Demonic radiator cap, 1938

Posted by Cory Doctorow, March 28, 2008 3:17 PM | permalink

Dustin sez, "This is a great picture of an old radiator cap taken in 1938. Looks like the car may belong to one of Coop's long lost relatives." Link (Thanks, Dustin!)

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#1 posted by McGrude , March 28, 2008 3:45 PM

Wow that is cool. I wonder if the pinky finger is missing on purpose, or if it broke off.

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#2 posted by rudezombie , March 28, 2008 4:20 PM

It broke off. Here's a picture I took at the Hot Rod Hoedown in Philly last summer, exact same kind of cap on an old beater with all five fingers intact: Link

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#3 posted by Jake0748 , March 28, 2008 9:21 PM

This is the coolest radiator cap/hood ornament I've ever seen. I'd like to haz one. But I don't know how well it would go with my Saturn four door boringmobile.

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#4 posted by BdgBill , March 29, 2008 5:22 AM

This photo is on Shorpy.com which is a totally addictive site. I'm there several times a day.

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#5 posted by Hummel , March 29, 2008 10:53 AM

Around 1910 the German bicycle company Fedia Räder used a Devil figure as a kind of mascot.
Here is a picture of a small bronze statue that they used to represent the company.
And here is a company selling a T-shirt with FEDIA's devil logo (scroll to last shirt on the page).

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#6 posted by Hummel , March 29, 2008 11:05 AM

Sorry. The first picture link is wrong. ('m' missing from '.com') Supply it or click HERE.
(Can we not edit previous posts?)

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#7 posted by Geektronica

, March 29, 2008 12:15 PM

It just occurred to me that we have hood ornaments because that's where the radiator cap used to be. Huh.

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#8 posted by Dutch101 , March 29, 2008 2:40 PM

Back in the '30's radiator caps used to be high art. I know I saw a magazine article once (in the infancy of the internet, when most stuff still existed in paper form) about Lalique radiator mascots, including eagles, women, etc. Very interesting, and at this point, very very valuable.

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#9 posted by Antongarou , March 30, 2008 2:39 AM

Crowley would probably approve of this cap:)

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#10 posted by Splendor , March 31, 2008 9:30 AM

Sweet! My submission got posted!