Not all of Pontiac's hood ornaments showed the brand's namesake Native American chief, but together they tell a story of American culture and design.

Answer: 1952 Pontiac Chieftain The Pontiac Chieftain was produced by Pontiac from 1949-1958. For the 1952 model year, ... The regular hood ornament was all chrome. Need a break?

For decades, hood ornaments identified the beginning ... There's the ethereal "Silver Streak" ornament from a 1939 Pontiac that, she said, looks "Batman-esque and implies a sense of power" and ...

There’s the ethereal “Silver Streak” ornament from a 1939 Pontiac that, as Leigh says, looks “Batman-esque and implies a sense of power” and the Griffin from a 1933 Essex Terraplane that ...

Once holding a place of honor as brand-defining symbols, awesome hood ornaments are now edging towards extinction. We've selected ten awesome ornaments which we're looking for you to name and ...

Lincoln and Rolls-Royce also have models with an upright emblem, although the Lincoln Town Car is as much of a relic as the hood ornament itself, and the 2009.5 Rolls-Royce Phantom costs $450,000.

Many of us grew up watching hood ornaments bob somewhere near ... There’s the ethereal “Silver Streak” ornament from a 1939 Pontiac that, as Carol says, looks “Batman-esque and implies ...

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).