Tool box tip

[Susan Kline]

At 10:04 PM 10/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 5:49 AM -0500 10/25/98, Robert B. Edwardsen wrote:
>>I'm sure this is not an original idea with me but I did just discover it
this
>>week and thought it might be of value to others.
>
>I drive a Ford Escort wagon, with up to four tool boxes in the luggage area
>at the back. The largest and heaviest goes in first, sticking out a 45
>degrees from the corner between the wheel well and the back of the back
>seat. Two more tool boxes similary bisect the angles between this first box
>and the wheel well and back seat, and a fourth notches into the
>wheelwell/backseat corner on the other side of the luggage area. The
>resulting geometric pattern is quite attractive.
>
>Bill Ballard, RPT
>New Hampshire Chapter, PTG
>
>"I gotta go ta woik...."
>Ian Shoales, Duck's Breath M. Theater


What I did with the Corolla wagon was to fold down the rear seat so I had
one big area, then I covered the whole thing with a gray indoor-outdoor
carpet, rubber backed, that was intended as a stair runner. Pattern woven
in, good looking.

It also seems quite slip-proof, and when I finish with the car, I can just
pull it up and the original surfaces will be clean and unworn.

I still am planning a built-in rack for actions, with storage compartments
underneath, especially a long narrow box to hold dampp-chasers, straight
edge, pedal dowels, etc. In the meantime I use the little window-blind
style cover to hide some of the area. I also put a cheap white blanket over
my tool kit and another under the window blind. It keeps things cooler when
the car is in the sun, and covers up the tools with something non-enticing.

So far, so good.

Susan

Susan Kline
P.O. Box 1651
Philomath, OR 97370
skline@proaxis.com