Zippo in the Bar

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Employees Edition. Zippo Barbour St Building 50th.


This high polished chrome lighter commemorates the 50th year of Zippo's Barbour Street factory building. Made in 2005 for Zippo employees with gift sets including a huge poster & greeting cards. Mine's without these paperwork. Additional info from this site: http://zippocollect.de/en/zippo/limited_editions/50_years_barbour_st_bldg/



Nascar Racing- Brickyard 400 Inaugural & Indianapolis 500. Limited Edition Set.


A pair of brushed brass lighters each packed in it's own circular tin, both arranged inside a decorative cardboard package. One commemorates the Inaugural 'Brickyard 400' race held during 6 August 1994, along Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In which another lighter commemorates of it's 'Indianapolis 500'.

(Nicknamed 'Brickyard', after Indianapolis Motor Speedway was resurfaced using 
Three Million, Two Hundred Thousands bricks later during 1909.)
BRICKYARD 400. Casing manufactured during: July 1994



INDIANAPOLIS 500. Casing manufactured during: July 1994









 

Nascar-Daytona 500 40th Annual.


Zippo lighter & knife/file set. Commemorates the 40th Annual racing in Daytona speedway at Florida beach, held during 15 February 1998. Daytona speedway is the first racetrack Nascar started with. It's still holding the largest Nascar races & cups.

? white matte finished lighter & knife/file in mint condition, multi-color paint filled with details.