Dobbs Challenger

[Frunobulax]

Thanks, but nothing on the Challenger that I could find.[emoji106]

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@BradBowers (The Hatted Professor) wrote:

Sounds like a pretty good deal you got there. Golden Coach and Challenger as models both date back to the 1960s. Both of those models survived the closing of the Norwalk factory in 1971, and the subsequent sale of the brands to Koracorp in 1972. Golden Coach is still made today, but I don't know about the Challenger. A Golden Coach post-1972 will pretty well equate to a Challenger post-1972, and pre-1972 models will equate to each other, but pre-1972 won't equate to post-1972.

Fifth Avenue isn't technically a model name, it's just part of the Dobbs brand name. I suppose a Dobbs without a model name could be considered a Fifth Avenue, though, for lack of anything else.

There is also a listing from 2012 where @splintercellz sold one. You may try asking him if he still has any pics. I don't think you're going to find much here, as it sounds like a 60s stingy - not the hat of choice for most of this crowd.

 

[moehawk]

Way back when I was still messing around with woolies and dynafelts I found a Knox Challenger at a thrift store. I think HCA may have used the model name with more than one of their brands. The Knox was, to the best of my recollection, a later 60's fur felt stingy brim with nothing too remarkable about it.
Hope it helps!

 

[Frunobulax]

I'd much rather have a Dodge Challenger.

 

[Rmccamey]

...or Charger...

I'd much rather have a Dodge Challenger.

 

[Frunobulax]

...or Charger...

...or Omni.

No, wait. That's not right...

 

[Rmccamey]

You were thinking of that other 4 letter Dodge hat...Cuda...

...or Omni.

No, wait. That's not right...

 

[Héctor Fernández]

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@BradBowers (The Hatted Professor) wrote:

Sounds like a pretty good deal you got there. Golden Coach and Challenger as models both date back to the 1960s. Both of those models survived the closing of the Norwalk factory in 1971, and the subsequent sale of the brands to Koracorp in 1972. Golden Coach is still made today, but I don't know about the Challenger. A Golden Coach post-1972 will pretty well equate to a Challenger post-1972, and pre-1972 models will equate to each other, but pre-1972 won't equate to post-1972.

Fifth Avenue isn't technically a model name, it's just part of the Dobbs brand name. I suppose a Dobbs without a model name could be considered a Fifth Avenue, though, for lack of anything else.

There is also a listing from 2012 where @splintercellz sold one. You may try asking him if he still has any pics. I don't think you're going to find much here, as it sounds like a 60s stingy - not the hat of choice for most of this crowd.

Thanks. Not a lot information about it, not even a Google search. It is a nice looking hat. They actually come with a wider brim, but that's as much as I have been able to dig about them. The one I just got it is a stingy brim, it is actually a Dobbs Twenty Five with a nice binded brim. I was just hoping to find a bit more info. Thanks for all your help.

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[moehawk]

I'd much rather have a Dodge Challenger.

They do look nice, but all that weight gives me a sore neck.

 

[Héctor Fernández]

...or Omni.

No, wait. That's not right...

A Yugo![emoji1787]

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