1936 hudson terraplane hood ornament

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does any one know where i can get on of these??

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thanks mate

randallfraser@bigpond.com

Browniepetersen

While we are on the subject, my 36 eight has a very nice hood ornament. The red plastic no longer shines as it should. I remember as a child, about 7th grade I think, we made plastic hearts and hand polished them. It that a good method to polish the one on my Hudson? Is there such a thing as a replacement?

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Brownie, If it's like my 37 the color is pretty well gone but you can make whatever is left shine nice . I'v been rubbin away on several differant material types lately, metals, plastics,finished wood, paint. Ceramic stove top cleaner I swiped from my wifes kitchen gives the best final finish I'v seen on all of them. On plastics I would try it first to see if it will cut enough . In other words on something that precious I would go with the least abrasive first and go courser if needed { Turtle Wax Polishing Compound is about the next coursest, then white rubbing compound ] to find the one to start with and then go back to finest in steps. I did a cast aluminum steering wheel hub I had to start with 80 grit sandpaper it was so bad ,last used was the stove cleaner and you can shave with it. Same method on anything. Bud

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Go into the bathroom and get your toothpaste, squeeze some onto a rag and rub the plastic vigorously with it. then wipe it off and see if it has polished it enough. If not, do it again. I know it sounds crazy but I polished the headlight lenses on my 95 Grand Cherokee and it really worked. I saw it on one of the car shows on TV and thought why not try it? New lenses from dealer, I believe were $175....Toothpaste $3 not a hard choice for me.
Bob

Jon B

If you or a friend are handy with the lathe, you could at least machine a new plastic see-gar from translucent red acrylic rod. Here is a company that sells it, possibly in up to 1-1/2" diameter: http://www.delviesplastics.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=DPI&Category_Code=Cast_Acrylic_Rod . Of course you would have to borrow someone's see-gar in order to make a pattern.



If you are not handy you could buy the see-gar from K-Gap (see top line on the following catalog page: http://www.k-gap.com/cat/Page17.pdf

Browniepetersen

Thanks for all the imput. My "cagar" is in perfect shape, just a bit dull. I am going to start with the toothpaste and work my way up. If I cannot make myself happy, I will pick up the one from K-gap. I do have a small lathe in my shop, who knows, if it snows again I might try my hand at making one....



Thanks again for all the good ideas...

Brownie

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could it be possibe that this hood ornament for my 36 terraplane is a head??

the car was made in the ruskin factory and there is a head on the badge that looks like some sort of medieval soldier

Browniepetersen

Browniepetersen wrote:

Thanks for all the imput. My "cagar" is in perfect shape, just a bit dull. I am going to start with the toothpaste and work my way up. If I cannot make myself happy, I will pick up the one from K-gap. I do have a small lathe in my shop, who knows, if it snows again I might try my hand at making one....



Thanks again for all the good ideas...

Brownie

It is me again. I started with the toothpaste and it did show some improvement so being impatient I reached for the fine grain rubbing compound. In five minutes the see-gar looked new. The compound also brought a nice shine to the chrome and emblem. Thanks for all the support and help....

bent metal

The car in your avatar? What's going on with that? If you've been working on it I'd like to see pictures.:)

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Browniepetersen wrote:

It is me again. I started with the toothpaste and it did show some improvement so being impatient I reached for the fine grain rubbing compound. In five minutes the see-gar looked new. The compound also brought a nice shine to the chrome and emblem. Thanks for all the support and help....

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Great Brownie, now give it another 5 on the red see-gar part with the stove top cleaner , keep turning the cloth to a clean spot or you rub residue back in , and you'll grin from ear to ear, promise. BUD

Browniepetersen

bent metal wrote:

The car in your avatar? What's going on with that? If you've been working on it I'd like to see pictures.:)

I am held up on a friend (master with a welder) who is going to cut up the 38 sedan I have and patch parts into the roadster. We moved a 67 Mustang into the shop because there was three feet of snow in the parking area. I expect that we will be starting with the saws-all in about a week and then we will be on the way. Todate I have restored the chrome, dash, and started on the seats. Whereas the english coach will be well along by fall, I expect that the roadster will still be in the weld shop. I'll put up some photo's as soon as the cutting starts...:D:D Too many cars, not enough time...

Jon B

I've never heard of a "head" forming the emblem of a '36 Terraplane. This may be some sort of customized car. Or maybe a previous owner added the hood ornament himself. The original ornament would have been a red plastic carrot with a chromed wing atop it.







randallf wrote:

could it be possibe that this hood ornament for my 36 terraplane is a head??

the car was made in the ruskin factory and there is a head on the badge that looks like some sort of medieval soldier