Kinda looks like an old wind deflector sold by aftermarket auto places (Pep Boys, J.C.Whitney, etc.) that mounted on the hood to supposedly deflect wind & bugs. Now used by the same guys that hang curb feelers, window mounted coolers and other ***orted "look-at-me" **** on their cars...........
They were bug deflectors or are bug deflectors from back in the day. If I had an old Chrysler like say a '39(??) I would have to have one. if memory serves they should be a '40s or '50s piece.
How much do you think one of those curb feeler guys would pay for something like this??? Just wondering. I'm always looking to make a buck off of one of them guys.
That's what it is. They also made them for the side windows that mounted on the windshield post just in front of the vent windows, those were almost always blue. Very popular in the 50s. I had a 49 Merc with those and a suicide knob on the steering wheel in about 1970, they were not popular in the 70s unless you had a 50s style ride. Hot **** back then.
Bug deflector definatly. In the 30's that's about all the wider that they needed. Very cool item there being orange and in such great shape.
Spray it with a rattle -can full of flat black primer and post it in "For Sale"...Some Hamber will be all over it.
Hey... Blue One... I can send you a cool Byers Built sticker if you want one. Just email me with your address. Go to www.BYERSBUILT.com to email me through the website. We're old school engine builders. Mike Byers www.BYERSBUILT.com
This is actually a VERY RARE "speedometer blinder"!!!! It mounts to the horn ****on of 40-50's cars. It then puts an orange shield over the speedometer. The needles are orange, so they become invisible under the orange shield. This lets the driver observe all gauges, but never see how fast he's going! If you had one of these mounted to your hot rod you were considered one of the most bad *** hot rodders in town! Oddly though, the "speedometer blinder" gained popularity with the females. Particularly with house wives. They found speedometer needles to be distracting while they were driving. This lead to an epidemic of speeding, out of control house wives flying around town in station wagons on a crash course with death! This was covered up pretty heavily by the government and the local PTA's, so you won't read anything about it. Whatever you do, keep it away from your wife/girl friend. In fact, just destroy it!
Haha... this thread has just been blown up by the grenade inspector!!! haha!!! I dang near believed you when I read that first paragraph. Thanks for the laugh, bud.
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