Obsessive "Door Holes Lock Drill " Tin tokay hi-way dept tractor trailer with some dark red paint

with some dark red paint

There is minor bending to the front of the roof

I took a few of the photographs of it upside down

Cast brass I believe and in good shape

but at some point the stop was removed or lost

Obsessive "Door Holes Lock Drill " Tin tokay hi-way dept tractor trailer with some dark red paintThis feels as much like a Jesse Howard sign as a tin used for storing hardware to me, seeming like a specific thought process or set of associative instructions playing out across the entire surface of it. I assume it held parts all relating to the installation of door locks, but who knows? Certainly obsessive, as if needing to be reminded over and over, from every side including the lid. And always hard to beat black lettering against creamy white