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The Other Open Roads.....

zetwal

I'll Lock Up
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I really enjoy seeing so many of my hats on the front line of your delightful collection, alanfgag. You wear them SO well ... And of course I hope each gives you many happy years of use! :)
 

Joshbru3

I'll Lock Up
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4,409
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Chicago, IL
Heres a couple more clones that I found this morning while looking for Champ ads.

"The R.A.F."
1943ChampLifeMag10251943.jpg


Another R.A.F.
1944ChampLifeMag3131944.jpg


"Champ B-17"
1948ChampLifeMag9271948.jpg


Another "B-17"
1949ChampLifeMag1171949.jpg


The "Sky Champ" which could also be Champs answer to the Strat. Which in that case it wouldn't be an Open Road clone at all. From the picture, it sure looks like an Open Road though.
1942ChampLifeMag9211942.jpg


Another "Sky Champ" ad
1943ChampLifeMag3221943.jpg
 
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10,524
Location
DnD Ranch, Cherokee County, GA
Heres a couple more clones that I found this morning while looking for Champ ads.
...

It is always tough to determine a Strat Clone versus a OR Clone cause they are so close is so many ways.
We have the Champ Ranger on the list but I'll leave the B-17 & the Sky Champ for Strat Clones if anybody wants to do that list.
The RAF has too wide of a ribbon IMHO...
 

feltfan

My Mail is Forwarded Here
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3,190
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Honestly, I don't remember what I've posted after all these years and I can't find a thing
with the new (or for that matter the old) search system.

This is a Dobbs West. The pictures don't quite capture the mustard color. Unique. I figure
it must be 60s vintage.

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For the color (otherwise lousy picture), and it still isn't quite right:
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Not a 3X, but a 3 horseshoe (I think we've discussed this elsewhere):
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redhawks2

One of the Regulars
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171
Location
Long Beach, CA
More Open Road Clones

Here's a Byron clone
byron1.jpg
byron2.jpg
And here is a Beaver Twenty
beaver3.jpg
beaver2.jpg
beaver1.jpg
I don't know what this hat is as there are no indications as to a brand of hat?? The byron is a medium gray and the Beaver 20 is a light fawn color. The Byron says established 1929 on the liner.
 

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