Posted 9 years ago
PhilDMorris
(223 items)
I have read so much on Alex Tremulis and this hood ornament and I believe in the spring of 2012 I had the opportunity to buy it - and as I had that opportunity I also decided to collect hood ornaments and so I bought about 23 hood ornaments at my first mascot auction. Various hood ornaments and motometers, I in general, was more in line to buy ones that had motometers with them.
Since that time I have been on a learning curve which is the case with all hood ornament collectors, I imagine. You want to learn everything and buy with taste and a discerning eye. But this is the real world and rarely does that happen and you see a lot of fakes and opportunitsts in the middle who want the quick buck.
Alex Tremulis had it seems almost a dream life where he designed a lot of futuristic cars and a few of them actually came to life. He had the opportunity to design and manufacture 4000 of these hood ornaments. Did he make 4000, far from it. And so when I saw this I was taken in by the fact that he worked in area 51, he designed a spacecraft which seems to have been the inspiration for the Star Trek craft which was so close to the design of this piece, over ten years earlier than the series. This may not be the best model or condition to buy, but then I have seen worse.
Stunning Phil, as always !!
Thanks Nicefice and thanks antiquerose, love to you rose.
Nice analogy that works with many mediums in art. Love that you love them and can find and identify and help all others with their interests. You're pretty cool!!
Fantastic piece Phil and it's great to see the drawings.
What an imaginative and well thought out creation ! Just wonderful Phil. :)
So, Phil, this one is your very first piece in your mascots collection!
I can fairly well understand why you got bitten by the virus ;-)
Fantastic to show the design patent too!!!
Always loved this one seems he had a vision ahead of his time ! xoxo
Thank you very kindly OneGoodFind, for all the support, much appreciated !~
Thanks racer4four, much love to you !
so totally awesome
Good Morning Phil, this is pretty neat, loved it then and now, :-)
Crazy times huh?
Thank you racer4four and mikelv85 for the generous compliments.
Interesting post, amazing mascot!
Thank you OneGoodFind for the very nice compliment !
Thanks Kyratango for being you.
Thanks manikin, yes he was a visionary !
Thank you dear friend mcheconi !
Very interesting info on the Star Trek tie in. Thanks for sharing this Phil.
Thank you roddyq, much appreciated !~
Amazing! I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought... "Wait, is that the Enterprise from Star Trek?" and to read that this little thing actually came before that and possibly formed the inspiration for it is great!
Thank you Quantumphysica for the nice thought !~
This one has way too much “cool factor” not to own if given a chance.
I think it’s amazing!
Thanks Karenoke, I appreciate your comment and your new mascot find.
Awesome post !!
Thanks for all the love and support on my top posts :)
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I just love it. I do think it could have inspired the Star Trek Enterprise design, although I have also heard that it was inspired by a toilet tank "flapper"! :) It's so much fun to see your collections, Phil.