pint4 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Since I am not having much luck yet finding the amber lenses I am looking for, I guess I will ask if anyone has a 1933 Buick Goddess hood ornament for sale. If you do, please Private Message me with more details. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pont35cpe Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Bobs Automobila has a reproduction ornament(33 is a radiator cap).. $610.. You may not find an original.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Look here. The last link is the goddess you are looking for. http://americanarrowcorp.com/ http://americanarrowcorp.com/shop/ http://americanarrowcorp.com/product/buick-1926-27-goddess/ Edited March 5, 2018 by Larry Schramm (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Be careful of reproductions detail loss is prevalent . The shiny one is SS, the other is NOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Though the stainless one, will fair a lot better under use than a pot metal one. Some care and a Dremel tool one might be able to finish it off better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Carl Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 WOW ! What car used a rooster apparently in aggressive fight mode ? Seems unusual (and VERY "cool") , probably a rooster standing tall and proudly crowing would be the first to come to the sculptor's mind ! I like this fighter ! Reminds me of a radio antenna topper ornament I flew on my Blazer 40 years ago. - Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoneyPit Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 16 minutes ago, C Carl said: WOW ! What car used a rooster apparently in aggressive fight mode ? Seems unusual (and VERY "cool") , probably a rooster standing tall and proudly crowing would be the first to come to the sculptor's mind ! I like this fighter ! Reminds me of a radio antenna topper ornament I flew on my Blazer 40 years ago. - Carl American Austin (1930-34 I think) used it and its modeled after a fighting Bantam Rooster - the car would become the Bantam in 35 or 36. From what I recall reading Bantam came up with the first Jeep for the war but was too small to produce enough giving Willy's and Ford the chance to cash in on those government contracts. A few years ago there was a discussion about the other hood ornament design, picture attached, which is certainly genuine but has little to no known history. The Austin-Bantam club found a period picture of a car with this ornament on it but had no other information on it at the time. Austin is a very interesting orphan car with great history - I apologize if I've hijacked the thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 The brass rooster is a reproduction. American Austin made small cars from 1930 - 1934 Bantam 1938-1941. Ya, sorry for the HI-Jack. PINT4 you will not be happy with one of those SS repos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cahartley Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I know that's crazy money for a re-pop but maybe a jeweler could detail it if all else fails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I would look at the ones by American Arrow before I discounted the SS one. They are not all made equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pint4 Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 Are the American Arrow hood ornaments the ones made out of SS? What are the Bob's Automobilia ones made out of? Are there any made out of brass and then chrome plated? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 The rooster in post #4 is American Arrow. I have heard that pattern making for such pieces has taken a turn to computer scanning taking shrinkage into account and detail to a new level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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