Mark Wetherbee

I have confirmed it is a 1933 horn button but I can only find pictures of it on the model series 1247 so far. If anyone is familiar with the 1933 cars I would like to see if it was fitted for other series as well or if it was only for the 1247. Thanks again for any information you might have!

Money laundering maybe? It could be a good way to legitimize cash and is shady enough to make jail time far more appealing than cement shoes as mentioned above… And Matt, you’ve had a good reputation and image projected from anything I’ve ever heard so hopefully that kind of press within your profession will not be an issue for you and your business dealings.

Very very true, but entertainment is all it is because there’s no flipping way someone follows you home with a huge camera crew and asked if they can dig around in your stuff without getting the serious stink eye or shot at…

First thought on the hood ornament was Fargo, but I can’t confirm that. If the ball was patterned as a globe I would be more sure of it… Joe found out it’s an Oldsmobile…

I agree, that car is gorgeous but those lights along with all the other bling up front seems to distract from the overall beauty. However, the owner might feel different and it IS HIS CAR…

There is a fine “junk shop” in Maine called the “Treasure and Trash Barn” (Route 1 in Searsport) where you can find similar re-purposing of those. They look really nice shined up and certain coastal areas have plenty around!

Flipping through a book titled “Early American Motor Trucks” by Lloyd Van Horn it appears that very few early truck ads or original pictures show any form of illumination other than kerosene side lamps. Many of the trucks pictured still use fork mounted carbide or more likely prest-o-light gas powered lights into the mid 1920’s. It also looks like trucks made by automobile manufacturers were equipped with electric lights earlier than truck only companies likely for inventory or cost considerations. That said, there’s a picture of a 1918 All-American that was restored and a pair of lights very similar to your are mounted where the original add shows kerosene lamps. It’s very possible that they were supplied as an aftermarket upgrade for the lighting system once lights became required.

This site is one of the best for emblem identification, and shows that as a 1914 era cap. http://www.americanautoemblems.com/search/label/CADILLAC

Pictures were posted here a while back for someone else, don’t know if they will work for you but…

Thank you Craig and DrWatson, I thought it was from a Triumph but I wasn’t able to find a picture on either google or eBay. A British parts supplier lists it as being fitted to the Herald coupe and convertible only which might explain why it was so elusive. Thank you again

Austin Healey makes sense as I have a script from one, but I think the flags are auto/body manufacturing related and not stock car or race related… but it’s as good an idea as anything I can come up with!

These are the last two of my junk-yard emblems that I would like to identify. For some reason I think the flags came from a Triumph or similar sporty English car but it’s been 40 years since I pulled them out… Thanks for any information you can give!

Thank you for the picture. Here’s the reason I was asking about the emblem, I have seen several enameled emblems in the past, but this is the first one I know of that the background was painted. I don’t know if it was enameled one year and painted the next, or if they were different because of the supplier (the enameled one is marked Bastian Bros. and the non-enameled one is from D. L. Auld). I have only seen the “Beacon” and “Flyer” bars with enamel.

As I recall, this car was sold at the New England Auto Auction put on by the Owls Head Transportation Museum in 2002. The hubcap face being used for a radiator emblem is giving it away as the same car… I don’t remember what it sold for but I remember it as a super original car with great potential. With the more recent interest in preservation of very original cars it should sell well if it is roadworthy as stated. Any mechanical issues will detract from both the value and desirability. Putting a value is going to be extremely hard but basing it against other similar sized and condition cars I would think $15k to $18k would be the max. A great car and I wish you luck with the sale of her.

I thought I would update everyone, turned out that it’s a mid 1970’s AMC Matador “Oleg Cassini” edition emblem! I remember scrapping two of these off a junk yard car around 1980 and I have the two separate text pieces to go with one of these which is how this was figured out, searching the internet for information about those bits. Cordoba - Matador… confusingly similar after 40+ years 🤣

Can you please post a closeup picture of the radiator emblems? I was trying to see if they were both enameled or painted background but the picture just won’t let me see it…

It’s from an old farm wagon.

I’m going to say that it’s an aftermarket one and had many nameplates similar to these on eBay that would fit the indentation. If you look there’s three more in the related auction listings area.

They remind me of a calendar my parents would buy me for Christmas at Hershey, they found one for a few years in a row and then stopped. I don’t know if the artist stopped doing calendars or if his booth moved in one of the bid field changes and my parents didn’t find him again…

I’m guessing Peerless of Detroit Scale Company who made some penny arcade “lollipop” style weight scales around the same era. As for Whitehead & Hoag, they are a very well known maker of badges, emblems, and sales novelty items of the era.

With the high dish hubcap on the side mount I’m thinking it is in the Chrysler family. Maybe 1932?

Looking at the chip he showed, I am pretty confident it’s a three dimensional porcelain and I would venture early 50’s. A great sign if you have the room…

It’s T Ford, I think it’s the 1925-end because of the slightly larger diameter. The rim is a black plastic like material that can turn sticky with sun and humidity… I have an aftermarket one on my car for that reason.

I’m sorry but I have plans for it. My father collected emblems and this is going to be a display for those to go in like a picture frame for my garage wall. I had originally thought it was from a Maxim fire truck but the emblem didn’t fit the holes.

Found it, thanks Kaiser! I kept searching similar vehicles to the Maxwell until I got a match… REO From the early 20’s