A few years ago I saw an antique lighter that came as an option (to
the best of my knowledge) on some Ford vehicles back in the 50's.
Here's a description of it (as best as I can remember):
It was a one piece unit that would sit on top of the dashboard. The
unit had a "box" on top of it, where one would put their cigarettes.
Below the box was a tray and a lighter. When you wanted a cig, you
would push down on the tray and a cig would roll into it, from the
box. Once on the tray, it would be held against the lighter element
and light the cigarette. The user would then remove the cig from the
tray and it would be already lit.
My question is, what was the name of the lighter (I think it was
something "-o-matic"), and was it a dealer option or was it after
market? Any additional info you could provide about it would be great.
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