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I'm out on a limb here, but the only DB emblems I've seen on e-bay other than fairly common ones were two from the twenties hood ornament pictured below.

'15 Roadster's are fun... unless...

Headlights in the front fender - dead giveaway for a Pierce. I'm not sure, but I'd think earlier than 1931 as I thought they went away from the flat radiator then. A real beauty, i too hope it's still around and being loved.

William C. Williams' (Bill's) book "Motoring Mascots of the World" and is one of the absolute bibles of hood ornament collecting. Bill was something like a demigod to me as a kid. I remember meeting Bill and buying an autographed book from from him at a flea market in the parking lot of Schaeffer Stadium when I was no more than 14 years old. As I was just getting interested in these things we now call automobillia, he set-up at a few small local flea markets with all the eye candy you could want. At some point in time he thought having a young collector was something to encourage and he would give me incredible deals on the more common or damaged items. As time went on he would accept a payment plan from me, if I saw something I liked he would set it aside and I'd pay him a little more each time we met until it was paid for. The first thing we did this with was on a Wills St. Clair emblem for a whopping $35.00! I still prize this as one of the most beautiful emblems made. As I got older he would set aside emblems knowing what I would buy and how much I could afford. My collection has several hood ornaments and many many emblems from his booths over the years. He got me into this hobby hook line and sinker and I bought quite a bit from him over the years. I enjoyed visiting him at Hershey until a few years back when I moved into another area and a job that does not allow me the freedom to go down each fall. I am saddened to hear of his passing and my most heartfelt sympathy to his family.

I've been into T's for a while, and my father before me so I've ridden & driven in several. Get in touch with a local Model T club and visit them at one of their local tours and talk to the owners. I can tell you from experience that most of them are good friendly people who will talk your ear off about their own cars. I'm sure several will offer a ride and let you sit in the drivers seat. This to me is important as they have very dissimilar comfort levels. Early touring cars and roadsters you sit high up and they have more pep. Later ones feel a little heavier and there is less room between the larger diameter steering wheel and your (or at least MY) stomach. Later Tudor sedans have a seat that some people do not think are comfortable, and the Fordor and Coupe seats are like a comfy old couch. Center door sedans are an odd combination to get in and out of but are somewhat unique. Also, o you want to bring friends along for the ride? If so you are not in the market for a coupe or roadster. And lastly, are you going to be satisfied driving in the slow lane? 35-40 is about the right speed for a T and it takes a lot of cash to get the speed equipment to go much faster and still stop the darned thing. Get a feel for what you like and how the comfort level is for you and then go looking for the one you like best. It truely is a fun toy!

Ivan, Dusey is at top center... Where else you would expect a Dusey to be?

Now that is a super nip bottle!

I remember seeing a booth at Hershey with a few of these about 12 years ago and asked about them. His answer was that Harry Pulfer had taken the design from a piece of literature and made these badges from that artwork. The emblems he reproduced were marked as reproduction on small stickers which are easilly peeled off and it has been 40 years now so I can't imagine it would be there. If that seller were not honest I'd have one now... --- Side note, Pulfer & Williams are reproducers of emblems and are still around as far as I know. It is now owned by Bill Williams who wrote one of hte best books on Hood Ornaments I know of, but was founded by Harry Pulfer. The early items from them are from the 1960's and are now getting old enough to fool many an expert collector. Under another posting heading - "radiator emblems anyone?" - you can read thru a long-winded "what to avoid" posting that I did a while back on radiator emblems. The bigest key to identification would be a good picture - it is possible that an embelem did exist from Frontenac, but being into T's and collecting emblems for many years I have to say I've never seen one that I felt was genuine.

Tiger TX is the aftermarket for the Model T Ford - they used Champion X's from the factory

It is from a Dodge - late 1930's but I'm not sure exactly. I have seen them in different shapes, the "V" was for the front and there is a flat version that is for the trunk.

Thank you. Now i know why it was in that pile of parts. At the time I was working on a 24 Special 6 and it was all for the money, so into the barn it went. I'll have to take a peek at that website too!

I have a Stromberg OX-2 that came in a pile of Studebaker parts years ago and would like to know what cars used it.

You need two to make it usefull, but it was intended for tight garages to be able to lift a car and move it around on dolly wheels. Also usefull for storage as they kept the tires up off the ground. A friend with 5 cars and an under the house garage had a set and they worked great for getting cars into tight spaces.

Jonas, That pump is not too far off from what mine looks like. Here are the better pictures I promised. The tag reads "Made For The Texas Oil Company" and has the underwriters lab tag underneath.

This small set for two is also a very early set. The porcelain is marked Sweeden, the unusual knife & fork sets have "Au Dept" on the handles and the wicker is marked "Manufactured in London England" at one side and "John Wanamaker, Motor Section, New York - Phila." on the other. I assume the original silverware was removed when the other set was added. Somewhere I have a later set which looks like a small suitcase - at one time my wife and I would take it on tour along with a portable record player which made for a fun time.

I mentiond this before and finally got my camera out again. Here is one for the other side of the 18th - from the bumper of some anti boozin do-gooder...

FWIW - from the angle of the pic it appears to have an oval radiator filler like the early Overland cars. I'm not too familiar with the rest of the car so I've not replied, but the radiator has been telling me Overland since the firs time I looked.

What part of the country?

I know the horse is Mobil, I was trying to show the pump next to it which is marked Texaco. That is the only picture I have that caught a corner of the tag. I've not had time to take better pictures of the pump but will try to do it this weekend.

OK, the picture is of the horse, but the small curb pump at the left side has a tag reading that it was made for the "Texas Oil Company" and I think could be one of the oldest Texaco gas pumps around. It is hand operated like a bicycle pump and looks like it were made as a bilge pump for a boat. I'll be able to get better pictures sometime next week if you want to see it in better detail. Please ask your historian friend about this one...

I like it! not that my wife would... As far as guilt goes, I know several collectors who would lie to you about "needing" a certain piece for a restoration only to add it to their collection

This was purchased from a dealer in Scotland, but it could have been from anywhere. If anyone from the UK can identify the dealership I'd love to know, but I bought it only because of the Ford/Texaco connection. I've come about this close to putting onto the dash of a Model T but...

What kind of Ford "junk"? Here is one that crosses Ford with Texaco & Religion...

According to John Webster many years ago, this is a radiator emblem made into an advertising ashtray for the auto maker. The swirl base is a separate piece crimped onto the emblem. He mentioned at the time that they were far more common than ones off of the radiator and are usually in mint condition. I have one other swirl edge ashtray which is for Hartford Tires and has a thick brass un-enameled piece in the bottom - front & left-central of the second picture above. Another interesting one is the Cadillac two to the right of the Carhartt in the top picture. It is a glass bottom crimped into a brass edgeing. The PA tires came from my living in that area several years ago, but with all of the repro items around I still wondered if it were a fantasy item to begin with. The final oddity is an "ERLA Special Six" ashtray, the only reference to ERLA I can find is as a manufacturer of radios not cars. I think the Hershey dealer I bought this from knew it too...

No Maxwell ones that I know of, and you'll have to wait until I can take the close-ups. I do have this one close-up with me, but that is it at the time. The rarest one i have is for Pope automobiles and is to the left of the Carhartt in the case. I like the ones you have too, they are on the earlier side whereas mine are 20's to 30's vintage advertising pieces. Just more "fun stuff" in my "junque room".