mre display case

Post by **DIRTYDAVE** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:14 am

Hey norge, that is awesome! I love it.

You need to get the little 2-pack of cigarettes to put in there. Those were put in prior to 1977 and usually included either Marlboro, Winston or Salem if I recall.

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:37 am

winstons, Old Gold, Benson and hedges (yetch),Cools.
whatever was cheap that year !
lowest bidder !
(I thought they were 3 packs, but memory doesn't serve me very well anymore

)

Treesuit · Post by **Treesuit** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:44 pm

Dirtbag,
Yeah I remember the packs as 4 smokes or something jsut enough to get by and usually cheap ones at that. I wish they still had they soup and gravy base-beef flavor. It was just soo good to have.

Post by **MCIera** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:36 pm

They were 4 packs, same as the samples that the cigarette companies used to pass out. I grew up on those sample packs as a kid, 'cause I had a friend whose dad was some sort of rep for RJR and I was able to get Winston samples, cartons at a time.

dirtbag wrote:winstons, Old Gold, Benson and hedges (yetch),Cools.
whatever was cheap that year !
lowest bidder !
(I thought they were 3 packs, but memory doesn't serve me very well anymore )

deanopilot · Post by **deanopilot** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:24 pm

DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:54 pm

I remember seeing the 4 packs of Cools, Marlboro and Benson&Hedges from 1974-75 packed cases, bought by my Daddy, at the gunshow. Of course, he took them all to work and would'nt let me have any.

Deano, go and change your armour.

deanopilot · Post by **deanopilot** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:24 pm

DangerousDave wrote:I remember seeing the 4 packs of Cools, Marlboro and Benson&Hedges from 1974-75 packed cases, bought by my Daddy, at the gunshow. Of course, he took them all to work and would'nt let me have any. Deano, go and change your armour.

HA! I've got a few of the accesory packs laying about. Need some 35 year old smokes?

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:48 am

HA! I've got a few of the accesory packs laying about. Need some 35 year old smokes?
In the early 70's, I was a very junior Squid, (Navy), and as our ship was going thru overhaul, My task, for a while , was opening up the life-rafts and checking them out.
They had world War 2 smokes in them, Lucky strikes, in the Green pack-- 'Lucky Strikes goes to War'
They were dry as dust, and burned like a fuse, sparks and all...
Nasty !

norge · Post by **norge** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:38 pm

made more mre display cases,and more cool items

cheers from norge

mreheater72 · Post by **mreheater72** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:11 pm

Hi norge,

great photos! You show very interesting items, which I have never seen before in the same line! Really great, thanks for sharing!!

So long mreheater72