Show me elegant and classy vintage hood ornaments and motormeters.

[Mafdark]

Were any of those taken at the show at Lorenzo, by any chance?

-Tim

Nope, they are from Simeone Museum, Saratoga Auto Museum, and Fairfield County Concours.

[clutchrider]

Question? Were the meters on both sides or were they supposed to be facing the cab?

[daveschi]

-Tim

This looks like it actually spins. Does it? It better, that's awesome!

[barry2952]

It does. Motometers were readable from both sides.

[phatsac]

BUMP

So I was watching Storage Wars and one of the finds was 3 pieces that were really cool:
1 - Pontiac Chieftain w/ amber head and cream colored headdress - not shown on Pontiac list above!
[IMG] pontiac by scottchapman01, on Flickr[/IMG]
2 - Franklin Plane w/ spinning prop like Barry posted above
[IMG] franklin by scottchapman01, on Flickr[/IMG]
3 - unknown - please help!
[IMG] pumpers by scottchapman01, on Flickr[/IMG]
It has two men on a pump-cart and the men were "pumped" via the cart handle, actuated by the wind spinning the propeller. The guy sold it for $600 or so (I can't remember) to a car museum that had the largest collection of hood ornaments in existence BUT NEVER IDENTIFIED THE MAKE!!!!

[Subwoofers]

Need to know

[barry2952]

There were hundreds of novelty aftermarket hood ornaments available. J.C. Whitney offered them by the droves.

If you want to identify it you need to visit the Gilmore Museum. They have the very best mascot collection.

[mellbergVWfan]

Saw this one a while back. Not elegant of classy but funny. It's one of those big crystal eagle heads if you can't tell.

[barry2952]

That's absurd.

Money doesn't buy class, nor taste.

[winstonsmith84]

That's absurd.

Money doesn't buy class, nor taste.

It does however, buy stuff from J.C.Whitney.

[patrikman]

BUMP

That doesn't look like a Pontiac piece to me, I could be wrong but I have seen a lot of hood ornaments and spent a good half an hour screwing around year by year last time.

[mellbergVWfan]

It does however, buy stuff from J.C.Whitney.

And 2 trophy wives in the passenger seats.

[barry2952]

It does however, buy stuff from J.C.Whitney.

Actually, that was a very expensive Lalique crystal eagle's head. It's still made today, but was originally used on very expensive cars of the '20s and '30s.

[Bigtree]

That's absurd.

Money doesn't buy class, nor taste.

Exactly! :thumb up:

[Buickboy92]

All there is to say about this one, is it's French!



P.S. I know you guys are gonna ask, so I'll tell ya. It's a Donnet-Zedel. Pretty classy cars. Oh and by the way, these aren't my photos.

[patrikman]

Kinda cool, didn't they make aircraft? That name sounds familiar for some reason.

[patrikman]

Bentley Mark VI. Sturgeon Bay, WI.

[goosler]

1977 Mack RS-712LST

[barry2952]

Bentley Mark VI. Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Thanks for bumping this thread. Will contribute a bunch later today.