Back in the days, when Detroit made some awesome hood ornaments!

And I do mean awesome!

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Z3...k/s900/cc2.jpg

Thanks for that.

Part 1

The final one looks like a woman who had too much to drink. :D

Avard T. Fairbanks was the sculptor responsible for the Dodge Ram, which didn't make the cut in the Awesome Hood Ornaments articles, but some of his other designs or variations thereof were included.

Check out some of his work here:
http://www.allpar.com/corporate/bios/fairbanks.html

The Gilmore Museum, in Hickory Corners outside Kalamazoo, has a pretty spectacular exhibit of hundreds of classic hood ornaments. It was featured on an episode of Antiques Roadshow.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/video/200805F01.html

Winged Goddess of Speed on a 1941 PackardAttachment 18044

i shot these at the Auburn Dusenberg Cord museum in Auburn Indiana...

they have some absolutely beautiful cars there...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0782-Copy.jpg
personalized

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0767-Copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0759-Copy.jpg
Auburn

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0755-Copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0877-Copy.jpg
Studebaker

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0844-Copy.jpg
Stutz

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0837-Copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0829-Copy.jpg
Lincoln

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0823-Copy.jpg
Packard

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0798-Copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._0744-Copy.jpg
Dusenberg

one of these is from a Cord but i dont remember all of which are what...

I love this one..

Attachment 18046

Pontiac^^...by the way.