TheMoneyPit

I go with Paige, Jewett had a rectangular emblem and Paige used the diamond shape plainly visible thru the rust...

That is a sad story, and it does bring the museums integrity into question. Several years ago I had discussed loaning a collection of radiator emblems to a museum for an exhibit of automotive art, until a friend who worked at the museum advised against it. It's stories like this that support his cautionary advice.

Maybe its just me, but that mounting bracket makes me think cheap India repop junk from the 1970's not the early 1900's. Just my opinion...

An Early motorcycle horn, say 1912-1917 compared to similar car horns, but it could be an accessory and not a factory installed piece. Either way someone will want your horn for a project bike, and it should bring good money IMO

Keep an eye on eBay, a lot of sellers confuse this jack with a late Model A Ford single screw jack.

I vote Studebaker too

Very impressed with your collection. I'm not surprised that you didn't recognize the tip as lightning, I think that these were different depending on where you were. I've seen different ones in PA than I saw growing up in New England, and different ones yet in Tennessee & Alabama. I don't know why I kept the one I have but at some point it will wind up on my final retirement barn, which is coming up too quickly!

Here's the one I took off my barn in central PA many years ago. I have two milk glass balls somewhere, but look at the point it's very similar.

Tip of a lightning rod for the top of your barn... usually see three to six of them depending on the size of the barn.

Thinking som more, the radiator shell is pre 1923 which is about when they added the more refined apron covering the frame below the radiator. If you post pictures on the MTFCA website forum you can nail down the exact years of these.

I think that these are 1919 to 1925, otherwise they would have sidelamp brackets built into the windshield mount. The side lamps weren't supplied on cars with starters and the starting system was offered in the late teens

Don't let your wife know I made the crack about being old by recognizing what that is, she might not appreciate it.

I could be wrong, but it looks like a wrist guard from high school archery lessons. I'm showing my age if you think about that awhile...

Switch looks like a Delco unit from the 1920's - please take an oblique picture of the handle and maybe someone can match it with a more common make. That vehicle sounds like a really interesting project!

From what I hear from the great white northeast, Fisher Plows are the "Rolls Royce" of snow removal equipment... Fitting description I see!

I'm sure that it could be restored, but the price may be more than it's worth. I looked into having a Pierce Arrow ornament fixed about 20 years ago and it still shocks me when I think about it. Still looking good on my shelf even if the arrow is ugly.

Any interesting design on the shield? For some reason I think that those threads are truck and British.

A tour I attended years ago stopped at a place named "Columbia classic automobile restoration" in Maine. They had an unrestored Columbia there. An internet search said they were in Winthrop.

In high school I had a 1965 Mustang, if you know the car you might remember that it had a small door on the heater box where you could hide a pack of cigarettes and a pint bottle pretty good... That is until your moms car won't start and she needs to be at work for the 11 to 7 shift at the hospital and you just got home with an already Warm car! She was not amused. Another story, I was 18 and the drinking age had just been pushed to 21. A lot of packies (liquor stores in Massachusetts) weren't too particular about it yet and I was backing out of one as a brake line failed and I rolled part way into the street in front of a cruiser before I could get to the Ebrake pull handle. He stopped and not only helped me get to a safe place to work on it, but was the one who suggested I just clamp it off with vice grips and go home before having any of the Beer... I still wonder how I got away with that one.

I think that it could be a Nash from 1926 or so.

I have never seen one before my stop at OHTM at all, let alone one that was for sale. And I have been collecting for over 40 years if that counts as "hardcore". I hope you have better luck than I have.

If you are thinking of re-restoring your emblem, I would suggest you hunt down Carla Maxwell. She has a website and does incredible work.

Here's a picture of the Staver emblem on the car at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Maine. Funny that I took this and not a picture of the whole car, but I had never seen a Staver emblem before and like to have a comparison should I get lucky finding one. As a collector, I would suspect any emblem with a very smooth back and no makers marking as being a reproduction. Regards, Mark

Keep an eye on eBay, these show up frequently as Model A Ford accessories an sell for around $100 on average. Good luck

I think that the differential was original behind the sold axle, the axle shafts went into the holes on the rear of the backing plates with a secondary gear driving the drums from inside giving another reduction in the gearing. If the drums have internal gears it would support this.