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by **Old-Timer** on Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:31 am

Hey Keith, thought you were a little off on the weight! The later models, pictured below, are lighter than the cast models!

A lady that sells a few drop boxes(pictured) on e-bay had 3 color decals made at a graphic art shop. I begged for a few of these and she sent them to me.....think they look good!

by **Old-Timer** on Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:34 am

I believe the original color was olive drab....! See Troys resto of an older box!

by **vaughn** on Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:01 am

These are really cool looking mail boxes. Not to take away from yours but I thought Troy has the same one or similar. Regardless of who has what I want one.
I also want the 1964 John Deere lawn tractor, That looks like a fun project.
Ya know what, forget that, I'd rather just buy the house next to Keith and move in. This way I can enjoy cool toys without all the work.

by **Troy** on Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:39 pm

khardy wrote:One of the things I enjoy about finding new projects is learning things I didn't know before. So what was the original paint configuration on these old Letter Boxes? In particular 1936?

Cheers!

Page 3, first post, has some info viewtopic.php?f=34&t=4323&start=20

Here's what the simple turn lock looks like on my other box. I put it on there with the intention of using it daily and so the mailman could open/close the large door for bulky mail.

by **SoCalJim** on Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:58 pm

Here's a quick photo of my 1924 letter box...

by **khardy** on Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:30 am

Troy wrote:Here's what the simple turn lock looks like on my other box. I put it on there with the intention of using it daily and so the mailman could open/close the large door for bulky mail.
http://i46.tinypic.com/b5lgsl.jpg

Hi Troy,

Do you have more photos (close-ups) of the keyless latching mechanism? That is what we want on our box. After reading some of the threads about these letter boxes and doing a little research online, we are going with the olive green. That color will match the house.

Cheers!

by **Troy** on Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:47 am

I don't have a close up of the latch as I am not home. It is called a "wing handle cam latch". Here it is at McMaster, which is where I bought it from. I got the one for the 1/4" thickness but had to fabricate and longer cam as the ones that came with it were too short to engage the frame.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/119/2914/=mazl68

You can also just use a cabinet door knob or drawer pull to open/close the door. The door will stay closed by itself once mounted.

by **EdT.** on Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:06 pm

That 'dial combination' latch is pretty cool too.

by **khardy** on Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:28 pm

Hi Troy,

Thanks for the link to the cam latch. Think that would work for easy access to the box.

Cheers!

by **khardy** on Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:51 am

SoCalJim wrote::hello: Here's a quick photo of my 1924 letter box...

Hi Jim,

Good photo. On our box, the paint is so thick I can barely make out where the machine screws are. Your photo shows locations of the screws. Plan to use paint stripper to gain access to screw heads and then disassemble the box for blasting. What brand and color code of paint did you use?

Cheers!

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