Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum

General Category => Frazer Forum => Topic started by: porsche1914 on June 01, 2013, 11:32:55 AM

Title: Hood ornament
Post by: porsche1914 on June 01, 2013, 11:32:55 AM

Did 48 Frazers come with different types of hood ornaments? Our hood has only 2 mounting holes.
I know the Knight one has 3 mounting pins.

Title: Re: Hood ornament
Post by: Fid on June 01, 2013, 12:07:05 PM

Since a hood ornament was not standard on the 1947-50 Frazers, owners often installed after-market ornaments on them so you cannot assume the holes in the hood are factory. There is only one factory issue for the 1947-50 Frazer that I've ever seen and it's this one (probably the one of which you speak) -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1947-1948-1949-CHROME-KAISER-FRAZER-FRONT-HOOD-CHROME-ORNAMENT-HTF/310679664183?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D8073620027404297913%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D310679664183%26

Title: Re: Hood ornament
Post by: porsche1914 on June 01, 2013, 01:30:05 PM

Thanks Lowell, the one you mentioned is the only one I could remember. The ornament we got with the car appears to be a 48 Chrysler type as near as I can tell

Title: Re: Hood ornament
Post by: Logan on June 01, 2013, 03:12:50 PM

Funny how much they wanted hood ornaments in those days.  I think one of the distinctive things about KF in the early years is its super clean lines, which a hood ornament interrupts.