Guest Posted October 16, 2000 Share Posted October 16, 2000 I am looking for a vender or someone else who may have or knows where I could obtain the lower half of a Viking Radiator Mascot (the part which screws onto the radiator neck and the upper half attaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Binger Posted October 16, 2000 Share Posted October 16, 2000 29Chevy<P>I will go out to my garage tonight and take some pictures of what I did to my Viking and e-mail them to you. I had the same problem. <P>Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2000 Share Posted October 17, 2000 Thanks Dan any info will be of value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2000 Share Posted October 19, 2000 Dan, Thanks again for the pictures and the info. I have also thought of doing just what you did. May still resort to that.<P> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coley Posted November 7, 2000 Share Posted November 7, 2000 Does either of you have a pitted but not broken original base? If so contact me and I may be able to reproduce them. I have had inquiries about the base but no one had a pattern. Coley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2000 Share Posted November 20, 2000 Hi All, Here is my 2 cents worth regarding the 29-31 chevy Accessory Viking Radiator Ornament Cap. First, to 29chevy. At one time Grady Cox carried a reproduction Viking cap. His address is 480 Utah Street, Avery, TX 75554. Phone(903) 684-4172 anytime or fax (903) 684-3819. He might have an extra base. Now the fly in the ointment. I don't know which Viking he reproduced. There are several varieties. I possess three complete units and the top of a fourth. All the bases look the same when closed, but the top caps lock into the bases in a slightly different manner. All three of these are the later style with the external hinge at the rear of the unit. None of these screw onto the the radiator neck but instead fasten to two rods mounted inside the radiator filler neck. I guess to make it harder to steal off the car. The fourth cap, top only, has a three blade latch rather than a two blade latch and I believe it had a concealed hinge. Mine still has a short length of chain attached which I suspect restrained the cap from opening too far and scratching paint on the hood. I have heard stories that the first type cap's hinge was easily damaged and they did not survive rough handling by service station attendants. I have been working with 29-31 Chevys since 1968 and have never seen a complete early style cap. Only one of my ornament caps has a manufacturer's name, STANDT, Connorsville, Ind.<P>------------------<BR><BR> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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