In the mid to late 70's theft of the hood ornaments was all the rage. We lost about 4 of them off our '74 240D. I remember one time the thief got his just punishment though as the star actually broke at the stem while he was trying to steal it so he only got the top part, the bottom part stayed on the car and because of the sharp area left at the break he must have gotten quite a gash on his hand as there was blood all over the hood and parking lot around the car! It was worth the $20 or so to replace the part to think about that thief's suffering!

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Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz