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Originally Posted by 68bird400HO

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.

1970 Van Nuys Jacks(the square shafts) were a different shade of blue than the 1970 Norwood(trapizoid shaft) jacks were. The 1971 Jacks(the "y " shaft) were yet another shade of blue. 71 shaft was painted silver while 70 Van Nuys was silver cad and Norwood was gold cad. The lug wrenches that I have and have removed from cars have a "w" or an "m" depending on how you look at it?) on the part of teh wrench where the nut would be gripped. I have seen the lug wrenches grey painted,like a Ford Grey, or(and more commonly) the same blue as the rest of the jack is for that particular year/assembly Plant..