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19/12/2023 11:12 pm
No, I don't think you would set a car on fire (if you are an honest person) with these lighters (!!), but sometimes automobile companies might give these as gifts to associates, business customers, executives and the like. These were given to my Dad by these companies when they were clients of his.
The aqua blue one has the Studebaker Lark name and logo on it when that really nice re-designed car, in the late-Fifties and early-Sixties, was having some success.
And the other chrome Rolex one has a logo on it that was also a client of his at that time ... ....do you know who it was ?
20/12/2023 12:21 am
@mikedetorrice Looks like early '60s Plymouth to me?
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
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20/12/2023 1:47 am
Yep, it is a Plymouth Rolex lighter ! The lighters are certainly well made and would still do their job
I had heard the story a long time ago from my Dad that one of the people he knew at Plymouth, an executive, decided to take a new Plymouth (unauthorized) for a spin out on the test track. At very high speed with the driver's side window down, the big back window blew out ! Everyone was ok, but needless to say, he didn't do that anymore ! I wonder if this was an early test car of the Plymouth Barracuda with the big rear window ?
20/12/2023 6:27 am
Great sentimental and nostalgic value here - thanks for sharing these Mike!
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You are welcome, Tony ! 
20/12/2023 4:10 pm
Interesting lighters Mike. I don’t smoke but have managed to collect quite a few, mainly railway themes. I do have a Jaguar lighter somewhere in my collection. I found the story of the Plymouth test track drive fascinating.
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20/12/2023 9:37 pm
Thanks, David ! I also have never been a smoker, but the automobile lighters are very interesting items and logos are an important part of brand recognition.
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