[1969] Correct Stock Part Identification

[Dave Keillor]

My comment about there being no "correct" lighter for a '69 meant that at
the buyer's end, there was more than one lighter style.  Mark is correct in
saying there was a "correct" lighter at GM's end.  My '69 (2278) has the
"blade" style described by Mark.  (My car also has straight headrests, not
the later "bent" style.)  I don't know if this list strips attachments, but
I've attached a picture of my lighter.  In case it is stripped, here's a
link to the picture: '69 lighter
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nIGiGPtLqacxxe6MO-DnN37hx5RnpKNH/view?usp=sharing>

Dave Keillor


On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 9:47 AM airvair <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Actually, there is a correct lighter, according to the GM engineers. It's
> known as the "blade" style lighter, and consists of a flat bar of metal,
> threaded onto the element stud via the skinny side of the piece. Thus you
> would have a handle that you could grab when you had to dig it out of the
> center stack padding hole. Clark's listing for a '67-9 lighter is actually
> a '67 one year only design. They have nothing that even resembles the
> correct blade lighter.
>
> My '69 had one, and I've seen others with the part. But as the one guy
> points out. sometimes the factory violated the engineer's specs just to get
> the car out the door.
>
> -Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Eddie MEADOWS <eddiem62 at bellsouth.net>
> >Sent: Dec 24, 2019 6:43 PM
> >To: Alma Quesnel <almajim at att.net>, Dave Keillor <dkeillor at tconcepts.com>
> >Cc: "<1969 at corvair.org>" <1969 at corvair.org>
> >Subject: Re: [1969] Correct Stock Part Identification
> >
> >All the later models had the flat tops.
> >Eddie and Ardis Meadows
> >
> >    On Tuesday, December 24, 2019, 03:26:44 PM EST, Dave Keillor <
> dkeillor at tconcepts.com> wrote:
> >
> > There is no "correct" cigarette lighter for a '69.  They used whatever
> was
> >available.  My '69 had a different cigarette lighter than my brother's '69
> >-- both cars were purchased new, mine was special ordered and his was
> >bought off the dealer's lot.
> >
> >Dave Keillor
> >
> >
> >On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 7:23 AM Alma Quesnel <almajim at att.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I’m in the process of restoring a Monza. It’s missing the cigarette
> >> lighter.
> >>
> >> Can anyone tell me if this is the correct style for the ’69.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jim
> >>
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