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Hood ornament from the 1955 Chevy
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perishthethought piefed.social perishthethought@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-07
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Picture of a chrome-plated hood ornament from a 1955 Chevrolet

Blue ribbon beauty that's stealing the thunder from higher priced cars!
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klu9 piefed.social klu9@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Gorgeous! But deadly to pedestrians in a collision, too, presumably.
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ToastedRavioli midwest.social ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
Joined: 2025-04-26
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply
klu9 wrote:
Gorgeous! But deadly to pedestrians in a collision, too, presumably.

A) in 1955 people still didnt even care about designing for the safety of the people inside the car. Where your steering wheel airbag is today, in 1955 there would have just been a huge nut for the bolt that holds the steering wheel in place. Smack your face on that in an accident and youre dead, which happened enough times that we now have the airbag steering wheel

B) a 1955 Chevy weighed about 3500lbs. An absolute land yacht. This hood ornament was the least of your worries if being hit by one at speed
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perishthethought Moderator perishthethought@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-07
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klu9 wrote:
Gorgeous! But deadly to pedestrians in a collision, too, presumably.

And the nose stuck out a few inches in front of the hood

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But as ToastedRavioli said, that's probably not the main worry.
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PostaL lemmy.world PostaL@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
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Freshly yoynked from the parking lot? 😅
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perishthethought Moderator perishthethought@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-07
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PostaL wrote:
Freshly yoynked from the parking lot? 😅

Some random eBay listing ... sooooo, maybe?
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