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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Adrian J Turner, post: 4050963, member: 20209&quot;][ATTACH=full]327973[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]327974[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]327975[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]327976[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]327977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]327978[/ATTACH] Hi all,</p><p>I&#039;m new to the forum and I was hoping someone may be able to assist me with more information about this lighter.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see from the pictures it&#039;s an Imco Triplex. Nothing unusual there, millions of these have been made and they can be obtained very cheap from many sources.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, this one unusually has no model number on the base. The little amount of information I can gather is that this means it was one of the first models made, in addition the mechanism is (I believe) known as the type 1 mechanism and was later refined to operate rather differently.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a scruffy looking piece but it does work, I put a new flint and some fuel into it and it sparked up immediately!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a curiosity as much as anything, I&#039;m happy to have it as a talking point though if it is an original from the 1920s I&#039;ll probably stop using it and maybe even get it restored.</p><p><br /></p><p>If any of the resident experts can provide me with any information on this flea-market find (5 euros in spain a few years ago) I would very much appreciate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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