Recently an uncle of mine passed on some valuable family heirlooms (mostly pistols) and I had no real safe place to store them. On to Craigslist I went looking for a safe. I found this older safe and fell in love with it. This thing must weigh 500 pounds (the door is about 150#s on its own)! It has a 4 digit mechanical tumbler, and works PERFECT. It had 3 coats of paint on it but was originally Olive Drab green, then desert tan, and lastly black. Dude I bought it from was super cool, too. He said he bought it a long time ago and it was old when he got it.
I spent about 2 hours cleaning and lubing all the door parts, then sanded it down to bare metal for paint. The body of the safe just got wire wheeled and painted.
I don't know much about safe's and most of my buddies say it seems like I got a great deal. Looking on ebay for similar safe's that sold, shows some sold for lots of money, some sold for almost nothing. The only markings I can find on it is this number inside the door panel. Anyone know anything about these? I am guessing it's from the 60's?
I spent about 2 hours cleaning and lubing all the door parts, then sanded it down to bare metal for paint. The body of the safe just got wire wheeled and painted.
I don't know much about safe's and most of my buddies say it seems like I got a great deal. Looking on ebay for similar safe's that sold, shows some sold for lots of money, some sold for almost nothing. The only markings I can find on it is this number inside the door panel. Anyone know anything about these? I am guessing it's from the 60's?
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