For those of us that still smoke-Installation of a usable ashtray today
03-24-2010, 06:34 PM
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For those of us that still smoke-Installation of a usable ashtray today
Well it finally happened I pitched a cigarette out the window and unknown to me it came back in the back window and burned a small hole in the back seat and now I have to recover the small seat. There is a bright side to this I now have a real ashtray installed in the dash. I used the old cup holder style ashtray from the PT I sold. I marked out the spot on top of the top dash storage box and the drilled a pilot hole and then used a jig saw to cut the circle a little bit smaller the needed. I then used a dremel to open up the hole to a perfect fit for the ashtray also had to grind out the backside of the hole to have a little extra so the lid would open all the way. For now I have a rubber band starched around the under side and pushed up against the bottom of the lid to hold it tight. I will replace the rubber band with a O ring when I get a chance to go get one. The ashtray extends down into the storage box but not enough to worry about.
03-24-2010, 06:49 PM
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03-24-2010, 07:30 PM
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Your right Hillsdale and in Tennessee it is against the law to pitch a cigarette out of a car. I have the Letter from the Tennessee Department of Transportation stating that someone turned in my tag for doing it and they even sent me a little folding pouch to put my butts in, as you can see I didn't use it because if I had I wouldn't have a hole in my back seat
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