Art & Inspiration Automobile nameplates, emblems, hood ornaments and badges

Well at least I won't mistake that one for a Subaru.

 

I love this thread so much!!!

Here's my worn and weathered contribution:

 

Back when little details like this mattered. These are works of art! You don't see anything like this on todays cars...

 

38 Delahaye

 

All these from NSRA in Knoxville last weekend.

 

One on the car, 1 on the can

 

German 50s Ford Taunus

 

My NOS hood & trunk (Hydramatic) emblems and repop hood insert I had made for my 46

 

My GM Holden bodied 35 Chebby

 

These were on the cowl of Aussie produced '39 Fords.

 

34 horn button on a 38 Stude steering wheel in my Model A cabriolet. It has a top hat and cane FDR feel to me.

 

My old Austin's flying wheel. A pair of wings with a tire in the center, and a steering wheel above the wings. Then the shield top grille center, and the handle that used to open the hood, but now serves as a handle to tilt the nose.

 

A few I saved from my grandfathers garage rafters decades ago ... '36 Plymouth, '36 Pontiac & '35 Desoto

 

The rarest of all 56 engine emblems; read carefully.. I know of 2….one on each side this 56 Ford Wagon.

 

My 1963 mordor...

 

And just at the cut off is the formula....