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Old 12-26-2006, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Dens71TA
The photos that Scott455HO and Giles posted of the Y-type jacks look like the mechanism is a darker blue, like Ford engine blue. So should the mechanism be Ford blue and the base Chebby engine blue?
Den,

On all of the early jacks (pre '73) I have seen, the base and mechanism are the same color. I think there were different shades of blue depending on the jack style (supplier) and possibly when the jack was made.

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