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**Getter-Done** · 09-24-2024, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by yuccales

This is still setting my dwell to this day!

That is cool.

Is that just a Newer model maybe?

The one I have still works.
It takes C-Cell batteries.

72c20customcamper · 09-24-2024, 07:42 PM

I have a few

yuccales · 09-24-2024, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Getter-Done

That is cool.

Is that just a Newer model maybe?

The one I have still works.
It takes C-Cell batteries.

It takes two C batts also.

**MikeB** · 09-22-2024, 05:56 PM

Blasts from the past.

**Getter-Done** · 09-22-2024, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeB

Blasts from the past.

I remember those.

**davischevy** · 09-23-2024, 04:14 PM

Remember the Christmas catalogue with the monster set on the cover? In 1976 my wife bought me that set, complete with the tool box and roll around chest. The box looked big at the time but it grew smaller every year. The box didn't hold up very well and I finally bought a big box and retired that one. I still have all the tools but now they are in a Chineseum box.

**MikeB** · 09-23-2024, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by davischevy

Remember the Christmas catalogue with the monster set on the cover? In 1976 my wife bought me that set, complete with the tool box and roll around chest. The box looked big at the time but it grew smaller every year.

Funny, but I bought a Craftsman 3-drawer toolbox around that time and thought I was big-time! Then I had to buy a larger Kennedy tool chest to handle all my new tools.

Now I have the chests and cabinets below, plus some more in my main garage. And that's nowhere near what some guys have. Some of this stuff is nearly 50 years old

, like the brown Kennedy chest that used to seem huge. Excuse the messy workbenches. I was in the process of moving in when I took this photo. I'm usually only half that messy!

**GOPAPA** · 09-24-2024, 09:51 AM

This is a page out of my old 1937 Sears Catolog
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KShortell · 09-25-2024, 11:11 AM

I do miss Sears. Sadly, Sears pretty much died 20 years ago. It just took a little while longer for the last nail in the coffin to be driven.

I can remember buying everything in Sears from clothing to appliances to tools. Kuppenheimer even had a "store within a store" at Sears back in the 1980s; I bought a suit there.

Fortunately, I've still got a good supply of Craftsman tools and they were so ubiquitous that the Made in U.S.A. Craftsman tools in good condition aren't hard to find. Having said that, however, I do still often buy new tools, Made in U.S.A. if I can find them. Klein, Channellock, Masterforce (Menard's), etc. all still have a LOT of Made in U.S.A. items.

09-24-2024, 07:42 PM	#2
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,545	Re: Anyone else miss Sears? I have a few Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.

09-22-2024, 05:56 PM	#4
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 3,541	Re: Anyone else miss Sears? Blasts from the past. Attached Images __________________ Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then!

09-23-2024, 04:14 PM	#6
davischevy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Harrison, Arkansas Posts: 9,836	Re: Anyone else miss Sears? Remember the Christmas catalogue with the monster set on the cover? In 1976 my wife bought me that set, complete with the tool box and roll around chest. The box looked big at the time but it grew smaller every year. The box didn't hold up very well and I finally bought a big box and retired that one. I still have all the tools but now they are in a Chineseum box. Attached Images __________________ other Larry Build thread, Arkansas K10 https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=755797&page=5 The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

09-24-2024, 09:51 AM	#8
GOPAPA Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nampa Idaho Posts: 7,546	Re: Anyone else miss Sears? This is a page out of my old 1937 Sears Catolog __________________ When you learn a thing a day you store up smart.

09-25-2024, 11:11 AM	#9
KShortell Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 734	Re: Anyone else miss Sears? I do miss Sears. Sadly, Sears pretty much died 20 years ago. It just took a little while longer for the last nail in the coffin to be driven. I can remember buying everything in Sears from clothing to appliances to tools. Kuppenheimer even had a "store within a store" at Sears back in the 1980s; I bought a suit there. Fortunately, I've still got a good supply of Craftsman tools and they were so ubiquitous that the Made in U.S.A. Craftsman tools in good condition aren't hard to find. Having said that, however, I do still often buy new tools, Made in U.S.A. if I can find them. Klein, Channellock, Masterforce (Menard's), etc. all still have a LOT of Made in U.S.A. items. __________________ Semper Paratus



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