58 Edsel Annual hood ornament

[hedotwo]

Wrapping up a restore of a 58 Edsel convertible and found a problem with the hood ornament this project didn't have to begin with.  All along I'd planned on using the hood ornament from the current Pacer HT kit, assuming it was the same as the annual.  And maybe it is.  However, the mounting slot on my convertible is much larger than the newer hood ornament would use.  The new one is way smaller than the hole in my hood unfortunately.  And, of course I'm done with painting and chroming so any modifications to the hood to accept the smaller ornament will be tougher than had I checked before paint.  So....  would anyone know if the annual hood ornament mounting base is indeed larger than the newer HT release?  If so, I'd set the car aside and add the ornament to the large list of pieces I'm looking for on various rebuilds.  If they're the same then I need to somehow get started on making the new one work.

Thanks

[Plowboy]

You could add material to the base of the ornament to make up for the void and use Molotow chrome to finish it off. You would probably be waiting a long time to come across an original from an annual. 

[hedotwo]

Kind of what I thought I might end up doing.

Thanks Roger

[StevenGuthmiller]

Don't give up hope.

Give me some time to do some digging.

Somewhere I have an old Modelhaus '58 Edsel.

If the hood ornament is included, you're welcome to it.

 

 

 

Steve

[hedotwo]

Thanks a bunch Steve!

[espo]

If all else fails you could remove the present upright portion of the Hood Ornament . Then make a small piece of spruce to fit the opening in the hood with the top at the same level as the Hood. Use what ever chrome treatment you prefer and mount the upright portion to that. A lot of sanding and shaping but you wouldn't damage the paint, which looks great at this point.   

[hedotwo]

 

On 12/7/2020 at 8:22 AM, espo said:

If all else fails you could remove the present upright portion of the Hood Ornament . Then make a small piece of spruce to fit the opening in the hood with the top at the same level as the Hood. Use what ever chrome treatment you prefer and mount the upright portion to that. A lot of sanding and shaping but you wouldn't damage the paint, which looks great at this point.   

Sitting tight on this build for a bit while I continue a search for it, but will likely end up using the late issue ornament one way or another.  I have some ideas of how to do it too.  

[Tom99]

The base of the hood ornament on the current Edsel Pacer kit, is smaller than what was used on the original 1958 kit/promo.

I have an unplated resin cast of the original hood ornament, if you want it.

[hedotwo]

47 minutes ago, Tom99 said:

The base of the hood ornament on the current Edsel Pacer kit, is smaller than what was used on the original 1958 kit/promo.

I have an unplated resin cast of the original hood ornament, if you want it.

PM sent Tom.

[gtx6970]

Search ebay.

Someone  is 3d printing a lot of the old hood and fender ornaments 

[hedotwo]

2 hours ago, gtx6970 said:

Search ebay.

Someone  is 3d printing a lot of the old hood and fender ornaments 

Tom99 was nice to send me his.  Thanks for the ebay suggestion though.