kirban 2 cents worth
Bringing everyone up to speed.....on the Buick question while some of the other answers may be rite, I am not sure since without looking at the actual part. I do know the AC vents in the dash are marked top.....3 being the same. By the way we sell them refinished....my son actually throws a bunch of them in the dish washer to clean them prior to redoing them. Our part #7142 we sell them for $31.95 a set of 3.
Actually, we need these vents......We won't buy them for cash but would allow $12 per set of 3. So if you have 3 sets for example we would ship you a redone set of 3 which includes shipping. We get $31.95 plus shipping roughly an even trade. Our redone ones are as close to show as you will find.
Another way to "fine tune" your interior making it like new again.
I plan to keep this going the trivia and I think we can agree that read and contribute its a learning experience. Not just on our cars but the rich past history associated with our cars.
On the other non Buick question this option was offered around 1956-1957 Chevrolets. A somewhat complicated system from what I understand controlled by vacuum that kept the ash tray emptied of cigarette ashes.
I have never seen one to report on how it looks and functioned. I do have a friend that is supposed to dig up his Chevy accessory booklet on it. It was offered the same year(s) as the mentioned electric razor was mentioned earlier in this thread.
Again this question showed a lot of thinking on everyones part and now you know that someone at Chevy devised a method to remove ashes from the ash tray way back in the mid 1950s.
Now certain car lines offer as an option a smoker package. Course some of us remember when seat belts use to be an option in the mid 1960s. When I was buying and selling GTOs I used to take a razor blade and cut them out of the car as I hated the way they looked in the cars!
New contests coming once I can figure them out and figure out how not to track answers down through the internet.
Our first double winner Mr Novaderrick....curious you have any Novas?
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If any readers can shed any additional facts or info on the vacuum ash tray set up be sure to post it. Back then it was probably a cheap option.
