Tissue dispenser?

[406mac]

Can anyone tell me if this is a factory accessory tissue dispenser? International Harvester? Thanks...

 

 

 

[m-mman]

"Factory"??  

I dont think any manufacture stamped and assembled their own tissue dispensers.  They all would have been made by the same folks who sold them at PEP boys and Western Auto.  Sometimes  the same design would be offered by different auto makers. A big company (GM) would have a large enough order that they could have had their name/logo placed on it, but again they would be from an outside contractor. 

 

This results in hundreds of different designs. The designs and styles for these things also changed over the years as the tissue companies (Kleenex) changed their boxes and the dispensers had to change to adapt. I have had many tissue dispensers over the years that were useless as you could no longer get tissues in that size/style. 

 

International Harvester? They would be the last folks to make their own tissue dispenser.

However to identify the 'correct' accessory for any given year, the best place to consult is the accessory literature for that make & year. To sell the (very profitable) tack on accessories, automakers always produced well photographed books and salesmen pieces showing the items installed and in use. Parts books rarely had images of these trinket items as it was known that the design might change in subsequent years. Changes that would not affect the function. 

[oldford]

I have one almost exactly like this one and it has the original box and original box of tissues. never installed.

 

Interesting piece of history...

 

Frank