41-B-1840, Kent, England on auction site
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41-B-1840, Kent, England on auction site
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-tool ... Swlv9aaxyM
It's up for less than a day now for anyone who is local. Looks OK except for the missing tray handle.
No connection to seller, etc, etc
It's up for less than a day now for anyone who is local. Looks OK except for the missing tray handle.
No connection to seller, etc, etc
Gordon
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1941 Highway Trailer K-38
1944 Iron Fireman T-36 Snow Tractor
1986 Nolan Road/Rail trailer
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Re: 41-B-1840, Kent, England on auction site
Hi Gordon,
Thank you for the heads up. Have been looking for one for a few years now. Unfortunately too far from me and would like one with original paint.
Still waiting/looking
Thanks .. Pete
Thank you for the heads up. Have been looking for one for a few years now. Unfortunately too far from me and would like one with original paint.
Still waiting/looking
Thanks .. Pete
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Re: 41-B-1840, Kent, England on auction site
Closer to you than me, Pete. They will allow collection by a courier, they say. I've never found a WW2 box with salvageable original paint in the UK.
I have bought them from the US with good paint, and I have found in the UK an excellent PROTO badged equivalent from about 1950, but not wartime.
Typically UK ones I strip looking for original markings, if any, then right back to bare metal then prime and paint.
I have bought them from the US with good paint, and I have found in the UK an excellent PROTO badged equivalent from about 1950, but not wartime.
Typically UK ones I strip looking for original markings, if any, then right back to bare metal then prime and paint.
Gordon
1941 Highway Trailer K-38
1944 Iron Fireman T-36 Snow Tractor
1986 Nolan Road/Rail trailer
1941 Highway Trailer K-38
1944 Iron Fireman T-36 Snow Tractor
1986 Nolan Road/Rail trailer
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Re: 41-B-1840, Kent, England on auction site
I'm closest to it and it looks like a "Union type" with brackets for a flat handle. It does have a single oiler hole which is a good sign for a GMTK box. I'll bid for it if anyone wants to secure it and pay me later. I could have it couriered to my brother who lives in Sussex. I was lucky with my two UK examples as the stencils were revealed when I carefully removed the later coats of paint.
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MVMTS toolboxes & tools
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Re: 41-B-1840, Kent, England on auction site
I saw this but apart from the cut off handle it also has a foot missing.
Limited access.
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1942 August Willys MB
Complete MVMTS 100% sourced in the ETO
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Re: 41-B-1840, Kent, England on auction site
Good evening Hartofoak,
PM inbound.
PM inbound.
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Re: 41-B-1840, Kent, England on auction site
Hopefully I'll secure it for you Pete.
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Re: 41-B-1840, Kent, England on auction site
Good luck to you on getting that GMTK box.
I was able to find some 'vintage style trunk corners' online, but in a bright nickel finish. Shipping was more than I wanted to spend for only the 4 corners that I needed, so I bought a 'few' extra. Let me know if you acquire that box and need/want one of the corner feet.
Here's a pic of the 'foot'
And a pic on the corner of the box (not yet attached)
I'm happy to keep my eye open for a tray as well, but shipping from this side of the pond may be prohibitive.
-Jason
I was able to find some 'vintage style trunk corners' online, but in a bright nickel finish. Shipping was more than I wanted to spend for only the 4 corners that I needed, so I bought a 'few' extra. Let me know if you acquire that box and need/want one of the corner feet.
Here's a pic of the 'foot'
And a pic on the corner of the box (not yet attached)
I'm happy to keep my eye open for a tray as well, but shipping from this side of the pond may be prohibitive.
-Jason
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