Well, not an actual hood ornament, but attaches to the hood ornament..... a bug deflector with actual turning propellor. An accessory from the 50s
Actually, that was a drunk driver running into a pack of cyclists at a posted race event, hence the reason the police car is also there. People died, because of that person's actions, not very humourous.
Reminds me of the "Jeepneys" they decorate in the Philippines when I was stationed over there during Nam.
Speaking as a cyclist, this is not funny.........at all. A 14 year old boy died in that crash. The driver of the car was drunk. Back on track, that racing turtle has to be the best hood ornament I have seen. Just saw bowtie beat me to it... and we're of the same opinion.
So ya, where can I get one? PM me if its a low production deal, I'll be the only one on Canada to have one and Doc will be the lonely guy in Oz to have one.... -Shiny
Quote: <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px inset; BORDER-LEFT: 1px inset; BORDER-TOP: 1px inset; BORDER-RIGHT: 1px inset" cl***=alt2>Originally Posted by Mike Zenor Saw this on the CarDomain blog site... no idea where it's from, but it's definitely an 11 on the scale of crazy Googie era ornamentation. Got examples of over-the-top brightwork, knobs, dashboards, etc.? Let's see 'em! </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> This is from 1951 designed by Alex Tremulis himself. Tremulis designed the Tucker, the Chrysler Thunderbolt, and bunch of other cool cars. Only 4000 of these ever made and only a few still exist. One on E-Bay recently sold for $300.
Deckard (post #91)................Is it just ****sion ? Holding that Nice Lady on ? (that's a joke Boy, don't ya git It ?)
Im a ****er for these after market ornaments for '37 ford cars. just found this one..one of the uglier ones that came out..but probably won't ever find its way onto my '37.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Doc.With that "Hood Ornament",just what exactally do you have mounted behind the headlights?Hehehehe. Good luck.Have fun.Be safe. Leo
There's a great story that goes along with that hood ornament. The full story can be found at: http://www.gyronautx1.com/1/post/20...-saucer-catalyst-for-the-1950s-ufo-craze.html But, in a nutshell, this drawing was one of the first, if not the first depiction of a flying saucer and was widely publicized. Eventually, it was made into a hood ornament and patented by Tremulis. There's so much more to the story, including the martians who flew the saucer ended up as the characters in 1962's Mars Attacks collector cards as well as Tim Burton's more recent movie based on the Topps cards. Great stuff:
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