TheMoneyPit

Lexington - 22ish. They mounted their headlamps on brackets attached to the radiator shell & had a rectangular emblem with and without enamel - not sure of the year tho...

Yes - that would be the cap style that was stolen - I think it was the only PA archer with a helmet. I've had one like it in my collection since I was 14 - it was the first hood ornament I had the money for. Sad times when some SOB can do such a thing, but my advice is to watch e-bay for one. There may be no way of tracing it back to the car, but I'd bet anything you will see it there. A couple of years ago there was an incident in Virginia where a Model T in a trailer was stolen. At the same time 2 Harley's in another trailer that had been owned by an officer had also been taken. After several sad weeks for the T victim, he started looking for a replacement for both the car and trailer when someone alerted the police that his exact trailer was lised on e-bay - it was a custom trailer that held the car with it's top up. Long story short, the theif had a Sellers History there where he'd sold several trailers all over the country in the preceeding few months...

I agree with Keiser too - the emblem is distinctive in the picture, and I believe 1910 & 11 models mounted the emblem thru the radiator core as opposed to the tank. The emblem in my collection has a 4" long stud on the back to mount thru the core and a 1910 copyright on the bottom of the emblem. The only difference to the emblem pictured above is the color ofthe outer band of mine is blue not white.

Hubcap looks like an early 20's Buick

Looks a lot like the Grey&Davis ones made for Cadillac, but they would have been marked - seems like a lot of commercial vehicles used these too

What happened to that yard? I'd driven by it frequently and everyone I know told me NEVER to stop and ask as the owner was in no mind to part with anything...

I believe the car is a 1916 as the side lights look like they were painted as opposed to brass and there is a horn button on the column - in 1915 there was an experimental horn placed on some cars, but not all and in 16 it became standard equipment.

Absolutely a 1915 - blow it up and that is a bulb for the horn, not his left knee inside the "door" - not to mention brass trim on the lights.

Hmmm - what about Viking then?

Good observations, here are my thoughts: My dad has had a 30 coupe in the barn since the mid 1960's - sadly we attended the 50th reunion meet in Butler in 1980 and he had a disagreement with one of the "Authorities" of the club, pushed the car into the back corner of the barn and has not looked at it since then. The shell was salvaged from his spare parts pile for my display. I'm quite familiar with the car but no expert The ornament, currently on a Chevrolet cap, fits tightly to the only Austin cap dad has for the car - I agree that the early cap seems much rarer than the later rooster and is most likely for the reasons you mentioned. The rooster is 3 dimensional with spread wings consistent with hood ornaments of the era, and the wheel is marked on both sides which is also consistent. Brass was used for low-volume production pieces as a cost alternative to the dies required for pot-metal production - and this one appears to NOT have been a lost-wax casting, but a little less refined as are many aftermarket ornaments. It came to me from the daughter of someone who owned a junkyard in the mid 1950's who brought it home for her in that time. When I bought it the chrome plating was so badly peeling that I removed it all - there are but tiny spots of it which adhered to the brass and would not come off. Chrome may not have been used for a display piece, but definitely on a hood ornament. All that being said, I think it was a custom hood ornament made by one of the high end dealers you mention - their customers would have demanded something there, which is why the factory optional hood ornaments of the higher end cars like Pierce, Packard, & Lincoln are far more common than the later Austin one is. I don't think there will ever be any proof to all this, but it really does not matter to me. My collection is private and nothing is for sale. As for the Rooster ornament, I like that little Banty right where he sits... Regards, Mark

My first thought was 27 LaSalle due to the body lines - but the emblem & wheels are very wrong for that. I wonder if it is a European knock-off of the body style, or a rero-fit in later life.

I'll toss in my $0.02 It looks to be what is refered to as a "clover-leaf roadster" or "chumie" - which is to say a roadster with a back seat. It looks to me that the trunk opening is too small and there is a ton of room between the back of the seat and the door for it to be a conventional roadster... May not be worth the $0.02...

Not to mention both are from Detroit - which was not the "Auto Capital" at the time but I'm sure it had high hopes in 1910 of becoming what it is today... Or was anyway.

All of the later Gardiner emblem's I've seen include the letter "G" in the design - but it is posible the hubcaps were different. There is a late Gardiner on the bottom left of the Roosevelt shell and the Windsor is at the top and to the right of the Essex shell. I'm still guessing Windsor...

This might be out there, but I believe it is for a 1929 Windsor - which would be the Moon "White-Knight" model re-named after the Moon had set... The emblem was very similar only the stripe across the pegasus was lime-green

There were 2 different sizes of the Pontiac "coin-style" emblem. I think 1926 was larger of the sizes and 27 used the smaller diameter "coins". Your clamp may cover 26-27 and even later.

I'm thinking Briscoe due to the radiator cap...

Looks like a Buckeye - I think these were made mid teens to late 20's with slight modifications - I'v also seen them with Cadillac, Studebaker, and Pierce-Arrow names on them as standard equipment wit hthe cars - all were made by Buckeye

Those are Model T Ford parts - and there is an active club in Central Mass - if you provide contact info i can get you in touch with someone in your area - if you have not been contacted already...

the pics are too small for my old eyes, but I think you have a 1925-26 Standard Six coupe - or the remains therof..

I too sent a private message. Thanks.

Chandler - I thought 27 but I could be wrong - 28 seems reasonable...

Yours is 1913-14 as the one used in 12 did not have the rib stiffeners in the corners to the front and 15-16 used ribbed pedals.

I would guess tractor...

My 24 had a cup that went over the clock from behind where the screws clamped the clock to the dash - the clock had to be broken free of the finish to remove it as did this cup/bracket thing. Try removing the cup or bracket from the back first then carefully wiggle the clock works to break the bond - it should slide forward freely.