Back in the summer of '74 I had a summer job at an outdoor camp that catered mostly to the State Mental Hospital. It was right on the lake...and I got to use the boats and such in my off hours.

Since I was making good money....and fishing was easy, I decided to build up my collection of tackle...which meant I needed a bigger tacklebox

So anyway...I went to the local tackle shop....and checked out what was available. After checking on my fund allocation, I chose a 3 tray Old Pal box.

I got back to camp...and proceeded to transfer some of my stuff and some NEW stuff into the box, after which I put the box into the trunk of the car.

Trunk of a BLACK car...and the next 2 days were almost 90*

The 3rd day later had cooled off...and so I decided that I'd dig out my tackle and do some fishing after work.

Here's what the box then looked like   

Nice, I'm glad to find out that i'm not the only one to do something like that.

I bought the same tackelbox when I was a teenager in 1965 when I lived in Florida. I just replaced it @ 6 years ago.The inside looked better than yours, not melted but still pretty bad. The exterior was pretty rusty. The hinges rusted right off the box.       Happy fishing.

Phoenix Arizona

~N.A.F.C.~B.A.S.S.~BoatU.S.~N.R.A.~

Hot cars can and WILL do a number on a box. So will the sun on certain hardshell boxes in your boat. I have a couple that I've reached down and touched after 4 hrs in the boat...and they were HOT.

If you have one of those "hot boxes".....throw a white towel over it.

It DOES make a difference.

Better yet, if ya have storage bins on your boat put your tackle in them and leave the box in your truck!