Johan '62 Mopar Parts Questions

[SfanGoch]

I've got five Johan '62 Plymouth Furys and Dodge Darts:

two Dodge Dart convertibles, one Fury convertible and one each Fury and Dart Hardtops. Both hardtops and one Dart convertible are unbuilt. The chrome trees for the unbuilt kits all have a pair of parts which I can't identify:

A closer look:

Even closer:

They look like hood ornaments. The area around the centers is open (no plastic). They aren't identified on any of the instruction sheets, either. I've been searching through images of actual cars for any sign of these but haven't seen them. Does anyone know what they are?

 

[High octane]

I just checked my '62 Fury Hardtop kit and I have those parts also. They are not listed on the instruction sheet either. They appear to be fender ornaments, as that's my guess but it's probably a wrong guess. Beats me???

[StevenGuthmiller]

Hood ornaments.

Somewhere along the line, these Plymouth hood ornaments were "carried over" between several different kits.

They were included in the '63-'66 Plymouth Fury kits & somehow they wound up in the later issue '62 Dodge & Plymouth kits.

They are all Plymouth ornaments & were included in pairs.

Possibly because they felt that there was a good possibility that one might be lost at some point.

They are not pictured in the instructions because obviously, the '62 Plymouth & Dodge didn't have hood ornaments.

It's easy to see why you had problems identifying these parts with all of the flash evident on your parts.

Most of the ones that I have are much cleaner & easily identifiable as a Plymouth hood ornament by the "rocket" in the center.

Hang on to them!

They might come in very handy if you ever come across a '63-'66 Fury that you want to restore!

 

Steve

 

(CORRECTION, the ornament pictured below was from the '63 Plymouth, (included in the '62 kits) the '64-'66 were styled differently.)

 

 

 

 

1963 Plymouth hood ornament.

 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2018 by StevenGuthmiller

[SfanGoch]

Thanks for clearing up the mystery, Steve. Those parts are actually cleaner than the pics would indicate. They're the few flash-free items on those trees. I didn't feel like pulling out my Canon; so, I used my son's phone to photograph them.