70 Swinger Cigarette Lighter/Socket and Ashtray

can you post a picture of where in the dash you think a lighter would be mounted?

If you look into the ashtray while you open and close it , looking at the tab that you push to remove the ashtray, you will see how the two white nylon buttons and the tab are the spring that holds the ashtray up in place when either open or closed. That tab is part of the actual ashtray. Remove the ashtray from the receiver. By bending the tab up (as in 'up' when the ashtray is in the car mounted in the car) you can increase the spring pressure and let the ashtray properly close tight. Yes you would be wasting your money buying a different 54 year old assembly. If someone actually used your ashtray, opening and closing and pushing the tab down to empty the ashtray would bend the tab down over time. Even if it belong to a non-smoker they all use it to hold change and small stuff they didn't want to lose. Even sitting closed the "spring" is under tension and eventually relaxes a bit. 5 minutes and you are back in business.