In this column I recently wrote about the distinguished hood ornament the Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy, turning 100.

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Before the untimely death of Rolls, a plan was in motion to create a proper hood ornament for the cars.

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New York Times writer Phil Patton describes the salacious origins of the first commissioned hood ornament behind the Spirit of Ecstasy.

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Ignatius Huggeford in florid script, has a perfectly ordinary brass movement, except for the enormous ruby incongruously affixed to it, like a flamboyant hood ornament on a Honda Civic.

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The hood ornament on this jalopy is the rusted voice of Gonjasufi, who may just be the most unusual man on the mic since Wu-Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard.

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