V8 60 emblem

[fortyfords]

Does anyone know what cars or truck had this emblem?

 

[petehoovie]

Does anyone know what cars or truck had this emblem?

As seen on 1937 Ford Pickup Hood Side and on Grille:

As seen on 1937 Ford Car Grille:

And then there's this one:

 

[51504bat]

Bottom one looks like the 85 one on my '39 p/u

 

[fortyfords]

It seems like a 37 truck grille, but not sure. This thread won't let me load a picture. Something is wrong with the web site.

 

[fortyfords]

Mine doesn't have the bar up through the middle. I thought maybe it was on the 37 car grille. Still can't load picture

 

[petehoovie]

This is on the hood side of a '37 Pickup>

 

[petehoovie]

Mine doesn't have the bar up through the middle. I thought maybe it was on the 37 car grille. Still can't load picture

Like this?

 

[nelsb01]

The very first picture in post #2 is the 1937 60 hp pickup grille top emblem in which the radiator cap connects to.
The one in post #7 is the pickup hood side emblem for a 60 hp.

 

[highbeams]

the 60 V8 by Ford was Ford's way of telling the public: Want economy? Then order your new Ford with our 60 horsepower engine.

My father (said to me in the mid 50s one time) bought a '37 sedan with a 60. He had it for a month+-. Very dissatisfied. Passing was a hair-raising experience, particularly on two-lane highways with oncoming traffic. Passing was just too risky.

Ford got the message from the public, and the 60 was history(bad history) within a couple years. (Why would Ford sell a weak, hardly-useable car for highway speeds, particularly with a car full of passengers! Families apparently said, not for us!!! ( the 60 V8 was available in half-ton pickups as well into 1940 I think. I knew of a guy that had one.

 

[ford38v8]

Highbeams, the V8 60 was not designed for the American public. It was developed to comply with restrictive engine size tax laws in England, and successfully marketed there for that reason. Available over there in 1936, here in 1937. Our cars being heavier, and our driving habits more demanding, it served a small niche market, while conversely, it’s advertising likely helped promote the more powerful V8 85.

 

[highbeams]

Thank You! I knew a guy that had one in Wisconsin. My father had one as explained earlier.

 

[fortyfords]

Petehoovie posted the same emblem that I have, Now I know what it came on, Thanks guys.

 

[kiwi nz]

This is on the hood side of a '37 Pickup>

I am looking at the vertical grille bars on the 37 pickup.

A very nice look indeed.

 

[v8fordman]

Not only vertical bars but how it has been shortened and no longer extends below the bumper. Compare it to mine on the right in the picture. Interesting.

 

[petehoovie]

Not only vertical bars but how it has been shortened and no longer extends below the bumper. Compare it to mine on the right in the picture. Interesting.

 

[kiwi nz]

Cutting the bottom off does kind of spoil the effect, though I did not immediately notice it until it was pointed out.

Those 37's are handsome trucks.
I had one as my first V8, I still miss it