Big-Time Boxes: Bill Bailey

Aug. 1, 2006
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Owner:
Bill Bailey,
Bailey’s Automotive Pottstown, PA

Box:
Matco’s MB8535 rollaway with an MB8530 top chest that’s topped off with an MB853WC hutch. Combined, they measure 90-3/4” (more than 7-1/2') high in providing 98,294 cubic inches of tool storage space.

Profile:
Bailey says he’s been turning wrenches for 22 years, starting when he was 13. He’s owned his own shop for 6 years. Favorites from among the estimated $70,000 he has invested in tools and equipment include his Matco flexible borescope and Determinator™ scan tool. Matco Tools mobile distributor Doug Rauco describes Bailey as someone who, “ … services his customers well and is top notch all the way around.”

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