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Zippo Ultralite model has been popular since the early 1980s - as a rule, they were high polish model with four colored plastic overlays. Then the plastic looked fashionable, today it looks like, in my opinion, quite poor. But that's got a rare instance Ultralite 1982 with truck - apparently Texas Valley Trucking freight company was ordered batch of promotional lighters to match the fashion trends of time. I've never seen pictures of trucks on models Zippo Ultralite.

Steel Erection ... or a veteran? Sorry, could not resist :)) Today's acquisition, in 1976.

This Zippo 1961 from my collection advertises us Catholic Youth Center. It is impossible to imagine that in the 21st century on the lighter caused advertisements religious organization :) American friends tell me that in 1961, the Scouts could use the Zippo for lighting a fire in the campaign - is, of course, partly explains the situation. Could not pass this :)

This is the first ever and very rarely seen an instance of advertising freight carriers to Zippo. Around 1947 the company began to offer cargo carriers advertise on lighters, on the very first Zippo appeared the names of local trucking companies in Pennsylvania, and then later joined by other States. These are then the truck ran on American roads, with about this and took the first picture on the Zippo:

Initially went on a simplified way: picture of the truck was offered the same, he could only vary the color and the name of the company on board the trailer. A little later began to add a few lines of text at the bottom. These lighters are beginning 1950 show, for example, in Japanese book Kesaharu Imai "Zippo Manual, Vol.1" . Presented here is an instance - Zippo 1947, with advertising Pennsylvania freight company «New Penn».

In the 1950-1970's, the variety of advertising on freight carriers Zippo growing and overwhelming.

Images of construction equipment at the most common variety of Zippo trucks and tractors. There are also a variety of pavers and general advertising of road works.

Rare instances of bilateral engravings, and pictures from different angles are different:

Construction cranes at Zippo common. In the first two-way too lighter engraved: on the face itself tap on the back - tractor, driven by excavator on the trailer.

Prevalent theme of different drilling, both just drilling holes in the ground and oil drilling. The first lighter on the left - one of the earliest instances of the image on the truck Zippo, is 1947.

Zippo lighters board with technical-building subjects are rare, but still, there are:

To compare sizes:

Modern Zippo 2006 GMC truck with the mid-1920s:

A rich variety of cement and concrete mixers for Zippo deserves a separate section. This is one of my favorite advertising Zippo-themes.

Dozens of different automotive services advertised on Zippo since the 1950's. Among them, the tire manufacturers, car batteries, auto glass, springs, car radios and anything. Advertising tire manufacturers, of course, most of all. Here are some samples: