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<p>[QUOTE="charlie cheswick, post: 9932343, member: 853"]Hi folks</p><p><br /></p><p>bought this cool sterling zippo at local auction yesterday (picked up today)</p><p><br /></p><p>wasn't as good a deal as i thought, but still mega happy with it</p><p><br /></p><p>you can tell by the auction photo, there are problems with the lid</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/88455de8c9d27e573478698d26c09aa2/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/homewares-and-interiors-sale-lot-813/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/88455de8c9d27e573478698d26c09aa2/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/homewares-and-interiors-sale-lot-813/" rel="nofollow">https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/88455de8c9d27e573478698d26c09aa2/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/homewares-and-interiors-sale-lot-813/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>so when i picked it up today the lid wouldn't close at all</p><p><br /></p><p>all it took was to straighten a tab on the inner lid that was bent over, bingo</p><p><br /></p><p>does have one other problem though as seen in my photos, one of the hinge tabs has broken off at some time, probably by one of the auction guys trying to close it with the bent tab <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>so nice i wanna keep it</p><p><br /></p><p>worth having restored ? lid fully works and closes now, but would come off if pulled</p><p><br /></p><p>any thoughts or info appreciated</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498844[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498845[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498846[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498847[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498848[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="charlie cheswick, post: 9932343, member: 853"]Hi folks bought this cool sterling zippo at local auction yesterday (picked up today) wasn't as good a deal as i thought, but still mega happy with it you can tell by the auction photo, there are problems with the lid [URL]https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/88455de8c9d27e573478698d26c09aa2/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/homewares-and-interiors-sale-lot-813/[/URL] so when i picked it up today the lid wouldn't close at all all it took was to straighten a tab on the inner lid that was bent over, bingo does have one other problem though as seen in my photos, one of the hinge tabs has broken off at some time, probably by one of the auction guys trying to close it with the bent tab :rolleyes: so nice i wanna keep it worth having restored ? lid fully works and closes now, but would come off if pulled any thoughts or info appreciated [ATTACH=full]498844[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498845[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498846[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498847[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]498848[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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