Big Indian Chief cap?

CanSlawCartoons

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• Sep 29, 2019

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I knew it was going to be a giant target but man what a signal! Easy dig and not deep so I had to look.
I turned up this Chief. He is wearing a full headdress and a wing rising above him. My first thought was a hood ornament or radiator cap but it is very heavy.
Anyone have an idea?

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Maybe this one?

 

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CanSlawCartoons

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Stiffwrists said:

Maybe this one?

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Well that sure looks like it. Dang if I thought it was way too heavy to be a radiator cap!

Thanks!!!!!

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CanSlawCartoons said:

Well that sure looks like it. Dang if I thought it was way too heavy to be a radiator cap!

Thanks!!!!!

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It might not be the exact one, but I think they were on old Pontiacs. Pontiac is a tribe name.

 

GLASSHOPPER1955

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There were way bigger and heavier caps for cars in those 1920s-30s era.
https://www.pinterest.com/stugypsy/vintage-radiator-caps/

 

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Stiffwrists said:

Pontiac is a tribe name.

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Correction. Pontiac was the name of an Ottawa chief.

 

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Thats when they made them to last, extraordinary find, congrats.

 

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Pontiac also had chrome Indian hood ornaments and a model called the chieftain in the fabulous 50s.

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older radiator caps were heaver in those days. The weight of the cap acted like a spring loaded modern radiator cap. When the radiator pressure got up to lift the weight it relieved. Radiator systems require pressure to allow a higher temp to keep from boiling over.