Did you delete your hood ornament?

[Skunksmash]

I know a lot of you guys here pretty much done full restorations to your trucks. Mine is still in the making, so i thought this would be an appropriate question. Did you ditch your truck's factory hood ornament during the course of your body restoration? Cause i won't be. I think it would be really cool to have something on a restored vehicle that looks new, that none of these new cars will ever have. Sure they may have some little logo, perhaps a flat emblem. But we are talking about an Ornament. Like something that looks like it goes on a christmas tree, it's so big.  I have grown accustomed to seeing mine there when i am looking down the hood, especially when pulling in somewhere or backing out. I think it would do the 'ol girl (if not the whole generation of trucks) a great injustice to deprive them of something that sets them apart from much of the new trash that is floating around out there today. Thoughts?

[80stepsideguy]

The hood on my 80 truck originally didnt come with 1.My 83 blazer i had had the 6.2 diesel one on it an when i was working at a chevy dealership in 1992 i bought a brand new 1 with the black border and the gold insert with the silver chevy symbol..Man `m sure that time if i was restoring a truck i couldve bought just bout anything n everything for these trucks easily....

thanks
pat

[VileZambonie]

I've eliminated the hood ornament on all of my trucks. I just don't like them.

In high school my 1980 had one and I had a picture of my moon in there lol

[Blazin]

I have never cared for them, but now I have kind of grown fond of the one on my 86 K 30. I think it depends on the whole look of the truck to have on or not.

[Skunksmash]

Im trying to go for that original look, minus a few modern upgrades. But they have to be there. I cant deal with some of this old stuff lol. But the hood ornament is kind of like a symbol, in a way, of the times that the truck came from. I want the truck to be associated with it's age. Even in my town there a a few running around that are obviously restored cause they look brand new. And if you just sorta catch a glimpse of them, they look like they could be a much newer chevy truck. I guess cause chevy just has certain resemblances through the years. Course all automakers do.

[exilous]

My 85 GMC I am currently restoring didnt have one, but between all the parts trucks I acquired I got a hood with a hood ornament and the last final detail I will put on my hood to signify my finishing it will be a brand new GMC hood ornament. The perfect finishing touch in my opinion. I like hood ornaments.

[84chevysilverado]

i love the hood ornament and would never get rid of one. You just dont see hood ornements anymore

[choptop]

8 square bodies only one with hood ornament. None of my previous trucks had them either. WHats the deal

[Skunksmash]

Maybe it's a top end trim type of deal?

[fitz]

8 square bodies only one with hood ornament. None of my previous trucks had them either. WHats the deal

I could never figure it out. It seems that there was no rhyme or reason as to which trucks got them and which one didn't.