giving this a monday morning bump;
First, Mike - thank you for sharing that.
Do you have any reason to believe that the mechanism, base, or tire iron were repainted?
I ask because I had understood them to be blue - earlier 70's jacks being a darker shade, and later 70's jacks being something more akin to a corporate blue.
'68bird';
Thanks, I did read that thread, but was still left scratching my head a bit;
I had understood, and recalled 1971 jacks as having a "Y" (or "T") shaped cross section for the shaft;
I read that thread through and understood that the hinged style jack mechanism was a Van Nuys thing, but was still a little unclear on what, if any, cues there are for a correct-for-1970-Norwood Firebird jack might be.
Here are the only pictures from that thread of a conclusively 1970-Norwood jack:
mechanism:
the base for (on the far left):
This is purported to be a 1973 jack:
It looks like a near dead ringer for the 1970 jack.
I am also reading lengths between 34.5" & 36.5" as correct;
In addition to that I am also reading that there are no date codes for 1970 jacks anywhere, but that there are date codes for other years;
The thread does suggest that 1970 Camaro jacks are the same, and I was certain that I read '70 Camaro owners saying that their jacks had assembly date stamps;
Can anyone tell me
if there is a date stamp on the base or mechanism, where would they be, and how would it decode?
(regardless as to the year of manufacture)
In conclusion, it reads to me that 1970 Norwood, as well as 1972-1973 Norwood jacks are essentially the same parts, but the 1972/1973 jacks will have dates;
If I am correct on this, can I get confirmation on the correct for 1970 vs 1972/1973 jack shaft length?
In my business of my weekend, I never got around to cleaning out my trunk to see what I have... but I will shortly.