What year are these horn rings??

[keiser31]

You folks must know what years these horn rings go to. What are they for? Just got 'em at the swap meet today and I just know that someone here can use them.

[rocketraider]

The dark I think is 1938-40. The light one is 41-42 and may have been used on some 46-47.

What's that black goo? Will it come off?

And why can't steering wheels have style like that now?

[keiser31]

All of the "goo" that you see will come off easily. I just have to take some time to clean the parts. They seem to be unbroken and in fine shape.

[Oldsfan]

First year for that horn ring was '42. Last year was '48 (60 and 70 Series). I don't know the difference between the light and dark colors.

Paul

[keiser31]

Thanks again for all of the information. I'll clean 'em up and see what appears.

[Oldsfan]

I thought I could pinpoint the years of usage with sales brochures, but they all look the same from '42 to '48. '42 appears to have red letters, the other years appear to have white or silver. But these are all hand drawn illustrations, and I'm sure the artists took some liberties...

I can tell you what the '56 parts catalog says. One horn ring was used from '42 to '47. The other was used on '48 60 and 70 series cars. Of course, this book also says that the '48 98 used the same horn ring as all '49s, and the sales literature I have shows two different rings for those applications, so I don't know if the parts book can be counted on. Who knows what kind of supersessions there might have been after stock was depleted.

An eBay search found a '47 and a '48, both with the lighter colored ring. But, who knows what's original and what's been changed.

Paul