Mercury Head Emblem

[Lorrie]

Found this in a park. Is it off a car? What year and where on the car. It has prongs on the back as if to have popped off the car. Not a hood emblem. About 2" high and looks to be from a Mercury Comet. Don't know. Have looked to no avail. Help Lorrie

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Family Maps of Hinds County, Mississippi, Deluxe Edition - Grab it through Amazon!

[omnicognic]

I used to own a '64 mercury comet caliente. That does look like the emblems it had on it, but mine never had any that big! On the hood was a little fin, no ornament and all the other mercury ornaments looked like that but smaller. Hope this helps HH omnicognic 8)

 

[caratjuice]

looks kinda like that ftd flower guy, pretty cool whatever it is.

 

[JARMAN]

Thats a cool find what ever it turns out to be from.HH

 

[KIXLSYD]

it might be some kind of a promotional piece for the Lincon-Mercury line of cars. It looks just like the Mercury man that is on the 62 Mercury Meteor. I have a 1960 Mercury Comet Stationwagon, but there is no Mercury Man on it anywhere. So im guessing as big as yours is, it must be a advertising tool or something. maybe off a car dealership building or something. Its a long shot, but a pretty good guess I think. Brad

 

[gord]

2" sounds like the size of the hood ornaments on the early-mid 50s Mercs. They were attached with a spring-loaded cable from that knob you see on the bottom, which fit into a socket on the base attached to the hood.
Gord