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.

 
Ronning automobile
An ornamental automobile design. 1951
Propellor ornament
A radiator ornament for the driver who dreams of taking to the skies. 1928
Chief Pontiac
Chief Pontiac radiator cap design assigned to Ternstedt Manufacturing Co. 1926
Winged nude in headdress
A radiator ornament of a winged woman in a bird headdress. 1926
A winged horse
A Pegasus radiator cap design assigned to the Stover Signal Engineering Company of Racine, Wisconsin. 1926
Your head goes here
The headless ornament for White Products Company of Chicago. 1928
Tire
A tire design for the B.F. Goodrich Company. 1938
Fender
A design for a combined automobile fender and head lamp for Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., of Toledo, Ohio. 1938
Vehicle body
A patent for an "ornamental design for a vehicle body." 1937
Radiator shell
A radiator shell for Cleveland's White Motor Company by modernist designer Alexis De Sakhnoffsky. Sakhnoffsky did design work for Cord, Auburn and Packard and was responsible for the 1933 Nash, 1934 LaSalle and the 1934 Packard 1108 Sport Phaeton. 1936
Chrysler body
A 1941 Chrysler body design by head stylist Robert Cadwallader. 1941
Two seater
This two-seat car design looks like it's heading the wrong way down the highway. 1945
Steering wheel tray
A steering wheel tray for multitasking commuters. For some reason the practice of driving with a drink and food balanced on the steering wheel never caught on. 1950
Steer radiator cap
A animal-head hood ornament design. 1921
Maxwell Motor radiator cap
This is another design for a winged radiator cap by Oliver H. Clark. Another version can be seen here. This design was for the Maxwell Motor Corporation, which later became the Chrysler Corporation. 1924
Winged hood ornament
A winged, flag waving warrior mascot. I don't believe this was manufactured. If you know differently, please leave a comment. 1926
William Schnell hood ornament
William Schnell had another design for a radiator ornament that was used on the 1931 Pierce-Arrow and of course this patent design. This design was assigned to Ternstedt Manufacturing Company, which made auto body hardware and was acquired by General Motors in 1926. 1926
Spaceship ornament
A novelty design for an after-market hood ornament. Alex Tremulis is known for designing the Tucker automobile and Star Trek's 'Enterprise' spaceship. 1951
Jet hood ornament
This jet hood ornament resembles Kaiser designs from the 1950s. 1951

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