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PONTIAC LIGHTER CASCO vs ROCHESTER
Hi everyone, I need your help. We found a bunch of new Casco lighter assemblies and we need to know what year car goes with what type of insert. Different Pontiac plants used different lighter inserts for the different models. Please take a look at the picture and then take a look at your insert in your dash. I'm not concerned as much with the knob as the filiment...the knob will unscrew.Type A is a Rochester insert and Type B is the Casco. Which one do you have Type A or Type B & what year/make/model?
Thanks... GP Mike |
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I've owned '69-'72 A-bodies and '72-'75 'birds.
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Mike,
The 65 GP I just parted had a *factory* casco (NJ built car) every other 65 I've had has had a rochester
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Ive never seen type B in a pontiac..i snatch every lighter i find in every yard i go to...
ive seen a couple in 64 impalas now that i think about it..
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Mark.. The Goat whisperer "I spent a lot of my money on booze, crazy women, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." |
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Type A 1966 Pontiac Lemans
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Lighter
Hi Mike, I have a 68 bird with a rochester.
Doug |
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In 1961, full size Pontiacs built in Kansas City used a Casco lighter while other plants used a Rochester (at least most of them, I can't be 100% sure about all plants), but the one they used back then had a different head than the one in your photo.
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All type A, 64 GTO, 66 LeMans, 67 GTO, 68 GTO.
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All of my '65 big cars, and my '67 GTO's used Type A.
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Mick Batson 1967 original owner Tyro Blue/black top 4-speed HO GTO with all the original parts stored safely away -- 1965 2+2 survivor AC auto -- 1965 Catalina Safari Wagon. |
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1959 Catalina from Kansas City, 1959 Catalina from Wilmington, and 1967 Firebird all had Rochester lighters......John
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Type A 64 GTO
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My 61 Catalina built in California is a type A
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67 GTO, built in Kansas City, Type A. Irgoatmike
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Type A in my '67 Bird. I'd like to find a new housing for mine. Old original one still works but is really crusty.
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Type A in my 61 Tempest built in Pontiac
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Keith Collier 61-63 Pontiac Tempest Tech advisor POCI.org |
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Original Rochester lighter in my 66 GTO.... never used. Ashtray never used either. Not even by me.
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Gary Get in, ShuT Up, Hang On! Member of the Baltimore Built Brotherhood MY GTO built 4th Week of March 1966 "Crusin' Is Not A Crime" Keep yer stick on the ice. |
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I have a Casco in my Pontiac, MI built 65 GTO, that unfortunately now has an aftermarket replacement element in it.
Shaker 455 unfortunately lost the original I had when he got overzealous with his wideband meter plugging it in. I think he was still frazzled from trying to learn to shift the vertical gate The Rochester lighter assembly in my Kansas City 65 GTO has it's original 1965 element, but it will not fit my MI car- the Casco is smaller in element diameter (or vice versa). I'm interested in purchasing either one if you have assemblies with the element included.
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Mine is the orig. Type A....66 GTO, Pon. plant, May 66 build
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CT Gross---66 GTO "Its never too late to have a happy childhood"! I told my dad I was going to stop raising hell, and he called me a quitter! |
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I would like to convert all my cars over to casco, elements are easier to get and it seems like the lighter plug accys like cell phone chargers and gps stuff were designed for casco sockets. The can be intermittent in the rochester ones.
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65 Bonneville Brougham 4DHT 65 Grand Prix 2DHT......now parts 65 Catalina 2+2 2DHT 65 Catalina Safari 4DSW |
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I've never seen a casco style in an F body. Although I changed mine over to casco. I put the original knob from my Rochester onto the casco element with casco socket. Pretty much looks original but I don't have to worry about a melt down anymore.
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