Art & Inspiration AMAZING HOOD ORNAMENT Collection - Check This Out and FEEL FREE To add!!!!

I was flat out blown away by our Wednesday stop at the Gilmore Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan. I have no idea how I had never heard of this place, but it's worth the trip from pretty much anywhere. The place is filled with one of, if not the best car collections in the USA.

Check this out and while your at it add some pics of your own of any cool hood ornaments from wherever!

 

How can anyone add anything?

You've already posted every one!

Very cool!

Thanks for posting.

 

Cool and hilarious. Thanks for taking the time.

 

Thank you Kirk , those are awesome. The couple I have are not worthy.
Luke

 

Thanks for posting these, very cool. I had no idea there was so much diversity in hood ornaments...sky's the limit I guess.

This is my favorite. Who isn't amused by a monkey?

 

Wow!


Marcy

 

I like the booby ones.

 

Holy crap thats cool! I need to make a trip there, thanks for posting.

 

Not sure my fifties GM piece rates after that!
Love the late 20's Paige piece- the tutenkhamun/ Eygyptian influence of the era revealed.

 

Dang! That's a big collection.
What's up with the expression on the Michelin man, looks like he just saw the Hindenburg explode.

 

Rock,
Paper,
Shoot!

 

Thanks for all of the time & work you put in on that, Kirk. I really enjoyed it. I actually have an example of the very first one, but missing the lower jaw. Here's a clip from the original catalog where those were sold back in the late 20's, early 30's by the Franklin Die Cast Co. out of Chicago. Mr. Franklin was considered the father of die casting in the U.S. & went on to establish the Franklin Automobile Co.

 

Bad ass! Thanks for sharring KIRK

 

wow some cool shit here!

 

Absolutely amazing! I am astounded by the diversity....and creativity. Definitely a spot to visit!!

 

This is a great post! Thanks for your efforts.

 

WOW! Thanks - this one kinda looks like you -

 

Wow-thanks.

 

gee you normally are wasting our time and yours with stuff how did this happen that we could be so enthralled with your pictures somebody write this DATE down as its a exceptional pictorial essay from" KIRK"

now think about it some one had a car attached to almost all of these at least momentarily and now all that was saved was the ornament?

 

That's awesome!
Thanks for taking the time to post and share these with all
of us.

 

Maybe it is me.

 

Uh, what?

 

Koolest shit I seen all day and I just got back from the squire!!! Mass people get it!

 

Thanks for taking the time,a lot of it to load that many photos!
I enjoyed every one.Looks like any kind of image was fair game.
I had a small collection of 9 at one time,than they got hard to come by for a working man.
I like the idea they were still making them in the 60's.
Thanks again Roy

 

The gilmore museum rules.