scrappie

What is the proper color for a 1970 cutlass/442 bumper jack? Ive seen black and grey with the cad plated tubular jack post or natural steel solid post and would they tire iron match color?

Jamesbo

I believe it depends on the assembly plant

rcorrigan5

And it could very well depend upon which brand of jack came with the car. For '68 and '69, there were 4 different brands listed. My '68 is one brand that has the slide on the jack gray but the tire iron is black. For the '69, both the slide and the tire iron are black. The two jacks for my cars are different brands. As well, the '68 came from Lansing and the '69 came from Fremont. So there are lots of variations that could happen, based on where your car was built and what brand of jack they were using at that time.

Randy C.

bry593

My '68 Cutlass came with a gray foot, hook and black mechanism and iron. The mast was bright plated, probably Cadmium. I painted everything semi-gloss black (except for mast) and called it a day.

scrappie

OK thx, I have a black one with grey arm and I think the foot was grey. They have all been bead blasted and now comes the fun part.
The car is a LAN built 442

rcorrigan5

These jack bases show the mast shapes of 3 of the 4 jack styles that were available to GM cars in the late 60s/early 70s time frame.
My '68 (Lansing) has the grey base with the slide and cradle also gray, with a black tire iron. My '69 (Fremont) is all black - slide, cradle, base, and tire iron. The blue base was from the jack in my '70 GTO (also a Fremont car).

Randy C,.