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04-16-2019, 12:08 PM | #1 |
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Hard To Find Hood Ornament
So what is one of the most hard to find hood ornaments? In the 15 years i’ve owned my 41 Tudor I finally was able to pick up a hood ornament made for the 41 Super Deluxe and I believe the 41 Mercury. What would you all consider a rare hood ornament for your car?
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04-16-2019, 12:15 PM | #2 |
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Re: Hard To Find Hood Ornament
I have NOS 41 Mercury
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04-16-2019, 12:47 PM | #3 |
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Re: Hard To Find Hood Ornament
i'll have to did them out for photo's to post but my dad has (I think) 4 different ones for our 37, I know the "streamlined Greyhound" is a rare one!!!
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04-16-2019, 12:51 PM | #4 |
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Pines Trim bullnose for 36 is hard to find not broken .
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04-16-2019, 12:53 PM | #5 |
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Re: Hard To Find Hood Ornament
These are at least 3 I know of....for 1937
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04-16-2019, 09:00 PM | #6 |
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04-17-2019, 12:00 AM | #7 |
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Re: Hard To Find Hood Ornament
Checked the whitney archives and littlemags. Missing the horns and nose ring. Glass eyes. Anyone know...
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04-17-2019, 01:31 PM | #8 |
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Re: Hard To Find Hood Ornament
1948 Ford hood ornament on my car. Same as the 46 but without the red enamel 8 insert.
Stock to my NZ assembled Ford and different to the US ones. Photo to come. GB
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04-17-2019, 01:41 PM | #9 |
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04-17-2019, 01:46 PM | #10 |
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The third one is "similar" to the one my dad has, the front portion is flatter, stubby and not rounded off also has a swing open cover with a lock underneith, I think he has another one that is the similar wing shaped but different than the one in the picture and the one I described above. I believe most are aftermarkets!!!
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04-29-2019, 10:51 AM | #11 |
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Another "Unobtainium" is a true "Greyhound" for a 37.
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04-29-2019, 11:21 PM | #12 |
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Re: Hard To Find Hood Ornament
I made up Chrome Goddess radiator cap ornament for our 1932- 3/W Ford V8 basing it on the 8 foot Bob Drake chrome sculpture which was unveiled at the S.E.M.A. Show. in 2008.
1932 Fords did not come out originally with a ornamental radiator cap anyway, only a plain cap, but there are Quail and Greyhound ornamental radiator caps now made for them, so I decided to make a Chrome Goddess a bit different out of Brass. |
04-30-2019, 06:24 AM | #13 |
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Well done on your Goddess. Here 's 32 Vic in UK.Prototype "quail".From Tony Thackers '32 Ford book.
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04-30-2019, 06:41 AM | #14 |
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That’s a beautiful job you did with the “Chrome Goddess” Ian. I know you must get a lot of comments.
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05-01-2019, 02:34 AM | #15 |
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Thank you.Yes I get a few comments about my Goddess radiator cap.
Yes that radiator cap is on a English 32 Victoria, it is pretty hard to tell what it is. Some thought it was a dealer demonstrating a 32 Victoria. |
05-01-2019, 01:14 PM | #16 |
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