and reconstruct! LOL. Great video. Appreciate the change of pace.

Hi, This is Cory Savage your viewerr from Vermont. I loved how the old tool boes restration came out. Yes, I would love to see a old vice restoration video, please and thank-you. I hope that you take carae until next time!

Nice job Mustie1. As my dad used to say if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.

What a great Sunday project.

$99.74, what a deal. I know you’ve been struggling but I really enjoyed this video. Somehow I missed this one and it popped up today. Keep On Truckin !

I have a set of screwdrivers that cost more than you paid for that box! Great job Mustie!

What a masterpiece. Great find and restoration.

That tool box will last another 45 years now… well done!!

Funny about the "memory lane" bit at the end; the little 4 1/2" Craftsman vice was exactly like Dad's on the wooden shop bench in my day; seeing it brought back many memories.

Darren, your problem solving and patience is par excellence! Great completed project. Thank you for taking us along. John here, from the back-roads of Northeastern Tennessee.

Where are you Mustie1? The day is not the same without Mustie1 in the morning..

I recently found a similar vintage cabinet, and the metal rails of a hanging file folder worked great to get the drawers out.

It looks great Mustie! 👌Now the fun part comes up... choosing which tools to put in it! 🤣🤣🤣