roof clip thingy pic

Phil · Post by **Phil** » August 9, 2007, 8:46 pm

option?

rigged?

banjopicker66 · Post by **banjopicker66** » August 9, 2007, 8:58 pm

If you mean the stainless steel round clip, I have one similar!
It is for holding your cowboy hat upside down.

The metal bracket for the headliner is not Ford.

But then, the hat holder isn't either.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » August 9, 2007, 9:04 pm

I figured it was UHF

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » August 9, 2007, 9:26 pm

I grew up within a couple hundred miles of Canada's largest Rodeo, even closer to about 1/2 dozen of it's smaller ones. I have known at least as many cowboys of the genuine type as I have of the drugstore variety, Several of my first cousins were rodeo or barrel riding champions, at least one of my female cousins was a rodeo Queen. (Not one of them would get within a hundred miles of a Gay rodeo without a lynch rope handy.)
I hardly know a soul that DOESN'T own a cowboy hat...

But I have NEVER seen one of those.

Thanks Banjo, for that little bit of wisdom.

Max · Post by **Max** » August 9, 2007, 9:33 pm

Yep, down here you'll find that handy accessory hanging on a peg right next to the universally adjustable rear window rifle rack at your favorite parts house.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » August 9, 2007, 10:01 pm

Max wrote:Yep, down here you'll find that handy accessory hanging on a peg right next to the universally adjustable rear window rifle rack at your favorite parts house.

Not many cowboy hats in all of Ohio
Thanks for the info, the ricers up here will get a kick out of it.

cdherman · Post by **cdherman** » August 9, 2007, 10:09 pm

Johnny Canuck wrote:I grew up within a couple hundred miles of Canada's largest Rodeo, even closer to about 1/2 dozen of it's smaller ones. I have know at least as many cowboys of the genuine type as I have of the drugstore variety, Several of my first cousins were rodeo and barrel riding champions, one of my female cousins was a rodeo Queen. (Not one of them would get within a hundred miles of a Gay rodeo without a lynch rope handy.)

But I have NEVER seen one of those.
Thanks Banjo, for that little bit of wisdom.

I think that real cowboys wear hats that are usually not so purdy that they have to keep them fancy in a special hat rack. Perhaps the closer you are to real cow country the less you see the hat racks.

cal · Post by **cal** » August 9, 2007, 10:20 pm

[quote="Heavyhauler]
Not many cowboy hats in all of Ohio
Thanks for the info, the ricers up here will get a kick out of it.[/quote]

I've only seen those hat holders two places - New Mexico .. and Ohio. I've seen a lot of them in both, though.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » August 9, 2007, 10:29 pm

cal wrote:[quote="Heavyhauler]
Not many cowboy hats in all of Ohio
Thanks for the info, the ricers up here will get a kick out of it.

I've only seen those hat holders two places - New Mexico .. and Ohio. I've seen a lot of them in both, though.[/quote][/quote]

Yeah I'm near Detroit, we have doo rag holders and the gunrack is under your kiester.

Post by **Greg D** » August 9, 2007, 10:32 pm

I have one of those! Go figure..........lol.

cloud · Post by **cloud** » August 9, 2007, 10:43 pm

cdherman wrote:
I think that real cowboys wear hats that are usually not so purdy that they have to keep them fancy in a special hat rack. Perhaps the closer you are to real cow country the less you see the hat racks.

Plenty of 'em around here in central/south TX (as real cow country as it gets), seen 'em since I was a kid. Good stuff! I'd keep it, but find a nice vintage hat to store in there to make it worthwhile.

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » August 9, 2007, 10:49 pm

I am guessing it must be a Eastern thing.

They don't have them in the Mountain or Pacific time zones LOL

Max · Post by **Max** » August 9, 2007, 11:14 pm

Cowboy survival tip: If you ever get stuck in the middle of nowhere, you can yank it down, pull the loops apart and find water. (:bs:)

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » August 9, 2007, 11:20 pm

Or, you can cover it in tinfoil, put it on yer head, and tune in the Mother ship.

Ford4jack · Post by **Ford4jack** » August 9, 2007, 11:42 pm

I gotta get one of those.
Tired of denting my sombrero every time I hit a bump

Z-MAN · Post by **Z-MAN** » August 10, 2007, 3:09 am

I thought everybody has those.

Slick Fan · Post by **Slick Fan** » August 10, 2007, 11:58 am

I used to see those fairly often around my small northern Arizona hometown. They didn't flip down like that one though, they looked more like a big fork & you just slid your hat into it.

BTW, those same trucks usually also had gun racks in the back window, CB mike's hanging from the rear view mirror by their cords & a big chain between the front frame rails, in a U shape.

I thought all that was totally normal, until I moved away.

YukonCor55 · Post by **YukonCor55** » August 10, 2007, 1:02 pm

First time I ever saw one of those was on a Friend's '72 Ford truck. He grew up on a ranch in Missouri. When I asked him what it was he looked at me like I was from Mars. He thought every truck came with one!

Post by **Greg D** » August 10, 2007, 4:23 pm

ford4jack wrote:I gotta get one of those.
Tired of denting my sombrero every time I hit a bump

Those are not for keeping "city cowboy" hats "perfect." The true purpose is safety, it's damn hard to see where you are going with your lid stuck down over your eyes. It's also pretty hard to steer when have both fists gripped on the brim trying to get it back off.
Did we all forget how a Slick rides?

Z-MAN · Post by **Z-MAN** » August 10, 2007, 5:51 pm

When you and the guys went to the bar in high school, the guy that got stuck in the middle always had to put his lid up there and if your girl wore a hat it was hard to put your arm around her when she sat next to ya. In the old days when my dad started the police department his patrol car came with one installed. Never figured that one out, since the department didn't wear cowboy hats back then; I guess it was an option. pretty cool. huh

Z