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Garage Sale - Box Three

Started by Yadda, March 31, 2024, 06:11:05 PM

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Yadda

This is the third of three tool boxes I bought two weeks ago.  It isn't pretty, but it is a large, Dallas, Texas,  Giller Tools box for a 1/2 inch drive socket set.  This is the largest Giller socket set box I've seen in the wild.  It came with an eclectic selection of sockets and a McKaig Hatch wrench. I'm hoping to straighten it out and paint it. Sockets include Snap-On, Giller, Thorsen, Craftsman, Proto Challenger, and Wright.
You might say I have a tool collecting problem....

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I have only found odds and ends of Giller, nothing approaching a complete set
A place for everything and everything on the floor

Yadda

Same here.  I'm convinced many of the Giller sets sold in later years were at least partially filled with Thorsen sockets.  The part numbers are the same in many cases since the brands were owned by the same company according to Alloy Artifacts. 
You might say I have a tool collecting problem....

Model 12

Quote from: Yadda on March 31, 2024, 06:11:05 PM
It isn't pretty, but it is a large, Dallas, Texas,  Giller Tools box for a 1/2 inch drive socket set.
That sure is a nice Copper tool box. You could make it real pretty. Maybe Brasso, like for shining Navy belt buckles.
No matter how much you cut off, it's still too short