✅ SOLVED Vintage Car

[ironhorse]

Hey there diggers!
I pulled this grille from an old heap in a hedgerow back in the spring while hopping from one field to another, so I guess I found it while out detecting.
Any of you car guys know this grille or emblem?
Thanks for your replies

 

[nhbenz]

 

[jambone]

I found another example of one here, but I still don't know what it is. The grille looks like it might be from a tractor or an early auto - notice the hole at the bottom for a crank or maybe an implement?

Edit: Never mind, nhbenz already identified it while I was typing my response. Nice find!

 

[Anduril]

I don't recognize it.

But it looks a little utilitarian (to me) to be for a vintage car.
Maybe it belonged to a tractor? Or even a space heater?

Although, that hole near the bottom might be for a hand-crank starter, putting this in the "circa-1920's" era.

 

[ironhorse]

nhb.....the Prefect was perfect!
here is a '53
Thanks

 

[A2coins]

Wow that's cool someone who restores cars would love an original grille. Awesome find

 

[Anduril]

Well, I was only off by 32 years!

And once you know what it is, seems they're everywhere!
When I was in my early teens, a friend of mine's dad was restoring an Anglia (similar to this car).
I probably never would have thought of that again if not for this mini-mystery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Prefect#/media/File:1953_Ford_Prefect_E493A_1.2_Front.jpg
https://www.fsoc.co.uk/?lightbox=dataItem-j0gve2zm
https://www.fsoc.co.uk/post-war?lightbox=dataItem-il3wh6zn