Howard Cohen Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 For those of us who love vintage cars, mascots (aka rad ornaments) are important parts of the cars. Many of them were offered from the factory, some from the dealers, some from stores, all are interesting, stylish works of art. Here are a few from the Concours of America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Again great stuff my friend. You an uncommon ability to find details unseen by others like the pinstriped back side of a license plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Cohen Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 On 8/6/2019 at 2:28 PM, misterNNL said: Again great stuff my friend. You an uncommon ability to find details unseen by others like the pinstriped back side of a license plate. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Found in my library of "Automobile Quarterly" reference books is a wonderful article written about the artists that created some of these hood ornament masterpieces and the story behind what inspired them. The "beautiful, young and soaring woman" provided many of those stories, and for the same inspirational reasons, (lost-love, passionate trysts, etc), that anyone might imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glusnifr Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 more model car kits need to come with these details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Macleod Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 On 8/10/2019 at 1:16 PM, glusnifr said: more model car kits need to come with these details I agree, though that would require tooling up more full classics...something that seems unlikely these days. On the other hand, one of the cars photographed here is the best of show sharknose Graham Cabriolet owned by the Off Brothers of Hickory Corners. It is currently being tooled up by Automodello as a resin cast model, so there's hope for that one. Howard, do you ever go to Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village? I must assume that you are local also? Great photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Macleod Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Just for fun I am going to take a crack at identifying these. Please correct me for the sake of accuracy. From the top they adorn: 31 Buick 90 35 Cadillac Minerva (unknown year) Pontiac (about 1935) Bugatti Royale (the Henry Ford Museum car) Duesenberg J (Derham Tourster, J 431?) 47 Cadillac 57 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser (the Parfet car?) 31 Cadillac 31 Chrysler Imperial 34 Packard 41 Cadillac 31 Cadillac 37 Packard 31 Cadillac 41 Packard Darrin 39 Graham 30 Cadillac 33 Cadillac V 16 (Jeff Ozans car?) 30 Cadillac 35 Cadillac 3t Cadillac 37 Cadillac 32 Franklin 41 Packard Rolls Royce Rolls Royce So how did I do? Oh, and gor the record, no I was not able to attend the show this year; didn't have a car ready). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Cohen Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 On 8/24/2019 at 11:20 PM, Eric Macleod said: I agree, though that would require tooling up more full classics...something that seems unlikely these days. On the other hand, one of the cars photographed here is the best of show sharknose Graham Cabriolet owned by the Off Brothers of Hickory Corners. It is currently being tooled up by Automodello as a resin cast model, so there's hope for that one. Howard, do you ever go to Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village? I must assume that you are local also? Great photos! I do not go to the Old Car Festival. I am not local, I am in Toronto, Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 On 8/25/2019 at 7:16 PM, Eric Macleod said: Just for fun I am going to take a crack at identifying these. Please correct me for the sake of accuracy. From the top they adorn: 31 Buick 90 35 Cadillac Minerva (unknown year) Pontiac (about 1935) Bugatti Royale (the Henry Ford Museum car) Duesenberg J (Derham Tourster, J 431?) 47 Cadillac 57 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser (the Parfet car?) 31 Cadillac 31 Chrysler Imperial 34 Packard 41 Cadillac 31 Cadillac 37 Packard 31 Cadillac 41 Packard Darrin 39 Graham 30 Cadillac 33 Cadillac V 16 (Jeff Ozans car?) 30 Cadillac 35 Cadillac 3t Cadillac 37 Cadillac 32 Franklin 41 Packard Rolls Royce Rolls Royce So how did I do? Oh, and gor the record, no I was not able to attend the show this year; didn't have a car ready). Interesting question. I was wondering the makes and models of just about all of them. And on a side note. I can only imagine th time and effort to restore any or all of these. As I'm sure fro the most part they are all zinc diecast. which time is not good to Thanks for all the great pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 9/19/2019 at 3:46 PM, gtx6970 said: Interesting question. I was wondering the makes and models of just about all of them. And on a side note. I can only imagine th time and effort to restore any or all of these. As I'm sure fro the most part they are all zinc diecast. which time is not good to Thanks for all the great pictures Yes, great photos. There several very similar beautiful leaping-lady ornaments in those photros. As for the material, I bet that a good portion of these were cast from brass or bronze. I suspect that cheap pot metal wasn't all that popular in those early days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roncla Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I came across this yesterday. I really don't know what to say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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