Truck Emblems ???

[pflaming]

How well do you know your emblems? I have these two, I thought they were the same til i put them side by side to clean.  Which one goes with which truck? This goes just above the grill. 

 

[B1B Keven]

Top is '51-'52

Bottom is '48-'50.

 

 

[NiftyFifty]

Kevin is 110%, I've got both on my bench now....neither one to be used again but 1 stud missing on each...my worst regret is nw my hood ornament is not going back on either as I'm going to the 51 hood

[ggdad1951]

Kevin is 110%, I've got both on my bench now....neither one to be used again but 1 stud missing on each...my worst regret is nw my hood ornament is not going back on either as I'm going to the 51 hood

 

odd, I've never seen a hood ornament from a PH that didn't fit on any year.  The number changed but the casting didn't.  Unless you have a car ornament.

[NiftyFifty]

My 51 had no hood ornament, it has the Job Rated grill section instead, and the new hood didn't have one either

Edited September 13, 2014 by 4mula-dlx

[Brent B3B]

I don't mean to pull this thread OT but, all three of my 51's don't have the ornament. (Or even the holes in the hoods)

I take it that was an option for that year?

[pflaming]

emblems and hood ornaments are brothers, talk about one you talk about the other, so your not off topic. I cleaned up both my emblems. Decided to try the 50/51 instead of the 52/53. It did not look right, interesting how that works sometimes. The designers understand the innuendos and they show when mixed incorrectly.

Edited September 13, 2014 by pflaming

[NiftyFifty]

The 51 is actually moulded into a V so it won't work on a 50 and the 50 is too big and flat to fit 51+. I see some 51/52's with the rams head, but I wonder if those were additions? My 50 won't have any markings other then the tailgate....and that's still up for debate too

[ggdad1951]

The 51 is actually moulded into a V so it won't work on a 50 and the 50 is too big and flat to fit 51+. I see some 51/52's with the rams head, but I wonder if those were additions? My 50 won't have any markings other then the tailgate....and that's still up for debate too

 

I' d love to see some pictures of the ornament you are talking about.  By casting number the one I have on FEF is a pre 51 and it fits just fine on the hood.  As far as I know there are no differences between the casting numbers.  This was discussed 5 years ago extensivly.  I wonder if you don't have a car ornament.  

 

All the trucks had the hood badges, grill badge and the nose badges regardless of year.  After 50 the hood ornament became optional hence the new casting number.

[Jeff Balazs]

According to Don Bunns' book starting in 51 the Ram hood ornaments were an option. That explains why some hoods after 50 do not have the holes. My truck had the holes but no ornament when I got it. To begin with I thought I would just fill the holes and do without. I wasn't sure I even liked it. But after a year or so I changed the way I thought about the ornament. It is just so Iconic I had to have it. For $30 I got a decent survivor and have not looked back. Now when someone asks' me about the truck I start off telling them it is just a real old Ram.

 

And there is of course a third DODGE badge for the 53 year trucks that is a little different from the two at the beginning of this post.

 

Jeff

[TrampSteer]

Here's what is on my '53

 

Edited September 13, 2014 by TrampSteer

[NiftyFifty]

I' d love to see some pictures of the ornament you are talking about.  By casting number the one I have on FEF is a pre 51 and it fits just fine on the hood.  As far as I know there are no differences between the casting numbers.  This was discussed 5 years ago extensivly.  I wonder if you don't have a car ornament.  

 

All the trucks had the hood badges, grill badge and the nose badges regardless of year.  After 50 the hood ornament became optional hence the new casting number.

Sorry, I was referring to the grill badges in that post, not the ornaments. I have the correct rams head on my 50, but that hood won't fit the 51 grill I'm swapping into my truck so I had to get a new hood because my 51 parts truck hood was wrecked...but both of the 51 hoods I have don't have holes for the ram, so it won't be going on to the truck. It may live on in a custom console, but I'm a ways from that decision.

[Reg Evans]

How about this hood ornament ?

 

 

[Frank Ollian]

That was the limited edition special optional hood ornament. It was expensive and hard to come by so it is seldom seen today.

[pflaming]

DODGE is/was on my truck in three locations, some in five: Grill, side of the hoods, tailgate, hubcaps, and some on the dash. out of these five there are at least three different fonts. There goes artiistic consistency.

[Jeff Balazs]

Reg;

I like your mascot but it must smell bad when it gets wet!    If I end up moving to cowboy country (northern Arizona) I will be looking for a big horn sheep skull.

 

Jeff

[Don Coatney]

Reg;

I like your mascot but it must smell bad when it gets wet!    If I end up moving to cowboy country (northern Arizona) I will be looking for a big horn sheep skull.

 

Jeff

I would think that a once a week drive around the mountain would be enough to blow the stink off.

[Jeff Balazs]

I would think that a once a week drive around the mountain would be enough to blow the stink off.

I don't know......there is just something about that picked clean look. More aerodynamic too.

Jeff

[Plymouthy Adams]

what..you picked your truck nose?....I've learned too much here....

[pflaming]

Shucks, anyone knows that Reg's hood ornament is a BULLWINKLE standin" lol

[Plymouthy Adams]

PP...you really should take a trip to a zoo or at least flip a few pages in animal imagery book..next thing you know you will have a set of horns on an armadillo...I think Rocky is flying circles around your belfry 

Edited September 14, 2014 by Plymouthy Adams

[pflaming]

Speaking of horns, can someone from Texas find me a weathered pair of Longhorns, if not I may have to mount an ear of corn on that hood. PEDA frowns on some kinds of animal parts usage.

Edited September 14, 2014 by pflaming

[Jeff Balazs]

what..you picked your truck nose?....I've learned too much here....

Quit picking on me .....

[Plymouthy Adams]

pflaming, on 14 Sept 2014 - 11:36 AM, said:

Speaking of horns, can someone from Texas find me a weathered pair of Longhorns, if not I may have to mount an ear of corn on that hood. PEDA frowns on some kinds of animal parts usage.

I am aware fo the group PETA....and know its second accepted use...People Eating Tasty Animals

[Dave72dt]

Sorry, I was referring to the grill badges in that post, not the ornaments. I have the correct rams head on my 50, but that hood won't fit the 51 grill I'm swapping into my truck so I had to get a new hood because my 51 parts truck hood was wrecked...but both of the 51 hoods I have don't have holes for the ram, so it won't be going on to the truck. It may live on in a custom console, but I'm a ways from that decision.

You can always drill holes to mount the Rams head on your '51 hood. You do however want to do the drilling after any repairs are made, especially where the hoods tend to crack at the front edge of the hinge area. The hood contour can change slightly after repair and the locating holes you drilled won't let the ornament sit properly on the hood, made even more painful if it has fresh paint.