Automobile hood ornaments Beautiful photos included

[alfredo]

Below are two sites. the first one just shows the different hood ornaments. The second explores the artistic ornaments.


http://www.lepoix.de/


http://northstargallery.com/cars/cargalflyingladies.htm

[samplegirl]

1. cool site

thanks. :hi:

[wildhorses]

2. they just don't make 'em like they used to...

*sigh*

[alfredo]

3. The auto and Art Deco was a perfect fit.

[wildhorses]

4. sooooooo true

thanks for the link
:hi:

[alfredo]

5. My dad used to restore antique autos. His specialty

was upholstery.

[chookie]

6. Hooray! The greyhound ornament!!

I've been looking for this, my friend. It looks just like my beloved Forrest.

[madrchsod]

7. i have this one laying underneath my monitor

the local rambler dealer gave it to my mother. i`m missing the chrome piece she is resting on

[alfredo]

8. That's from the Pininfarina designed Ramblers.

You know they laid out some big bucks to get him to design for them.

Here's a prototype of a 55 Pininfarina designed Nash Rambler.



Here's another Pininfarina Rambler with the ornament you have.

[madrchsod]

9. my folks bought ramblers untill am went broke

they were not bad cars

[alfredo]

10. Their image didn't fit with the youth culture. It was seen as

your grandmother's car. That was an image they couldn't shake.

I had an Ambassador 660. I loved it. It had problems with the shift linkage, but a whack with a hammer fixed it.

Mine looked just like this, down to the color. I was living in Eritrea at the time. It was fine in the mountains, but tended to under-steer.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

13. wow, a Nash Rambler.

i got rearended by one of those tanks in my CRX. the guy got out of his car, took one look at my demolished CRX and his Nash Rambler and he yelled "my headlight!" because his headlight was cracked. honestly it was such a cool car I understood where he was coming from. and I was happy to collect the insurance and not fix my CRX. that was pretty much the richest I've ever been, even though it wasn't all that much.

[ghostsofgiants]

11. I think this is the best hood ornament I've ever seen...

(It's a severed leg, for those who can't tell. :P)

[alfredo]

12. Gross!