Retro #2 Hood Ornaments
Mar 26, 2020 11:26:31 #
Mar 26, 2020 15:10:15 #
Bonnie Halsell
Loc: Ocala, Florida USA
Tomfl101 wrote:
They really are beautiful and your captures are nice but I can't help thinking about the poor people that got hooked by them before they were outlawed and seatbelts were mandatory.
Why were they outlawed? Never heard that.
Mar 26, 2020 15:19:51 #
tom is right, Government in 1968 banned hood ornaments because to lessen the impact if hitting a person.
Mar 26, 2020 15:31:54 #
Bonnie Halsell wrote:
Why were they outlawed? Never heard that.
So I looked it up on the net and found I was wrong about that. I assumed this was done as part of other safety regulations such as plastic dashboards and airbags. I seem to recall them being highlighted in driver-ed videos from the 60's were people were literally found cut in half by them as they flew through windshields. Especially before seat belts were installed and worn by most people. In Europe they have outlawed them recently as part of a pedestrian safety law. This prompted German and English manufacturers like Mercedes and Jaguar to eliminate them altogether.
Mar 26, 2020 16:02:44 #
Bonnie Halsell
Loc: Ocala, Florida USA
Tomfl101 wrote:
So I looked it up on the net and found I was wrong... (show quote)
thank you for the update and information
Mar 26, 2020 16:39:31 #
1. Packard
2. Bentley
3. Early 50s GM, I've seen many like this, none just like it.
4. Buick
5. Cadillac
6. I've seen them on Model A Fords, but not sure they're Ford specific
7. Looks like a De Soto
8. Chrysler Imperial
2. Bentley
3. Early 50s GM, I've seen many like this, none just like it.
4. Buick
5. Cadillac
6. I've seen them on Model A Fords, but not sure they're Ford specific
7. Looks like a De Soto
8. Chrysler Imperial
Mar 26, 2020 17:21:10 #
Mar 26, 2020 17:28:30 #
Dean Sturgis wrote:
A flying naked woman seemed to make a good hood ornament.
Lost her bra at a climate rally in Paris.
Mar 26, 2020 17:41:37 #
Mar 31, 2020 04:42:35 #
Apr 1, 2020 20:43:14 #
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