VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND EARLIER 1937-1945 Hood Ornament choice

What year has the nicest? One year had two different types.

I have the 41 on my car, I have one that looks like the 42, I thought it was off of a 40s cadilac

The ornament labled 1939 Master was the production ornament for 1939 Master 85 and early 1939 Master DeLuxe models. The late 1939 Master Deluxe came with the lower of the two where its says Master Deluxe and this one is refered to as the low wing ornament. The top one that is labled Master Deluxe was the accessory ornament for the early Master Deluxe and all Master 85 models.

1938 was the only year that did not offere an accessory ornament. Other than that all the cars that had the filler under the hood offered an accessory from 1935-1953.

The 1942 ornament is quite rare and the head and body of the eagle or what ever it is was clear plastic when new. Turns yellow with age and developes cracks.

The accessory for the 1940 looks like the 1941 but has two studs on the bottom and the 1941 has three.

I am confused.

I have a replica sales brochure from Chev of the 40's for the 1941 Chev Master De Luxe and the Special De Luxe. The hood ornament looks nothing like the 1941 Flying Lady pictured above. It looks more like the 1940 although not exactly. It has an additional section on the top. My car does not have the flying lady but one that looks like the sales brochure.

Did they have more than one ornament choice for 1941 Special and Master De Luxe?

my hood ornament has the plastic insert, but it does'nt stick up out over the lady, like the one in the picture. but the lady is the same

The 1941 Master and Special Deluxe had the same hood ornaments. The rather plain job with a lot of horizontal lines.

Note that the 1940 and 1941 Flying Lady looked the same, just that the 1940 had 2 mounting studs and the 1941 had 3.

Well, I guess there's no point in asking me. Anyway, the 40 and 41 both had nice looking accessory ornaments. The 41 production ornament looked nice also. With the cleanliness of the car's redesigned front end, it looks almost as good as the accessory one. Harder to hang a desert water bag on though.

BTW: The nicest one of all time is the 1950 accessory ornament. A nice vee winged eagle. It was just right. It was not too flashy, no glass to tarnish, crack or fade out, great lines that accentuated the car's newly retouched grille. It looked from behind the steering wheel, as well. It was refined, whilst still sporty enough to look right in place whether on a car driven by a lady with hat and gloves going shopping in downtown Dallas or a Stetsen hatted older gentleman and his, giggling, wide-eyed, gum chewing date as the car crunches gravel whilst a-turning in to the parking lot of one of the finer, line-dancing, bull riding, honky-tonks in Texas. Right, MrMack?

Charlie

So Gene, were there two hood ornaments for 1941, the flat one with a lot of lines as pictured in the sales brochure with the flying lady as an option, or was she an accessory, or was she an after-market product?

Here's a 41 for sale. NICE

http://chevybombs.net/forum/index.php?topic=16306.0

Steve, I do believe it's a 40 no matter what the ad says.

This car won the nationals in it's class. 1941 Chevrolet.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/1572263838_53e7eeb211.jpg?v=0

Here's the insert

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1940...ck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item5ad559165b

There was a (standard), original equipment, hood ornament for the 1941 Chevrolet car. It was a low profile chrome unit with no glass or plastic.

The accessory hood ornament was the "flying lady" and was a chrome unit with a piece of plastic(?) inserted in the wings. This accessory cost $3.90, and included installation.

Check each months G&D for a running account of approved accessories for the 1941 car.

Steve, your first link shows a 1940 accessory hood ornament, not a 1941. The second link shows a 1941. The base is longer on a 41 and uses three (3) hold down bolts while the 1940 has is shorter and has two. (See Gene's earlier post.) I was nitpicking. Sorry.

The base on the 1941 was longer, than the 1940, as well.

If anyone is interested in ever buying a 1940 Chevy Flying Lady hood ornamnet, I highly recommend looking on the bottom side of the hood ornament. The original GM's are easy to detect which has the part numbers molded into the part and the bottom/inside is very crisp looking and has great attention to detail on the inside part. Many of the aftermarket flying ladies are very easy to detect when you look at the underside of the ornament. The details on the lady's face of this ornament leads to believe that it "could" possibly be an aftermarket.

dtm

The underside of mine was not as crisp as the original, but they were investment cast Stainless steel and will outlast most cars.
That was one of the hardest parts to make, as it had to be just right for the plastic insert to fit correctly.