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

They were all numbered, but I couldn't find a guide to the display.

 

Heres my 50s Nash ornament

 

My favorite is the gal sitting on the snail with her hair blowing back in the wind. FUNNY! Thanks Kirk!

 

Cool and strange hood ornaments, I love 'em (even one of my exwife on her broom!)

 

Here are a few new ones from me

 

Very cool! thanks for sharing.

 

1948 Desoto

 

Thanks for all the great pictures !! An amazing collection !!!

Here is my oddball rocket hood bird that spins and lights up on takeoff.

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Great pics, thanks! Here's some that I have, but have sold some of them.

 

Sharps Toffee guy

 

These are all amazing little sculptures.

Thanks for posting.

 

this is my aftermarket '37 ford hood ornament. looking for the "finned locking ornament"..like to find all 26 of'em.

 

My '35 Chevy & '46 Olds

 

Wow, thats crazy...I had no idea there were so many available in the day

 

I just read through this whole thread and am amazed at all the cool hood ornaments pictured. Each one is a little work of art. Thanks for posting!
As an aside, I'm fascinated at how Pontiac's hood ornaments managed to morph an Indian into an airplane.

 

Absolutely amazing!

 

Kirk, HUGE thanks for posting this wonderful collection! I think you just gave the Gilmore a BIG attendance boost, man. The artistry, humor, history and imagination reflected in these fab pieces is totally amazing!

BTW, the one below was researched and determined to be a side job done by Alex Tremulis, with an eye to the Jet Age and space travel. Though the tage says 1960s, I do believe it goes back to at least the early '50s. This example may have still been sold in the '60s, though.

 

Awesome bro, a BIG THANX!! ~sololobo~

 

It came off of this car.

 

At local car show in Moorpark, Ca. this weekend.
Thanks for posting the collection.

 

holy hood ornament! I had no idea there were so many made that early! thanks for posting

 

Wow, this really was amazing! Thanks for a great post!!

 

Very Cool Thread. If you ever have a chance to check out The Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar, CA. They have an incredible collection also. Here is my bulldog radiator cap. Don't know what year it was made, but it is neat looking.

 

If we get to vote for a WINNER, this is definetly my choice. Butch/56sedandelivery.

 

wow had no idea!

 

Fantastic post Kirk and all who contributed.Here are some pics of my meager collection and a couple I made for my Safari.One is made of red oak;pine;and birch and the other is 1/2" optical grade Lexan.

 

Here's another cool one, (from a 1936 Terraplane), and a link to loads more.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2011/07/awesome-car-hood-ornaments.html

 

Simply AMAZING! Wow, I never knew this existed, thank you

 

Crazy. Thanks for the effort kirk

 

Thanks for bringing this back up, from all of us who missed it the first time. Outrageously cool stuff!