Toolbox

I have a little Dodge Dakota at home that I've driven for the last 10 years.  When I first thought about coming out here I figured I would use my pickup around the farm.  After being here for over 2 months I've realized that I have, what the farm folks would call, a city pickup.  The difference between a "city pickup" and a farm pickup is kind of like the difference between a house cat and a farm cat.  I can tell you a house cat wouldn't last long out here.  Lucky for me my father-in-law has a pickup for me to use and all I need to do is add a toolbox.  So restoring an old toolbox was my first project.  As you can see it started off in pretty bad shape:

 

I think it took me about a day but I stripped the entire toolbox:

 After I stripped the toolbox I put some primer on:

After I primed it, painted it and then I sanded it down:

Here is the toolbox all finished and mounted on my pickup:

I didn't just work on the outside of the toolbox.  I created a a couple of trays to hold my tools:

Here is a picture of the tray inside the toolbox:

My father-in-law has an organizational system that he keeps all his standard sockets and wrenches on the drivers side and all the metric on the passenger side.  So I've stole borrowed some of his ideas for my toolbox.

-Paint stripper/primerer (yes I just made that up)/sander/painter/welder Ryan

P. S. -  Since I put the toolbox on my pick up a week ago I have already dented and scratched it twice... So much for all that work...