WTB 1939 Buick Model 41 Horn Ring

[richardmelini]

Want To Buy a 1939 Buick Model 41 intact horn ring. If you have access to an unbroken horn ring, let me know your asking price, so that I can purchase your ring. Thank you for your help with this piece of the puzzle.

Thanks,

Richard Melini

[Guest barton]

Please have a look at my Craigs List AD for 1939 mclaughlin Buick horn ring including price.

http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/bnc/pts/4893164085.html

We take PayPal.

Hope this can work for you.

Regards,

Barry

[39BuickEight]

There is this one. I think it's the same one that shows up on eBay from time to time for $375, and I've heard the folks on that site are hard to reach.

http://www.classicnosparts.com/products-page/1930s-parts/1939-buick-chrome-horn-ring-nos/

Mine is broken, but I'm going to JB Weld it as the break is in an inconspicuous area. I don't see spending that kind of money on it.

[Barney Eaton]

There was a "standard" steering wheel for the Specials plus you could order the "Deluxe" which was the same as the Century and higher models. The parts shown in post #3 is the Deluxe horn part.

There was a NOS '39 Deluxe horn ring at Portland last year and the asking price was $400

[1939_Buick]

Barry

What material are they cast from? Brass or aluminium?

Has shrinkage of the casting been taken into account? (many just cast from an original)

[Barney Eaton]

My '39 Century is not brass....... I'm guessing some zinc alloy similar to what is used for tail lamps and trunk hardware.

[FLYER15015]

Horn rings are die cast zink / aluminum and then chrome plated. Do not ever try to straighten them. This alloy will bend once, BUT NOT TWICE.

Ask me how I know

[1939_Buick]

My '39 Century is not brass......

There are chrome plate brass reproductions. Brass is easier to cast

Original's are a poor alloy

[Bob H]

Has some craftsman found a way to straighten 1939 horn rings? I have two that are intact and in pretty decent shape but bent. The rings both have a small attraction to a magnet, isn't pot metal non-magnetic?

Has anyone finished or seen a finished example of the rough castings offered for sale at the top of this post? My rings measure about 11 1/8" on the OD. Bob H

[39BuickEight]

I straightened mine a little. It was already broken in one spot, so I risked bending it. It worked.

[FLYER15015]

Has some craftsman found a way to straighten 1939 horn rings? I have two that are intact and in pretty decent shape but bent. The rings both have a small attraction to a magnet, isn't pot metal non-magnetic?

Has anyone finished or seen a finished example of the rough castings offered for sale at the top of this post? My rings measure about 11 1/8" on the OD. Bob H

Bob,

The slight magnetics is due to the chrome plating. The part starts out as a die casing of zink / aluminum, both nonferrous alloys.

Mike