The free trunk after a little work.

Ever since I scored some great vintage camera gear the other week, I’ve been keeping my eye on the Craigsist free section in Marin for any potential finds, and today I came up lucky.  It was advertised just as ‘Old Steamer Trunk’.  No picture, no further description.  Just a phone number, which I called within 8 minutes of the ad being posted.  I was already the 2nd person to call, but they weren’t able to pick up the trunk right away.  Just my luck – so off to San Rafael (just 5 miles up the road).

The trunk was definately cool looking, huge and dusty.  A bonus though – it included the key to the lock.  I was able to fit it in the Saab without problems, thanks to the fact that is has the roofless option.  The ulitity of this car (1993 Saab 900 Convertible) is suprising.

So, I got the trunk home, cleaned it off with a wet rag, rubbed some furniture polish on it, then some wax and put it in the living room.  Above is the ‘after’ pic, here’s the ‘before’.

Trunk in the Saab