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Something old. Imagine from the late 50's or early 60's. Sticker on the inside indicates 30 minute fire rating at 1598 degrees. Gotta love the art deco hearts on the ring. Interesting that both ends have handles. Safe weighs an easy 40 pounds. Safe is sitting on top of some pine boards. The pine will be used to replace wood on a cast iron park bench that we purchased yesterday. The pine is sitting on top of the new to me desk for coins.    |
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Bedrock of the Community
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For 5 dollars thats a great find. Congrats
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Nice find ... appears to be a great place to store some valuables.
David
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Nice buy. Hope it came with the key. Is there a brand name on it anywhere? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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"Something old. Imagine from the late 50's or early 60's." LOL, Now I feel Really Old. Think I see the key in the lock. Nice find. Curious also as to the maker. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice safe. Doesn't look like used a lot either. Sure worth a lot more than what you paid.
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Is that meant to be mounted in between studs in the wall? That could be pretty cool to have a safe behind a picture like the bad guys in the movies.
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Pillar of the Community
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A safe hidden behind a picture frame! Stack those gold and silver vertically.
For $5, I need to visit garage sales...
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Valued Member
United States
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I thought it would go between floor joists. Like DeNiro's safe in Casino. Looks like a nice find for $5.
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Pillar of the Community
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$5 all day long !! Nice !! It looks like one to go in a floor! THats where I would put it !  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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A bargain and you got the key with it! Nice find.
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Pillar of the Community
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I am going to clean it up a little and see if I can locate a manufacturer's name.
YES...the key came with it.
I imagine this could be mounted in the wall or the floor. Drill a couple holes through the sides to run a screw or ten through...and you are set.
For some reason, I like the krinkle finish that was popular. I have a Montgomery Wards safe that has the same finish.
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Pillar of the Community
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Cleaned up and inspected the infamous "box". No tag indicating the manufacturer. But, there are two tiny holes on the inside of the lid that looks like the spot for a tag to have been placed.
Now, I will need to decide what to do with this.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have an old safe that's not too different from yours. It still has the original letter that came with the safe, saying Thanks for Buying, etc. It describes the construction of the safe, most notably containing sheets of asbestos  sandwiched inside the steel walls. I personally wouldn't drill such a nice safe anyway, but the possibility of kicking up asbestos powder would definitely make me stop. -wheatiefan |
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Very nice!  Quote:
Now, I will need to decide what to do with this. I think the best suggestion has been given... Quote:
That could be pretty cool to have a safe behind a picture like the bad guys in the movies. |
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