"slipperysallylikespenguins" (slipperysally)
07/14/2020 at 16:15 • Filed to: None
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"slipperysallylikespenguins" (slipperysally)
07/14/2020 at 16:15 • Filed to: None | 0
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Got an emblem this past weekend. My Google-Fu appears to be weak at this time and I can’t figure it out. Last time I had an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to identify, Oppo delivered big time.
The back surface is completely flat with 3 threaded mounting points. It appears to be in the form of a propeller with a V8. Is it from a car, a plane, perhaps just an old JC Whitney style add-on?
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> slipperysallylikespenguins
07/14/2020 at 16:20 |
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spyker!
(it isnt)
but damnit...i recognize that from somewhere
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> slipperysallylikespenguins
07/14/2020 at 16:21 |
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Propeller makes me think Beemer or Saab.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> slipperysallylikespenguins
07/14/2020 at 16:39 |
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The V8 like that is usually a Ford thing, but that probably doesn’t mean anything.
ttyymmnn
> slipperysallylikespenguins
07/14/2020 at 17:18 |
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I did some goggling but couldn’t come up with anything. On about the third search, the picture from your post showed up and I thought I had found something. It does look an awful lot like the Spyker logo, and it could even be the badge off of a toy car, you never know.
Roadkilled
> slipperysallylikespenguins
07/14/2020 at 18:01 |
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The font/typography appears more European than American. I would also guess that this is from before WWII. Anything afterwards would have rockets and not propellers. 1930s emblems seemed to have more color in them, but I can’t rule out that decade.
WilliamsSW
> slipperysallylikespenguins
07/14/2020 at 18:42 |
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https://www.pinterest.com/pin/290271138475335554/
Not an exact match, but very close. Got it googling Ford Wire Wheel. Suspect it's aftermarket, because it would be easy to find if it was factory??
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ttyymmnn
> slipperysallylikespenguins
07/14/2020 at 18:48 |
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Well, I’ve done a whole lot of goggling and I keep coming up empty. I’m beginning to think that it’s nothing in particularly, and instead just some sort of design or adornment. I did come across this website, and it seems to me that if anybody would know, it would be this guy.
Urambo Tauro
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
07/14/2020 at 19:31 |
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My mind went to Spyker too.
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ttyymmnn
> WilliamsSW
07/14/2020 at 20:00 |
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I think you nailed it. I did a lot of googling, and didn’t turn up any car badge. Which led me to believe that it wasn’t a car badge, but I never thought about wheel covers.
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slipperysallylikespenguins
> WilliamsSW
07/14/2020 at 20:27 |
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That is close! I never thought about it being a hubcap. I also think it’s too small though with the center only being 3" across whereas most of those old wheels had 4-6" centers at least. Also it has to be screwed on with bolts which wouldn’t make sense for a hubcap. Visually it is by far the closest though.
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slipperysallylikespenguins
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
07/14/2020 at 20:27 |
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First thing that crossed my mind!
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slipperysallylikespenguins
> ttyymmnn
07/14/2020 at 20:28 |
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That seems like a good resource. I’m thinking it is off something non automotive, maybe a wagon or something.