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Title: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 03, 2015, 02:45:22 PM

I really admire the variety and creativity of vintage hood ornaments.

Some originals have survived in special collections, most are lost.
Pedestrian security killed the ornaments...

Hopefully we will be able to show many more here?

Please contribute your most interesting, strange or simply beautiful photos of hood ornaments.

Title: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 03, 2015, 02:46:42 PM

Batch #2:

Title: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 03, 2015, 02:48:00 PM

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Title: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 03, 2015, 02:50:57 PM

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Title: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 03, 2015, 02:52:08 PM

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Title: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 03, 2015, 02:52:52 PM

Last batch:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 03, 2015, 05:26:25 PM

Very nice!

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 09, 2015, 03:17:53 PM

A modern interpretation of the theme... ;D

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 27, 2015, 05:28:33 PM

British humor:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 02, 2016, 03:27:35 PM

Another nice one:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Ray B. on March 19, 2016, 06:15:54 AM

 :applause:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on May 04, 2016, 04:40:32 PM

Seen on a 1920´s Chevrolet:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Wendax on August 15, 2016, 04:08:37 PM

Seen yesterday on a prewar MG:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on August 15, 2016, 05:57:42 PM

Rare and unusual!

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Oguerrerob on August 18, 2016, 11:52:06 AM

I've been collecting photos of car Mascots for years. There's a few of them

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Oguerrerob on August 18, 2016, 11:54:14 AM

A few more

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Oguerrerob on August 18, 2016, 11:55:34 AM

Some Bentleys

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Oguerrerob on August 18, 2016, 11:57:49 AM

More

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Oguerrerob on August 18, 2016, 12:00:21 PM

And more

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on August 18, 2016, 03:22:17 PM

Thank you for this massive contribution - I especially like the little Lenin mascot :)

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Ray B. on August 29, 2016, 12:01:51 PM

 :applause:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on September 15, 2016, 03:14:58 PM

Another nice one:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on September 15, 2016, 05:12:34 PM

I also saw this one recently at an old Aero´s cooler mask:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on November 08, 2016, 01:00:44 PM

One for me please...

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on November 11, 2016, 04:43:01 PM

A 1927 Cadillac hood ornament

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Oguerrerob on November 11, 2016, 11:37:48 PM

Some more

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Oguerrerob on November 11, 2016, 11:38:59 PM

And more

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on November 12, 2016, 02:23:26 AM

The Armstrong Siddeley sphinx shows you my  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 25, 2016, 06:05:13 AM

Merry Christmas

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on December 26, 2016, 11:51:17 AM

 ;D

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on February 17, 2018, 02:40:14 PM

A camera for the actress:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: Wendax on June 16, 2018, 04:44:27 PM

Seen today:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on June 17, 2018, 01:41:10 PM

Elegant!

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on October 19, 2019, 06:03:09 AM

A 1909, improvised example:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on March 26, 2020, 03:45:29 PM

Opel billiken, African edition:

Title: Re: cemetery of hood ornaments / billiken / sculptural artifacts / chrome&brightwork
Post by: grobmotorix on June 14, 2020, 12:35:28 PM

Funny one: