Glass Chatroom Board

@scott : Just found this on the Antique Automobile Association Website. It's from a chat/blog on there & was posted by the past President of the Club. They were talking about the ashtray in question.......

"Don't let this thread die - there are hundreds of these out there. I had to include mention of a fake however - the Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup tire ashtray in colored glass is pure repop. The originals were clear glass with a white frosted tire and red cups on it. Lettering on the tire was red and black and the logo in the bottom of the ashtray was also red. Good examples of the real thing are hard to find but the modern colored glass repros (see photo for a green one) are all over the place, unfortunately sometimes with big asking prices. It's like the fake Ford Guard badges - cleverly done but not genuine!"

I would gather from this that the only ones considered "original" are the ones he describes.