Over on Autoblog today there is a photo gallery of GM hood ornaments. In my opinion, the hood ornaments from general motors don’t hold a candle to the wonderful ones from Packard, Dusenberg, Pierce-Arrow, etc. But the theme they were illustrating was “aviation”, which brought to mind this photo I took in 2004.
The car is in the collection of Dean & Wendy Edmonds, and I’ve only see just this one example of the marque. I love this hood ornament. It is a diminutive copy of the Schneider Trophy winning Supermarine seaplane, and yes the propeller works!
The radiator of this car had the name of the marque splashed across it in big letters, so I blotched it out in Photoshop (the first time I’ve done something like that for a “name that car” test I think!) If you want to have a go at guessing, feel free.
but I would have happily guessed the plane! … like I’d know the car!
Jerome
It is an Invicta.