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10/04/2024 10:15 pm
Although my Dad had quit smoking cigarettes back in the Sixties, he still kept an unlit cigar that he would chew on to have something to do !
Back in the day, he had several automotive and truck clients, who in the 1950's and 1960's might present a lighter to someone in the industry as a gift and token of appreciation. Here are some he had and I now keep.
10/04/2024 11:08 pm
Excellent momentos! I have some of my dad's things on my dresser as a way to think of him every day.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
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11/04/2024 2:57 am
They do work very much as tangible memories, John ! When my Dad did smoke in the 1950's he smoked "Oasis" cigarettes. He quit cold turkey one day when he found himself about to go into a meeting with GMC or Dodge trucks and he had a lit cigarette in each hand and couldn't decide which one to use. He realized how ridiculous it was and he quit immediately at that moment !
11/04/2024 8:42 am
Collections are always fun to see. My dad a matchbook collection numbering in the hundreds.
Topic starter
11/04/2024 4:54 pm
We are all collectors in a way !
12/04/2024 5:35 am
We are all collectors in a way !
Ain't it so!! We all, here, collect diecast cars. I also collect antique cameras, Native American silver coins, old Gillette safety razors, vintage Colt firearms and John Deere diecast tractors.
Love to hear what everyone else collects.
12/04/2024 8:50 am
@perrone1 Tony you are a true renaissance collector. Me? besides model cars and a few 1/1 cars...mostly dust.
12/04/2024 9:11 am
Watches! Well, those and compliments. But my compliment collection is struggling. I just can't seem to come across any! Suggestions anyone??
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
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12/04/2024 9:31 am
Watches! Well, those and compliments. But my compliment collection is struggling. I just can't seem to come across any! Suggestions anyone??
John, you consistently do a great job sir! Speaking for all of us here, I feel sure, THANK YOU for all you do! (That one you deserve big time!)
12/04/2024 9:32 am
@perrone1 Tony you are a true renaissance collector. Me? besides model cars and a few 1/1 cars...mostly dust.
Thank you my friend - I think I actually date back to the Renaissance period!
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12/04/2024 9:39 am
@perrone1, OK! Those are my first two! I'll have to make room if I get any more. Kelly says there's no danger of that!
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
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12/04/2024 9:40 am
@perrone1, OK! Those are my first two! I'll have to make room if I get any more. Kelly says there's no danger of that!
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12/04/2024 2:00 pm
We have the Zippo lighter Kathy's Dad carried in WWII-
Topic starter
12/04/2024 5:49 pm
Kinda in regards to the Plymouth cigarette lighter, I had heard the story from my Dad that a Plymouth executive went to the Chrysler track to take a new test Plymouth out on the big banked oval for a spin (a new upcoming Barracuda ?) and left the front drivers window down. At very high speed the huge rear window blew out ! He was ok, but Chrysler then forbid executives from taking a test car out for a spin on the banked test track ! 
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