Whenever I go to any car show I am drawn to the vehicles themselves but also the details of each vehicle. The wheels, the dashboards, the fuzzy dice, the engines, and the hood ornaments. Once upon a time many cars had works of art as their hood ornaments but as time went by what with aerodynamics and fuel economy – not to mention little thieves who ripped off said ornaments – the era of fancy hood adornment slowly faded.
But when the classic, and some newer models, cars are shown I am in hood ornament nirvana! Here are a few as previews to the cars that I will be bringing back once I decide which beauties to feature. Classic? Modern? Hot Rod? Custom? So many to chose from…stay tuned.
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#1 by redstuffdan on April 25, 2014 - 4:00 am
Bonjour Madame Dashfield
Love all your stuff – it just gets better and better
Regards
Dan
#2 by imagesbytdashfield on April 25, 2014 - 9:48 am
Bonjour et merci Monsieur Dan 🙂 Your comment has brought a smile to my morning.
#3 by Nancy on April 25, 2014 - 7:31 am
Beauties…!
#4 by imagesbytdashfield on April 25, 2014 - 9:33 am
Back when autos had style!
#5 by AnaLuciaSilva on April 25, 2014 - 1:56 pm
Stunning!
#6 by imagesbytdashfield on April 25, 2014 - 4:20 pm
Thank you 🙂
#7 by The Dose of Reality on April 25, 2014 - 3:29 pm
What I love about this is that–as a non artist person–I never think about things like this. But as an artist you do and it’s so cool. l’m now looking at this seemingly every day object in such a different way…which is what art does. AWESOME!! –Lisa
#8 by imagesbytdashfield on April 25, 2014 - 4:23 pm
My work here is done 😉 But these hood ornaments harken back to a time when style was applied to everything. I love finding them.
#9 by Antionette Blake on April 25, 2014 - 4:22 pm
I love these classic hood ornaments, now we’re lucky to get a plastic emblem on a new car!
#10 by imagesbytdashfield on April 25, 2014 - 4:24 pm
Our plates are now about as artistic as autos get today 😉
#11 by milfordstreet on April 25, 2014 - 8:18 pm
Ah, such great style. You did a great job getting photos of these.
#12 by imagesbytdashfield on April 25, 2014 - 8:38 pm
You should see me when I go to the car shows. I look for these first 🙂
#13 by milfordstreet on April 25, 2014 - 9:13 pm
Sounds fun – They are great subject matter and you seem to challenge yourself to shoot them in creative ways.
#14 by ChgoJohn on April 26, 2014 - 12:57 am
Such a shame that hood ornaments went out of style, though I remember a few “close encounters” playing football in the streets. 🙂
#15 by imagesbytdashfield on April 26, 2014 - 6:00 pm
Ouchies! But styles have changed…and not always for the better in some ways 😉
#16 by bulldog on April 26, 2014 - 1:56 am
I love this post… right up my street…
#17 by imagesbytdashfield on April 26, 2014 - 6:00 pm
Fancy that? 😉