Old MAC rolling tool chest

yota

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not sure if this is the right forum, if not pls let me know. picked this up today for the tooling I have and will be collecting for my new mill. wondering if anyone has any insight on the year it was made by the pic of the serial number. I have an old Snap-on box for my lathe tooling but the date is clearly stamped on the back (in this case 1964). not so with the MAC boxes. I spent a couple hours online this afternoon googling and read a ton of threads along these lines and none actually had an answer on the older serial numbers. could be 1965, could be 1974, could be something else. no earth shattering reason I need to know but if anyone has the answer I would be pleased to find out. thanks!

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June 5 1974 maybe?
Nice shop by the way!
 
cut and pasted this thread on Garage Journal. in the meantime, decided I can't live with the bad rattle can wrong color paint job by the PO.
spent a few hours today cleaning all the grime, oil and grease off everything inside the box and out. used a rag soaked in mineral spirits and a putty knife edge to clean out all the drawer guide slots inside the tool box and on the drawers. soaked the drawer guides in solvent while I was working then rubbed them dry and gave them a kiss with my soft wire wheel and coated them with Boeshield. will sand all the painted parts day after tomorrow and then drag out the HVLP turbine set up.

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