Promo tire ashtrays

[keiser31]

Here are some of my tire ashtrays. Most are pliable rubber and some are very brittle. The last photo is a pencil holder that looks like a stack of tires.

[RPrice]

I have the one just above the stack of tires. I got it from a Firestone dealer in the early '60s.

Rog

[Guest Kingoftheroad]

LOL, we have at one in our family that looks like the top left one...

[Terry Bond]

Don't let this thread die - there are hundreds of these out there. I had to include mention of a fake however - the Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup tire ashtray in colored glass is pure repop. The originals were clear glass with a white frosted tire and red cups on it. Lettering on the tire was red and black and the logo in the bottom of the ashtray was also red. Good examples of the real thing are hard to find but the modern colored glass repros (see photo for a green one) are all over the place, unfortunately sometimes with big asking prices. It's like the fake Ford Guard badges - cleverly done but not genuine!

[TheMoneyPit]

Terry - did you mean to say "Don't let this TREAD die"

I have one of those VC ones in clear glass (right end of case) - I believe it to be a real one that someone scrubbed the paint off, but who knows now.

Here are some non-treaded ashtray's with automotive roots...