Small Snap on box

[macother]

This is the smallest box I have. I believe it's mid '50s, any idea's?

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OOPS, posted in the wrong section. Oh well, it's not to be re stored, re furbished, re painted, re bent, no re's, just kept, admired and cherished I spent most of my childhood cleaning these tools, if there's a ding or a dent, it stays

[snapmom]

I have one too, never found out their use.

[macother]

Good to hear someone else has them. Is it your smallest box too?
They're useful for holding a nut or bolt and putting it on the bolt or threads, when the location is obstructed or out of hands reach. There's a wobbly thin sleeve that grips the fastener, holds vertical, horizontal, wherever. The meaningful difference from a magnetic is it holds the nut or bolt at the opening of the socket, not the bottom depth, and works on brass, aluminum, etc.. What I remember from childhood is they're hard to clean, and only for putting thing's back together, or already loose, not for torquing, and they go in their own box, and I can recall it being asked for when reaching down into the depths under the hood.

[snapmom]

Mine is just like the pic.