what the hell is this?
02-14-13, 09:51 PM
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what the hell is this?
found this thing in a box of parts the other day that i recently aquired from somebody. Can't figure out what it is.
02-14-13, 11:06 PM
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It's Lee Marvin's prosthetic nose from Cat Ballou.
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02-15-13, 12:25 AM
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I will second Jeff Wills total WAG I see a couple of cable guides but my best WAG is this is not a bike. Looks decent silver almost never used in bikes so this one is a mystery.
02-15-13, 01:16 AM
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How big is it? Hard to identify without scale.
02-15-13, 01:21 AM
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Is it a casting, or made from sheet or strip?
...and yeah, how big?
I doubt it's for bikes.
...and yeah, how big?
I doubt it's for bikes.
02-15-13, 03:31 AM
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it take two round things that are next to each other and puts them on top of each other and holds them. Do you have the other one?
kidding.
kidding.
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What are you from Canada or something? Lee Marvin was Clint's sometimes sidekick in the besketty westerns back in the '60s/70s. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001511/
I was thinking a Masonic ring.
I agree scale is needed as well as more info on where it was found. A box of stuff from an old bike shop? Did they sell/service Mopeds? I think it may be a clip to secure a cable of some kind, clutch or throttle probably, to its lever.
I was thinking a Masonic ring.
I agree scale is needed as well as more info on where it was found. A box of stuff from an old bike shop? Did they sell/service Mopeds? I think it may be a clip to secure a cable of some kind, clutch or throttle probably, to its lever.
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02-15-13, 07:43 AM
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From Canada....could be part of a Snowmobile! From the wood grain, I am guessing about 3/4" long or 1.5cm or so, and it looks like some sort of cable connector thingie...Clutch, brake, throttle?!?
02-15-13, 08:01 AM
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That one is easy to forget.