Early cars were not equipped with coolant temperature gauges. One enterprising company created the Moto-Meter, a temperature ...

As far back as the 1920s, certain models of car have had distinctive hood ornaments. In the olden days, hood ornaments were used to cover up the jutting point of a car's radiator cap with ...

As stylish and desirable as they were, hood ornaments are quickly joining the long list of classic car features that are gone ...

“Hood ornaments were originally designed for a purpose and then transformed into elaborate decorations or symbols,” said Kim Cady, assistant curator of the Car and Carriage Museum. “They ...