As far back as the 1920s, certain models of car have had distinctive hood ornaments. In the olden days, hood ornaments were used to cover up the jutting point of a car's radiator cap with ...

The hood ornament was actually a thermometer screwed directly into the radiator cap, giving the driver a ... The internals of ...

Hood ornaments have mostly gone the way of the dodo bird. Part and parcel of a bygone age, they jutted proudly off an automobile's front and cut through the air like the carved figureheads on the ...

Can the supercaps start a car? Stay tuned after the break for the answer. Although we’ve seen supercaps replace a motorcycle battery before, we’re a little disappointed that the caps used ...