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Lots of tractors of this vintage had an onboard tool box very similar to that. My guess would be that it's a transplant from a tractor.
That sound good... I know I've seen one somewhere before, but not on a Ford F1... And where I live now, I don't see to many tractors on a daily bases... LOL...