The classic car drawings on these pages were found in patents from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s. New vintage car and truck designs are added regularly.

 
Rapattoni car body
A rhino-nosed design for an automobile body. 1921
Oregon tread
An ornamental tread design for automobile tires. 1927
Dog automobile fender
An ornamental design for bumper hounds. The design was patented by the founders of Quickie Manufacturing Corp., makers of household cleaning products. 1927
Fender
A car front fender design assigned to Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia. 1928
Berman flying car
Gustave Berman of Holyoke, Massachusetts, patented this design for a flying car. 1929
Breer design
A design for an automobile assigned to the Chrysler Corporation by famed engineer Carl Breer. 1935
Breer automobile
A design for an automobile assigned to the Chrysler Corporation by famed engineer Carl Breer. 1935
Vehicle body
"Be it known that I, Giuseppe Russo, a subject of the King of Italy (having declared his intentions of becoming a citizen of the United States), and a resident of the city of New York . . . have invented a new, original and ornamental Design for a Vehicle Body." 1938
Steering wheel
A steering wheel for a "motor vehicle or the like." 1939
Dinette trailer
A portable diner for six tiny people. 1949
Automobile hood
Design for a combined automobile hood, radiator and head lamps. 1949
Fender ornament
Providing a prominent modern style for your automobile.  1951
Vendor vehicle
A vehicle for use by merchants, from the designer of the "ice cream car." 1951
Vanity
An ornamental design for an automobile vanity case. 1951
Exhaust pipe
An airfoil-influenced design for an automobile tailpipe. This looks like it could leave a wake in hot asphalt. 1953
Master De Luxe ornament
An automobile radiator ornament for Ternstedt Manufacturing Company. This ornament was used on the 1939 Chevrolet Master De Luxe. 1938
Pontiac ornament
A radiator ornament design for General Motors. You can see the actual thing here. 1935
Gear shift lever knob
An ornamental design done in racing checks. 1929
Decorative radiator cap
A highly ornamental design for a radiator cap. 1928
Archer radiator ornament
Oncoming drivers with quiver at the site of this ornamental design for a radiator ornament. 1927
Camp trailer
A "design for an automobile trailer body." A classic, teardrop shaped design for a camper. 1936
Harley Earl radiator
A "design for a radiator closure" for General Motors Corporation. 1929
Taxicab body
A taxicab design for the Bauer Taxicab Manufacturing Turing Co., of Chicago. 1926
Three-wheel motorcycle
A three-wheeled design with a storage trunk assigned to The Indian Company of Delaware. 1954
On the wing of a bird
An ornamental design for an automobile radiator ornament. 1926

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