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Well I used to get on the forums everyday several times a day but then projects started stacking up and our 4th of July trip to Michigan was coming up so I had to buckle down and get several projects completed. The most important was finishing building the motorcycle trailer I was working on to haul my two rockets up to MI for some riding time, from the pics you can tell it was a project but turned out great. I also had some side jobs on an Infinity G35X and Restored a Snap-on Harley Davidson Toolbox which was in a garage that caught on fire so I've been super busy but am now free and clear of any projects so it's nice to relax and spend time on the forums again. Here are some pics for you guys, I know how much you all love to look at pictures.

 

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Here is the toolbox I restored for myself, bought it for $1500 after the guy tried to clean it up with no luck. the first picture is after he washed it with dish soap and still looked horrible. I stripped it down to the shell and scrubbed it down in and out to get all the black sooty stuff off. I repainted the drawers and top box door, replaced every piece of plastic on the box along with snapon emblems, drawer liners, all new lock/key assemblies, drawer latches etc. Turned out nice and gives me alot more tool storage than the smaller red snapon box I had prior.

 

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Just when I thought the projects were done my wife lays down the ZX6R the other night so now I'm in the middle of repairing that!!! I'll find time sooner or later to claybar the truck and put a fresh coat of wax on her.

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Great work on the projects!! :D

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