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I watched Modern Marvels about chrome yesterday on my DVR. Most of the examples of chrome on cars were of Packards. They interviewed one guy who had two prototype Packard hood ornaments. One had a battleship on it and another had rear facing posts on it because it was an integrated antenna. Apparently they never made it to production. Also an interview with an owner of a 1954 Packard Caribbean convertible. All in all, a pretty interesting show. If you missed it, I'm sure they will show it 100 more times on the History Channel.

I believe the hood ornaments they showed being made by lost wax was at American Arrow Corp. in Michigan. I don't know that for sure, but they showed what they make. The owner (Don Sommer) is one of the founders of Motor City Packards.

Yes they showed that ornament being made. The segment before that where he was showing his ornament collection had the two Packard ornaments I was referring to.