Well, go ahead and take a look at car hood ornaments. Throughout the 1920s–1950s, this car "accessory" went on the front of ...

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A collection of hood ornaments traces the evolution of these once-common car features from elaborate status symbols to streamlined design elements before safety regulations largely eliminated them.

However, Chief Pontiac's run as Pontiac's car mascot ended in 1954, and the following year brought hood ornaments that looked like a large passenger jet (as shown above on the 1956 Star Chief).

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Car hood ornaments have been rare on new cars since the millennium, only surviving in the aftermarket and the super expensive segments. Newer safety regulations and cab forward designs haven't helped ...

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Early models featured hood ornaments depicting the man with a full headdress or just three feathers. Over time, the hood ornament became car badges with a sketch of Pontiac’s face, then simply a ...

Some of the more well-known hood ornaments include Jaguar's leaping cat, Mercedes-Benz's three-pointed star, and Rolls-Royce's winged woman, the Spirit of Ecstasy.

The GTO eventually became a separate Pontiac model in 1966 and the brand's main weapon on the midsize muscle car market. Reverted to an option package for the LeMans in 1972 and then moved to the ...