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

so car designers began incorporating a "car mascot" (a term that morphed into hood ornament) to make them more stylish and appealing. They also came with thermometers called MotoMeters that ...

“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 ...