Chas Parker 974 project

[ar2stp48]

Some members on here are a bad influence. Helping a friend clean out an old shop, we found a Chas Parker 974 in less than great condition. Rather than let him throw it in the scrap iron pile, I claimed it

Already have a Wilton Shop King that my parents gave me in the late '50's and another, larger Wilton. But no, I have read too many of the vice resto threads....

Currently it is soaking in Kroil as the slide is stuck; the collar is broken; but it will get the attention it needs. Just finished reading the resto thread on 974 by gregthor (hope I got that right) and have it bookmarked

What was the original color? Any source for a replacement collar?

Thanks for any help, comments, or suggestions.

 

[autopts]

The only suggestion I have is to start snapping some photos. Us guys like and respond to vise ****.

 

[gatewaysysop]

Some members on here are a bad influence. Helping a friend clean out an old shop, we found a Chas Parker 974 in less than great condition. Rather than let him throw it in the scrap iron pile, I claimed it

Already have a Wilton Shop King that my parents gave me in the late '50's and another, larger Wilton. But no, I have read too many of the vice resto threads....

Currently it is soaking in Kroil as the slide is stuck; the collar is broken; but it will get the attention it needs. Just finished reading the resto thread on 974 by gregthor (hope I got that right) and have it bookmarked

What was the original color? Any source for a replacement collar?

Thanks for any help, comments, or suggestions.

I don't know about the original color, but they look pretty nice in red.

The only suggestion I have is to start snapping some photos. Us guys like and respond to vise ****.

 

[jhelrey]

I have a Masterforce tool box and I color matched my vise to it.

 

[Catalyze]

Good luck and post photos otherwise its like reading ****....we would rather look at it.
If you have the pieces of the original collar....try to get them rewelded if you can. Failing that, you just take a piece of flat metal...cut a horseshoe...drill a hole and bolt it on. There is no source of collars except another vise. As to the color, I think a lot of the Parkers were a light green in color from the factory. It is like a VA clinic green....LOL
Craig

 

[Laker]

Can't help you with the original color, but on my 973 I used VHT self-etching primer, then Rustoleum metallic blue and did the collar in red.

 

[Outlawmws]

I have a Parker 974-1/2, and it has three layers of paint on it:

a crappy blue, over an ivory color, over a black.

Not sure if the black was primer, or the original paint...

 

[Bryan Burns]

Hijacking this thread to ask if anyone can tell me the original paint color on this 974 1/2 I picked up on Friday. Is it the one with the question mark? I'm color deficient so I can't talk colors. I think the question mark color may be green but I think the top coat is green as well. I also see white and red.

 

[Outlawmws]

that looks like A green to me, but I don't think the 974's were ever green from the factory. Parker used a forest green on the"economy line" of vises. The economy being they left the steel bars out of the slide - the 97X line had the bars.