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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Mission accomplished! Anyone know what the M is for under the 135? Haven't seen it on any others online.
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Just wondering, I see other Morgan 135 vise's out there but mine has an M underneath. What does that signify if anything?
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    what were the original factory colors of old USA-made bench vises?

    I'm trying to figure out the original color of my Morgan Chicago 135 Chicago. I now have it in our es and ready to strip. Here's another old Morgan on ebay but I see a few on Google images with this same paint making me wonder if all old Morgan vices were really black.
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    what were the original factory colors of old USA-made bench vises?

    Any luck finding the original color for your vise? Looking for the same, mines a light greyish green but dunno if it's the original color.
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    At the very least clean it up, get rid of some of the rust and repaint it. Will be using it so may not go to some level of 100%, but I'd like to make it a little nicer then it presently is. If it had some slightly worn paint I wouldn't mind...like the look of a used one but the paint is pretty...
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    A few years ago I setout to get some stuff from my father's house in NY down to Texas when he decided to sell it...one of those items was a vice which took a six month tour around the country with friends and family trying to get it close enough that I could pick it up. Growing up I remember...
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