Hood

April 19, 2009

rolls royce hood ornament
Vintage Rolls Royce & Hood Ornament

Museum of Automobiles

Petit Jean Mountain, Arkansas

Near Petit Jean State Park

{ 4 comments }

rummuser April 19, 2009 at 8:39 AM: They don’t make them like that any more Mike. A pity.
XUP April 20, 2009 at 2:47 PM: How do they keep those hood ornaments on there? There must a huge theft percentage of those things. But then again, I reckon they never leave these babies parked unattended.

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rummuser April 21, 2009 at 10:07 AM: XUP, those babies were almost exclusively sold in Britain and theft those days did not exist there. Particularly of car fittings! You are also right that they were mostly used by chauffeur driven rich cats. They were the only ones who could afford these babies.

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Mike April 28, 2009 at 7:42 AM: I’ve still got work to do on my procrastination on replying to comments.

Ramana – No, they don’t, but I’m not sure that there would be much of a market for them.

XUP – hood fixtures are attached from underneath the hood. A lot of cars back then had hood fixtures.