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.
Images by T.Dashfield Photography 
Bonjour Madame Dashfield
Love all your stuff – it just gets better and better
Regards
Dan
Bonjour et merci Monsieur Dan 🙂 Your comment has brought a smile to my morning.
Beauties…!
Back when autos had style!
Stunning!
Thank you 🙂
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
My work here is done 😉 But these hood ornaments harken back to a time when style was applied to everything. I love finding them.
I love these classic hood ornaments, now we’re lucky to get a plastic emblem on a new car!
Our plates are now about as artistic as autos get today 😉
Ah, such great style. You did a great job getting photos of these.
You should see me when I go to the car shows. I look for these first 🙂
Sounds fun – They are great subject matter and you seem to challenge yourself to shoot them in creative ways.
Such a shame that hood ornaments went out of style, though I remember a few “close encounters” playing football in the streets. 🙂
Ouchies! But styles have changed…and not always for the better in some ways 😉
I love this post… right up my street…
Fancy that? 😉