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62BT7

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I'm on the verge of finishing my interior (yeah!) and need to install the ash tray in my '62 BT-7. The install is easy enough, but a simple question emerged today: Does the ash tray top/lid flip forward or backwards? I looked in the concours guidelines and another source but couldn't find anything. I know, I know...petty/trivial, but if I'm gonna install it the whole point is to do it sorta right, right? Any ideas? Many thanks,
-Tom
 
In 1968 I was a heavy smoker (remember Lark cigarettes?) and remember the ash tray well. It seemed so small then and filled up so quickly with my butts.

As to your question, I remember the ash tray as flipping open like a BBQ top. I used my thumb to leverage it open.

I stopped smoking "cold turkey" New Year's Day 1970.
 
LEERIVAS said:
In 1968 I was a heavy smoker (<span style="font-weight: bold">remember Lark cigarettes?</span>) and remember the ash tray well. It seemed so small then and filled up so quickly with my butts.

As to your question, I remember the ash tray as flipping open like a BBQ top. I used my thumb to leverage it open.

I stopped smoking "cold turkey" New Year's Day 1970.
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I remember the "show us your Lark pack" t.v. commercials...
 
flips forward. :savewave:
 
Perfect, many thanks. Off to install the ashtray that will never be used, at least not for ashes...
-Tom
 
I did the same thing about a month ago!
 
62BT7 said:
Perfect, many thanks. Off to install the ashtray that will never be used, at least not for ashes...
-Tom
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It's a great place to put coins that you can never get out again...
 
I would add one thing. The inner part only goes in one way! Trial fit first because if you put it in the wrong way you can't open the lid!
 
I was curious about my ashtray in my Healey 100. I never thought about how it worked, I just opened it without thinking so having nothing better to do, I checked it out. It opens vetically toward the engine, which I guess is forward. Then if you grasp the hole area, the second layer will open to the right (Passenger side)and you can get at that small change, extra fuses or in my case a spare gate key in case the electricity goes out. I can also remove it by just pulling up. Now that I've confused you all, just go to your Healey and play with the ashtray when you have nothing better to do. I've only one query - "Why an ashtray when I don't have a cigarette lighter?" Just wondering out loud.
 
All the old Healey ads showed men smoking pipes. You could possibly light a pipe with a car cigatette lighter, but you end up with a bunch of smoking tobacco stuck to the end of the lighter, which then falls in your lap. Its been 30 years, but ask me how I know. For that matter, when did cigarette lighters first appear in cars?
 
"1931: Safco is established by A.G. Busch, Safco is credited with engineering the cigarette lighter plug for Ford's first automobiles." That's what I came up with for an answer to your query as to when car lighters first showed up. I googled the query. I can guess how you knew about the pipe thing.

I'm still wondering why the ash tray and no cigarette lighter. BTW I quite smoking June 16, 1991. Just for the record.

:angel:
 
When I did this I checked the pictures in my tursty books and found what appears to be cars with it installed both ways so maybe I installed mine wrong. Mine flips rearward to open the lid. I guess I can change it some day. Have a good day!

John
 
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