Can Anyone Identify These Lighters?

[AlanM]

Any help to identify these lighters would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[61polara]

I beleve the one on the left is '46-'48 Buick and the one next to it '49 Buick. not sure on the other two.

[NTX5467]

The other identification of the lighters would be the manufacturer of the lighter's parts, other than the knob attached to the heating element. BOTH parts of the lighter have to match, manufacturer-wise, for them to interface and work.

In this case, "manufacturers" would not be the brand of vehicle, but "Casco" or "Rochester", which is usually stamped into one of the inner bands of the heating element, on the outside where it's visible. The other way to identify them (which I don't fully recall at this time) is what "clicks" the heating element in place as it heats up, which is unique to each brand of the lighters' brands. For example, it looks like the lh three are the same with the rh one being different (with the "floating" band).

In the case of many later model GM cars, the same line of vehicle could use lighters from either Casco or Rochester, so knowing which brand of lighter was important to get "replacement parts" for it. If it was not known, then you got a "matched set" of heating element and recepticle--which is how GM later sold them anyway.

Just some thoughts,

NTX5467