someone enlighten me please.... topic: hood ornaments!

someone please explain to me why/are hood ornaments springy?!?!? they are not to make it easier to rip off ( beat the smartasses to it!!!) for example... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1940-Ford-Lincoln-Zephyr-Hood-Ornament-V12-1939-1941_W0QQitemZ130272845171QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item130272845171&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A64|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

why does that thing move? i dont see a key hole nor latch. WHY THE HELL ARE HOOD ARNAMENTS SPRINGY?!?!?!?

PLEASE AND THANKS YOU!

^^^^it just does, lol

Edited: 12/2/2008 3:26:43 PM by layedoutnissan

Found this here: http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2008/03/when_cars_had_hood_ornaments.php

Somewhere along the line, litigation reared its hideous head. Pedestrians who were hit by cars with hood ornaments were badly injured. The few hood-mounted sculptures installed at the factory were either removed by automakers, or spring-loaded.

It seems to me that if a pedestrian is hit by a car, the issue of whether or not a hood ornament is present is among the more minor worries that he has. But lawyers have gotten wealthy by exploiting the damage specifically done by the device, so things have changed as a response.

my dad said he knew what they were for one time, he drove under a plastic bag that was floating around the road and it stuck on the hood ornament, lol

Originally posted by jumbo72



my dad said he knew what they were for one time, he drove under a plastic bag that was floating around the road and it stuck on the hood ornament, lol

i dont know if you watch fringe, but your dads comment sounded just like a walter comment ,..... i laughed

he said the funniest thing was it was flapping like crazy

I would say incase it ever got knocked or hit it would not break or dent the hood, it just moves out of the way. However it makes the time pass quicker when, driving down the road close one eye and move your head making it weave in and out of the dotted lines.

Originally posted by layedoutnissan



Edited: 12/2/2008 3:26:43 PM by layedoutnissan

Found this here: http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2008/03/when_cars_had_hood_ornaments.php

Somewhere along the line, litigation reared its hideous head. Pedestrians who were hit by cars with hood ornaments were badly injured. The few hood-mounted sculptures installed at the factory were either removed by automakers, or spring-loaded.

It seems to me that if a pedestrian is hit by a car, the issue of whether or not a hood ornament is present is among the more minor worries that he has. But lawyers have gotten wealthy by exploiting the damage specifically done by the device, so things have changed as a response.

Well look at that, I came onto SSM today and actually LEARNED something!

Good lookin out!

Originally posted by Roulette



Originally posted by layedoutnissan



Edited: 12/2/2008 3:26:43 PM by layedoutnissan

Found this here: http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2008/03/when_cars_had_hood_ornaments.php

Somewhere along the line, litigation reared its hideous head. Pedestrians who were hit by cars with hood ornaments were badly injured. The few hood-mounted sculptures installed at the factory were either removed by automakers, or spring-loaded.

It seems to me that if a pedestrian is hit by a car, the issue of whether or not a hood ornament is present is among the more minor worries that he has. But lawyers have gotten wealthy by exploiting the damage specifically done by the device, so things have changed as a response.

Well look at that, I came onto SSM today and actually LEARNED something!

Good lookin out!



yea i pretty excited about learning things too!

i remember it was a huge craze for a while on a dodge 4X4 site for guys to modify the ram heads to be solid mounted. they all got tired of people stealing or 180-ing them. haha.