Doing some research on hood ornaments, for artistic purposes. If anyone has some photos of ordinary, odd, rare or WTF hood ornaments I would LOVE to see some pictures. Please indicate what year/make/model they were for if possible... I will probably steal photos, just sayin'. (radiator caps, too!)
This is an after market comorant for packard cars, this one is lighted at night, it is on early 40 packards
Here's a couple from my collection.Two of them I made and the other two I modified.One is made from 1/2" Lexan and the other from wood.The Olds hood ornament was made into a racer.
This was on ebay bout ten years ago....I still kick myself for not buying it...it was from an english safe driving club. Always reminded me of the one on Idsky's roadster t. Johnny
If you ever get a chance to see the Nethercutt Collection, do it. It's the world's largest collection of "Mascots".
Every time I see a 34 Greyhound, I think about the 34 that Posie built in the 80s. A real nice resto-rod that was the style then. He hooked up a windshield washer pump by remote control and made the dog piss on the spectators through a tiny tube between the dogs hind legs as they walked by.
Guiseart Mid 30's Pontiac sedan if I remember right. Taken about 10-12 years ago so the memory is getting a little foggy. Glad you like it. Post a picture of your work when done.
If you're considering whittling some up from scratch think about one of these only small enough to put on a car. The one currently available is for big rigs. .
J.C. Whitney used to have some wacky ones in their catalog some years ago, they may even have a website now, if they're still in business, I don't know.
Haha, he still talks about that every now and then lol. When he first told me that story he was laughing pretty hard trying to get all the details out. He has a collection of odd and rare eblems/hood ornaments. For instance, the Speed Queen had emblems on it from a 50s or 60s era washing machine he found somewhere. They fit that car perfectly.
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