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THE JIFFY (PROJECT) TRUCKETTE… … IT’S ORANGE NOT YELLOW!

Information on these small trucks is very limited. With a name like ‘Jiffy’ seems to me like it should be yellow in colour, after the Jif Lemon, but it’s not it’s orange. Originally, the cab colour was a GRP gel coat and not painted, all of the original cabs were manufactured in that bright orange colour. If anyone is restoring such a truck, I am told the nearest shade to the original gel coat is Ford Vista Phoenix Orange for painting the tired exterior.

“The Jiffy was produced as a kit to be assembled at home”

The Jiffy was produced as a kit to be assembled at home and produced by Mechanical Services of Bolton, they

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