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Posted 7 months ago
oledebil
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Collection of ash trays I found while nosing under the kitchen sink, the first one a Goodyear 6,50.16 airwheel all weather made in Australia. the spots in the base are actually moulded in the glass some sort of pimple effect. the green one I've no idea about it. same with the clear glass one. but the metro motors one geez from memory they went out of business 40 odd yrs ago. taken over by another dealership most likely.
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Green one is from the late 1960's early 70's, They were sold from a lot of places, but I have one and I bought it around 1971 from JC Penny
Thanks for that. But these most likely came from my parents old place so I got no idea where they came from or when they were made