Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Original Caption) 1938-Close-up of the very front end of a 1938 Cadillac La Salle. This smaller counterpart to the Cadillac ...

Hood scoops have long been associated with high-performance vehicles, designed to enhance engine efficiency by directing cooler air into the engine bay. However, these features can also be found on ...

The shaker hoodscoop was a feared tip-off that massive performance resided underhood. But did it make that much of a difference? By the time the 1960s ended, an entire secret language had evolved ...

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 something a ...

Hood ornaments have largely faded into obscurity thanks to modern safety regulations and ever increasing costs of production. Just like historical architecture, classic and vintage car design ...

Some muscle cars have hood pins, but they're not there just because they look snazzy. Back in the muscle car heyday of the late 1960s and earyly '70s, many of these cars could generate enough lift at ...