Hi. As I understand, Only the 81's had an actual crystal hood ornament. It was clear only with no writing, logo, etc. In 1982 they went to a plastic hood ornament. I have had many of these cars, and all 81" that still had an ornament were crystal. All of the 82,83 have had plastic. Much later there was a plastic ornament with gold Imperial Eagle on it that I have seen added to these cars. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Ingraham" <jeff_ingraham@xxxxxxxxx> To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "IML WebMonsters" <iml-webmonsters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 7:35 AM Subject: IML: 81 hood ornament on ebay > Hi, > I know all the 81-83 Imperials had the cartier > crystal side emblems but on ebay last week there was a > Cartier crystal Hood Ornament. Does anyon the list > have one of these?? > I was rather suprised that Frank Mitchell was willing > to pay almost $250 for it as the high bidder. > I know it was the first one I ever saw but am curious > if there are any others out there? > Also I was thinking that we should snag the picts off > ebay for the 81-83 pages. > > Jeff > P.S. here is the link; > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10076&item=2410660605 &rd=1 > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > http://search.yahoo.com > >