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I found frequently cars hood ornaments in flea market, you can buy them for great prices there.
I have 20 hood ornaments in the colelction ( one is not pictured )
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Hood OrnamentsFrom their plain beginnings as manufacturer’s badges installed on car radia…
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I usually get them in a range of 15-20 € piece, in cars show some of them can goes up to 120 € ....
I particularly love the 3rd pic, the one mounted and the radiator caps, love the rocket themes, cannot seem to find much rocket stuff esp. lighters on ebay as a lot of times my computer will not pick it up.
The rocket one looks like a 57 chevy hood dimpel, not sure but looks like it to me.
Yep the rocket is from a chevy 1957 and the one mounted is from a vauxhall velox 1950
Nice collection, I have about a dozen. You have some classics there in great condition. Is the FK Kaiser Fraser or what ??
in the second photo, is the larger one with the upright wing stabilizers from an old Galaxy or what? I saw one like it a couple days ago and was trying to figure out what it was off of
Thanks, on the second picture it's a chevrolet bel-air 1955
1st picture : Ford 1955, simca ariane, plymouth 1955, holden, buick 1956
2nd picture : chevrolet bel-air 1955, ford prefect 1955, chrysler 1948, ford consul 1953, pontiac 1955
3rd picture : vauxhal velox, ford taunus 1952, chevrolet 1957, ford 1956, ford sunliner 1953
4th picture : chevrolet belair 1954, chevrolet 1945, chevrolet 1939, chevrolet 1936
thank you