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    Fancy old mechanical floor jack project

    NICE, looks like fun!
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    Vintage Blackhawk Mfg-Jacks, Porto-Powers... Anything BUT wrenches, sockets, etc.

    Don Long, Thanks for posting pictures of your Blackhawk No.S8 floor jack!! Great find.
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    Vintage Floor Jack

    Your jack was made by a company called Reliable. Maybe a No. 86 jack, hard to tell without a side view. The handle should have a cool curve to it, giving it a distinct look. It was rated at two tons. It came out when hydraulic jacks where becoming popular, and mechanical jacks were on the way...
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    Please help finding a date for this Walker floor jack

    patent is from 1922, OK. I find some information through advertisements. I haven't seen any ads for that jack that early, but I'll keep looking.
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    Please help finding a date for this Walker floor jack

    This jack was made 1937 thru 1939 for sure. Probably made earlier and maybe a bit later as well.
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    ID this jack?

    Took a while but I now know that this is a 1925 "Yellow Jack-It" model 4. Yellow jack-it had a model 1 small, model 2 large and this model 4 in 1925. They may have had others, this jack may have replaced a model 3? Since my last post on this jack, it's been gone through and looks and works very...
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    ID this jack?

    Can anybody help me identify this jack?
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