Hood ornament guide Ford, 1950 to 1956

above is the 1950, with a story for extra interest

 the red eagle is (according to another source the 1953 optional dealer installed) maybe not a 1951. I'll get clarification one of these days

 1952 above in red and butterscotch

 I missed a 1953 I'll get that and add that in eventually

 1954

1955

1956

for the complete guide that looks like the above 2 images: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/hood%20ornament%20identification%20guide

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that great big American Eagle dealer installed optional hood ornament of the 1951 Ford

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Boyce Motometer advertisement

found on http://bertc.com/subfive/flash/illustration_menu.htm

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a cool little hood ornament collection

this is the hood ornament for an Argyll

for a Phoenix

this is a wine bottle cork, and going on a Model T race car

for a 36 Riley

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Not taking life too seriously, Tom Hanks thought his 5th Emmy award would possibly make a good hood ornament for his Lincoln

that's funny, to me. And hell, it is a pretty good hood ornament

found on http://www.bornrich.com/tom-hanks-custom-emmy-hood-ornament-lincoln.html

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Lalique glass hood ornaments information

 The 1932 catalog of the Lalique hood ornaments had 30 pieces of art, 2 of them had been paperweights. Only 3 complete sets are known to exist, and since only 7 of the fox head were made... they are likely to be the only complete sets that ever will exist.

The most recent sale at auction of a complete set had a final price of $805,000. http://www.rmauctions.com/PressRelease.cfm?PressID=845

this yelling woman head with cool swept back cockatoo hair is named "Victorie : Spirit of the wind" and was the largest piece made

above is on a Packard at the Lyon Air Museum

Below is the Nethercutt museum collection

above set is individually accessible on http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/03/08/rm-to-auction-collection-of-rare-lalique-mascots-at-amelia-island/

and http://www.insideline.com/car-news/rare-lalique-hood-ornaments-may-fetch-up-to-12-million-at-auction.html

but the complete set is photographed and on display at great resolution and close ups at http://www.retronaut.co/2012/02/lalique-automobile-mascots-1932/

I don't see a single photo of a complete set online

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A Franklin, air cooled, and not very common. Most people would not believe that a car maker by this name ever existed

 I like that they tried to make the trunk flow into the shape of the car for aerodynamics. Or to keep snow and rain from working on damaging the trunk as hard.

pinstriped wheels. Nice

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the silver Auburn, a 32 I think, from the La Jolla concours

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