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Re: Dealer aftermarket hood ornaments?
That looks like a Pontiac or copy of a Pontiac hood ornament Either a 53 Pontiac hood ornament or a knockoff from a parts house or place like JC Whitney that didn't have the face that had the light in it.
That may be off a less fancy model of 53 Pontiac than a Chieftain But my guess is that it is aftermarket.
Being that you are in Alberta that might be a 53 Canadian Pontiac hood ornament. Probably worth a lot more to a guy restoring a Pontiac than junking up the otherwise clean front end of a Chevy truck.
The dealer (s) here just didn't load trucks up with trinkets when they sold them. The local farmers like my grandfather just didn't pay for anything that wasn't functional and my grandfather had a semaphore turn signal rather than lights installed on the fender. That turn signal today would cause some of the stick on trinket brigade to go nuts.
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Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club.
My ongoing truck projects:
48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six.
71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant.
77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.
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