Buick35 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) For Christmas I thought I'd put together a red neck tool box for my son in law.I thought of putting duct tape,wire,j b weld,a set of vice grips and channel lock pliers.It even has a drawer that I lined with Styrofoam for a few beer cans.Can anyone think of something else it needs? I found the tool box by the road that was being thrown out, it's old but not in bad shape,no manufacturers markings.Thanks. Edited December 3, 2022 by Buick35 Add more text. (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bollman Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Every redneck tool box needs SealAll to do quick leaks. Got me through a lot of early repairs. Fixed one gas line and a couple of gas tanks over the years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick35 Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 Thanks ,I wish I could get a can of "Start ya bastard" that I saw in a previous tread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Available from supercheap auto here in Australia. Though they probably wouldn't ship to the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiclines Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 redneck tool box a tool box containing only WD-40 and duct tape. 90% of things can repaired with these two items. If it is suppose to move and doesn't, then use WD-40 on it. If ain't suppose to move and does, then use the duct tape on it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Hang a bottle opener tied to the side with string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAV8427 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 A set of left handed metric adjustable bolt rounders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick35 Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 1 hour ago, avgwarhawk said: Hang a bottle opener tied to the side with string. I thought of the bottle opener but tied with a string is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) How about this for a "tool box"? Edited December 3, 2022 by Larry Schramm (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 1 hour ago, John Smeltzer said: All tool boxes need bailing wire/ tie wire and a pair of plyers, fuses,a used rag electrical tape and always some bandaids Who needs bandaids when you have a used rag and electrical tape? Be honest how many of you have used that before? Especially when you were more concerned about getting blood on something than keeping dirt out of the wound. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Larry Schramm said: How about this for a "tool box"? Yeah the perfect tool box. Everything you need will be in the bottom underneath everything you don't. When trying to figure out what you need for a tool and holding the project over the toolbox, something small will fall into it, that you have no idea what it even looks like so you will spend the next hour going through it trying to figure out what fell out. As a bonus it's completely waterproof. If you get caught with it ,out in the rain, no water will leak out and everything inside will rust. Good part is it's very inexpensive or even free in many cases, so you can just throw it away with the rusted pile of junk inside that used to be your tools and start over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, auburnseeker said: Yeah the perfect tool box. Everything you need will be in the bottom underneath everything you don't. When trying to figure out what you need for a tool and holding the project over the toolbox, something small will fall into it, that you have no idea what it even looks like so you will spend the next hour going through it trying to figure out what fell out. As a bonus it's completely waterproof. If you get caught with it ,out in the rain, no water will leak out and everything inside will rust. Good part is it's very inexpensive or even free in many cases, so you can just throw it away with the rusted pile of junk inside that used to be your tools and start over. I know people that the bucket is what they used all of the time. I will admit that I use a bucket when I go the salvage yard because it is easy to carry or put on a two wheeler cart. I empty it out every time I get home and put all of the tools away in their correct place. As my grandmother used to say, " A place for everything and everything in it's place". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 A hip flask filled with Ancient Age or other cheap beverage of choice is an essential... Just before Thanksgiving 1994 I finally got the 1925 Pierce 80 sedan barn find running well enough for a run to see my friend Schultz at his shop, a Point of Hysterical Interest as his sign said, accompanied by my good friend Leo visiting for the holiday from out of state . As we arrived at Schultz's Shadetree Motors, hairballs from the tank had clogged the fuel system, permitting only progress at high idle in a very lean condition. With limited time, we were able to get only a small amount dislodged. Schultz stuffed a red shop towel into half the openings in the carb's air horn to richen the mixture, albeit reducing the amount of air, now allowing up to 25 mph. Schultz produced a celebratory pint of Old Forester and we all partook. Got the car home and Did It Right as I should have done the first time but I'd wanted to give Leo a ride. A couple of weeks later, Leo sent me a package from Atlanta to commemorate the event: a small vintage doctor's bag made of faux alligator, containing a pint of Old Forester and four red shop towels, with an engraved plastic tag on the handle reading "Pierce-Arrow Emergency Kit." 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick35 Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 That's cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 A Tripple XXX jug for a real redneck. All otheres are wannabe's. 😜 Also some big wire ties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3macboys Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Don't forget the Bar's Leak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f.f.jones Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 How about an old, wood-handled claw hammer with one claw broken off, if he wants to do some body work. And a small can of dried-out body filler, used sandpaper and a used spray bomb of primer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiclines Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Do you need a sticker on the tool box - or a sticker to put on the vehicle with the toolbox inside? https://www.amazon.com/Im-about-get-REDNECK-virtually/dp/B00N5E0HD8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 My father carried his tools for the day's job in the back of an older pickup in an old worn cardboard box with paper and dirty rags on the top of them. He had a first aid kit taken once but never the tools, old ropes, 4X4s for outdoor work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31nash880 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Nobody has mentioned the all important coat hanger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick35 Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 hour ago, 31nash880 said: Nobody has mentioned the all important coat hanger Good idea. I have to see if I have a wire one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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