I recently inherited a semi-antique Kennedy Cantilever toolbox. In good shape overall, a little rust on the bottom and the plated hardware was pretty pitted and the snap bails had broken springs.
Contacted Kennedy and gave them the model number which has been out of production since the 80's. They wouldn't guarantee that their hardware kit was the same but the pics looked right so I ordered one. I can't see any difference from the originals. I did have to cheat and attach them with screws and nuts as I don't have a tool to set the rivets that came with them, plus I'd have to disassemble the entire box to get at a couple of them anyway. Also, the $150-ish for a tool I'd likely never use again seemed a little out of line.
I cleaned it up, killed the rust with some phosphoric acid, hit the whole thing with a good coat of Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer (I LOVE that stuff!) and a finish coat of Rustoleum Hammered brown. Not quite the same shade, but close enough for the girls I go with.
Now I just got to figure out what I'm going to store in it...
Contacted Kennedy and gave them the model number which has been out of production since the 80's. They wouldn't guarantee that their hardware kit was the same but the pics looked right so I ordered one. I can't see any difference from the originals. I did have to cheat and attach them with screws and nuts as I don't have a tool to set the rivets that came with them, plus I'd have to disassemble the entire box to get at a couple of them anyway. Also, the $150-ish for a tool I'd likely never use again seemed a little out of line.
I cleaned it up, killed the rust with some phosphoric acid, hit the whole thing with a good coat of Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer (I LOVE that stuff!) and a finish coat of Rustoleum Hammered brown. Not quite the same shade, but close enough for the girls I go with.
Now I just got to figure out what I'm going to store in it...