Ron Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 A good acquaintance of mine Jan-Willem (a Dutchman living in Texas) very kindly donated an original pre-war Triumph triangle tool box to my cause. (For my 5SW). Which arrived this morning. It has however seen far better days. I'm going to do my best at making it usable, but I think there will be some JB WELD Plastic metal involved. I've already got the seized hinge free and lid open and retrieved the piston that was trapped within. So far I've stripped it and given it some coats of JENOLITE rust cure. Ron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 I've removed the two pre-war wingnut fastenings from the lid and filled the holes. I then drilled and pressed the divot in for the central knob which hopefully Brian T will make for me. I also managed to tack welded a new piece of sheet steel into the rotted base which I'll blend in with JB WELD when it arrives from ebay. Ron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G506 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hi Ron, Nice box (Ooh er, missus) I'm sure you'll have that looking nice in no time 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welbike Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) Good old JW, he should have shipped his parts all over when it was still on the company he worked for! Toolbox will be OK again soon I see Ron! Cheers, Lex Edited August 1, 2020 by welbike Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 Yep I've been cracking on with it. All primed and rubbed down now, after the red oxide coats. Top coat tomorrow if I get back from our ride out in time. Ron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jan-willem Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 You resurrected that one back from the dead. It looks great. Those boxes make me wonder how they ever expect to keep stuff dry in it. I bet it does a excellent job of keeping moisture in though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfleasteve Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Looking good Ron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Cheers Steve. Here's the finished result. Good point JW. Hence why it was rotted out at the bottom I suppose? Ron PS. I need to buy another one of the round knobs off Brian T. for the other box now. Edited August 7, 2020 by Ron 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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