Photographed collector reference · Insert

1976 · Regular · Bradford — Insert reference (1976)

Zippo · 1976: Insert front, reverse and chimney-top photographs accompanying Terry Lyons’s 1976 Bradford regular-size Zippo. Lettering and construction are real photographic evidence; insert replacement and overlapping production periods prevent a guaranteed factory pairing or exact insert manufacture date. Terry Lyons’s accompanying README specifically notes the move to writing on both insert faces from 1976. Both surfaces are photographed here. This is a documented transition, not proof that all inserts changed at once.

Known period

1976

Plant

Bradford / United States

Case type

regular

Evidence / certainty

Photographed collector specimen attributed to this production year; inspect the complete code, not an isolated mark

Year attribution

date-code-supported collector attribution