ZIPPO Chrysler Saratoga New Yorker Lighter and Key Chain Limited 2024 Edition

ZIPPO 1998 Chrysler Saratoga New Yorker "The Zippo Car" Lighter and Key Chain in Tin.

This was Zippo's choice as 1998 collectible lighter of the year to commemorate the real promo / parade car introduced in 1948.
Made exclusively for Zippo MFG. Co. by SpecCast.

Car is made mostly of pewter, featuring flip top Zippo lighters on the car.

Comes with the original 2024 operating instructions and Lifetime Warranty information.
Missing 12 page booklet and cloth.

In overall good condition.
Uncertain of use history but lighter and keychain appear very clean overall.
A couple of small scratches on lighter (see photos). Also, flint has been removed.
Tin also in very good shape with no significant scratches. A few dents and some tarnishing on bottom (see photos).

Tin measures 5.5" x 3.5" x 1.75"

The original 1947 Chrysler Saratoga New Yorker featured two 8 foot tall open lighters adorned with neon simulated flames (as indicated on tin cover and lighter)

a little history (and as written on the bottom of the tin).....
It began life as a 1947 Chrysler Saratoga New Yorker. Then came a melange of modifications, most notably a pair of exaggerated eight-foot Zippo lighters adorned with neon flames. In 1948, the Zippo Car arrived to enormous fanfare. Over the next several years, it would tour each of then 48 states, appearing in every major parade in the country. However, by the late 1950s, the many miles and the sheer bulk of the lighters began to take their toll on the Zippo Car's weary chassis. Little did anyone know as it hobbled into a Pittsburgh auto dealership for repairs that they had seen the last of the original Zippo Car. What was never lost was the remarkable contribution the car made to the growing popularity of the Zippo lighter. Now, more than 50 years later, Zippo announces the triumphant return of its four-wheeled pride and joy. In 1996, another Chrysler Saratoga New Yorker was acquired and re-creation of the Zippo car begun. The new Zippo Car will take up permanent residence at the Zippo/Case Visitors Center in Bradford, Pennsylvania. For anyone who holds dear genuine Americana, Zippo presents an exquisite Limited Edition Collectible of the original 1947 Zippo Car, in recognition of its vast popularity, the goodwill it generated, and the memories it created.