Pete Phillips Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 This looks like it might be a grille emblem or hood emblem from the 1950s, but I cannot decide what car it is from. Not a very sharp photo, but it is a knight's head with armor, similar to what I have seen on the 1958 Buick Limited, but if this were a Buick emblem, I would recognize it. Help?Pete PhillipsLeonard, TX1949 Buick model 591950 Buick model 76-R1954 Buick model 48-D1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk1958 Buick model 49-D1958 Rambler Ambassador wagon1959 Buick Electra1962 Buick Electra 2251962 Plymouth Fury1963 Buick Wildcat1963 Chrysler New Yorker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcarnut Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Looks like DeSoto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I would lean toward Lincoln or Dodge with the Knight head but that's about as far as I could get. The ring around it makes it look like a horn button. I just checked 1950's horn buttons and couldn't find anything like it. It probably goes with the other Knight head Emblem I posted a few days ago that no one seems to know what it fits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Might have been a good one to run past the wife, instead of asking here, because the badge/emblem looks to be off a Kelvinator appliance! You might even have one in your kitchen! Maybe you guys are too car focused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shadetree77 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 (edited) I'm gonna' go with Ozstatman on this one. From these images I pulled off of Google, it looks like a Kelvinator refrigerator emblem. It would look cool on a car though! Maybe you could sell it to the rat rod crowd. Put it up on EBAY as a "Rare, Custom Rat Rod Emblem/Horn Button"! Edited March 31, 2012 by shadetree77 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Phillips Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Hey Robert,I think you and Ozstatman have hit the nail on the head! A friend of mine bought it at the recent Chickasha, Oklahoma Pre-War Auto swap meet, so we just assumed it was an automotive piece. Okay, there's a Nash connection with Kelvinator, but I think you've found the source--it looks very, very close to the refrigerator emblem on the left of your post. Thanks for the sleuthing, but a rather disappointing find (laughing)!Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozstatman Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Gee, it's not often I have a win on these things. I usually end up with a bad case of foot in mouth! The explanation, of course, being that it's not automotive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Shame you didn't use that win on the Megamillions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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