Jack in the Box....no really a jack,in a box!

[b5blue]

  So after 19 years of driving around with the same old crappy small floor jack and and big old X shaped tire iron 1/2 ass strapped in the corner of the trunk I noticed the 3/4 socket end of the tire iron split and was failing. Not having 3-4 hundred bucks for the correct jack set I knew I'd never use to jack my car by the bumper with anyway I started looking for something better. NAPA had a scissor jack on sale for 29.00 with a nice big base that would be less likely to sink into dirt like my small floor jack did so I bought one. (That meant I could ditch the hunk of plywood I kept back there also.) Then at AutoZone I see a collapsible tire iron for 15.00 on sale so hey why not.
  I get home, look over my NEW stuff and realize that the cheap tool box at Harbor Freight (11.00) is just the right size to keep it in. So now I have a "Jack in the Box" to keep in my trunk!       

[Dino]

You're friggin' hysterical did you know that?   

But that sure works doesn't it?   

I may have to follow your lead on this one.   

[b5blue]

  I may just screw the box to the trunk someplace. (It's a mess back there anyway.) Funny thing is I bought that box just for the tray inside it. The tray matches the size of my new Winters Sidewinder shifter closely so I can cover the mounting brackets for the base when I carpet the car!  (I'm getting full use of my 11.00!)

[Dino]

  I may just screw the box to the trunk someplace. (It's a mess back there anyway.) Funny thing is I bought that box just for the tray inside it. The tray matches the size of my new Winters Sidewinder shifter closely so I can cover the mounting brackets for the base when I carpet the car!  (I'm getting full use of my 11.00!)

I hope you had a 20% off coupon!   

[Ghoste]

Carry a similar rig in my trunk for long hauls but the box is plastic and the jack is a small floor jack style.  Handy and clean. 

[b5blue]

  I may just screw the box to the trunk someplace. (It's a mess back there anyway.) Funny thing is I bought that box just for the tray inside it. The tray matches the size of my new Winters Sidewinder shifter closely so I can cover the mounting brackets for the base when I carpet the car!  (I'm getting full use of my 11.00!)

I hope you had a 20% off coupon!   

It was like 40% on sale, free LED flashlight and parts washing bushes are 2 for 2.00 unlike 4.99 for one everywhere else. The trick there is know exactly what you need-get it-get out. If you start wandering around looking a crap your DOOMED! 

[John_Kunkel]

Looks like a rattle waiting to happen, I'd carpet the inside of the box and wrap the components.

[rt green]

looks like theres more room in there for the small stuff you'll need.

[rt green]

oh, and i forgot now you need beer in a box.

[b5blue]

Few tools, meter and a bunch of clean shop towels to keep down rattles.

[69rtse4spd]

  I may just screw the box to the trunk someplace. (It's a mess back there anyway.) Funny thing is I bought that box just for the tray inside it. The tray matches the size of my new Winters Sidewinder shifter closely so I can cover the mounting brackets for the base when I carpet the car!  (I'm getting full use of my 11.00!)

I hope you had a 20% off coupon!   

It was like 40% on sale, free LED flashlight and parts washing bushes are 2 for 2.00 unlike 4.99 for one everywhere else. The trick there is know exactly what you need-get it-get out. If you start wandering around looking a crap your DOOMED! 

How true.

[Dino]

  I may just screw the box to the trunk someplace. (It's a mess back there anyway.) Funny thing is I bought that box just for the tray inside it. The tray matches the size of my new Winters Sidewinder shifter closely so I can cover the mounting brackets for the base when I carpet the car!  (I'm getting full use of my 11.00!)

I hope you had a 20% off coupon!   

It was like 40% on sale, free LED flashlight and parts washing bushes are 2 for 2.00 unlike 4.99 for one everywhere else. The trick there is know exactly what you need-get it-get out. If you start wandering around looking a crap your DOOMED! 

How true.

Yes indeed   

[nvrbdn]

i like your idea. and agree with the carpet, or the padding that is in the drawers of my stand up tool boxes. and next is to paint a tail stripe on that box!!!  we used to have a thread with tool boxes with the painted 68 or 69 tail stripe on it.

[b5blue]