hood ornaments


Meadowbrook 2009: Hood ornamentation, front and center!

Once upon a time, one of the distinguishing features of all virtually automobiles – especially premium models – were their various forms of hood ornamentation. Those high-end models often had custom coachbuilt bodies, meaning that they rarely looked alike. The ornamentation not only showed the way down the road for captains of industry, it also helped bystanders distinguish a Duesenberg from a Cadillac or a Hispano-Suiza. Eventually, most mainstream cars also carried some sort of sculpture up front as well. Some of these design ... Read more →

General Motor Heritage Center: Hood Ornaments Gallery Sam Abuelsamid

Click on the photo for a high res gallery of aviation inspired hood ornaments Once upon a time, car designers just drew up whatever looked good to their eye, and added all kinds of ornamentation. ...

Meadowbrook 2009: Hood ornamentation, front and center! 4 months ago on Autoblog

Once upon a time, one of the distinguishing features of all virtually automobiles – especially premium models – were their various forms of hood ornamentation. Those high-end models often had custom coachbuilt bodies, meaning that they rarely looked alike. The ornamentation not only ...

General Motor Heritage Center: Hood Ornaments Gallery 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the photo for a high res gallery of aviation inspired hood ornaments Once upon a time, car designers just drew up whatever looked good to their eye, and added all kinds of ornamentation. Thoughts of what might occur to a pedestrian who was unfortunate enough to find themselves in the path ...






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