ok I figured this probably belonged here if anywhere else... but I need your help with an assignment, and really anyone who is regularly at the track/events.

Ok my assignment is to design a toolbox aimed at a specific market. My market that I chose is, duh, the automotive enthusiast/weekend racer/shop owner.

My toolbox design is going to be a truckbox... but it doesn't have to be just trucks... it will be designed to fit in the back of cars if needed, but primarily, it is a truckbox for the back of mid and full size trucks.

The problem definition - I find that a lot of people complain about the current truckboxes that are available not being organized at all.. they're just a big box, which means that there's little room for customization according to need and little to no organization. This especially comes into play with automotive enthusiasts/workers. To me, it is pointless to have a truckbox, only to have to put a toolbox inside it. Especially when truckboxes cost $200+. So the idea is to make a "box" that is easily customizable for the needs of shop owners and weekend racers, fits securely in the back of a truck, but can also be removed relatively easily (without sacrificing security) so that the truck can be loaded and unloaded quickly.

The concept - Basically, a larger version of the plano modular toolbox:



Except that the compartments are vertically placed next to one another instead of horizontally stacked. The frame around them folds down to become a bed extender when the compartments are not in use. The compartments will be made of thick, oil resistant plastic to save weight, and will be able to lift out one at a time. The outer frame folds down and the whole assembly slides down to the end of the bed so that the tools are more easily accessable during use, and I will probably design some sort of ramp or something to accomodate flareside truck beds that have the wheel bumps. There are a couple of different adapters for what exactly the three compartments can be, depending on where you are going and what you are doing... for example there will be a power generator block that will take up one space with plugs and whatnot, powered by its own internal battery that can be plugged into a common electric plug and charged when not in use, there will be an air compressor in a cage that fits one of the compartment spots, one block will be full of drawers of various sizes, etc etc... basically it will come with a few different "blocks" that you can use, and you take the three you will need that day. It's meant to pretty much make the back of a truck bed a mobile garage, but then it is easily removable at the end of the day, and you don't have to have a big bulky truck toolbox always in the bed of your truck (you can use the bed extender, just leave it folded up, or you can easily remove the whole thing).

Target MSRP on this would be somewhere in the $800 - $1100 range...

Now the question for YOU guys...

If it was available, would you purchase it? Why or why not? What would sway you to purchase it? (and please be at least relatively serious with this... this is data that I have to turn in with my process folio...)