After ogling the chromium curvature of the '53 Nash ornament (currently installed on a '57 Studebaker) in yesterday's Emblem and Hood Ornament Pr0n gallery, it occurred to me that Alameda has plenty of nice hood ornaments that you can see without going to a once-a-year car show downtown. You can see them parked Down On The Street, in fact. So, I've taken some of the nicer hood ornaments from past DOTS entries and put 'em together for your voting pleasure.
So the Alameda Fourth Of July parade- which used to be a lot better, back when the Navy was still here and every ship had a marching band- passes right by my front door.
And here's the DOTS '42 Pontiac rolling by, representing the Alameda Naval Air Museum.
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While I was off crossing mountain ranges in my beater Civic, tipster Douglas shot me an email with a photo of a startling junkyard find back in California.
Would you believe that a '49 Ford sedan, in seriously rough shape but fairly complete, showed up at an East Bay self-service junkyard?
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