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Greeney in France
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I thought I would start a new thread off 
Citroen used the chevrons on their logo because they started making helical gears
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Dirty Habit
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International Harvester trucks are know as "Binders" as the origins of the company built agricultural equipment.
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Uncle Joe
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| Rovers logo came as a little joke. The word Rover means wanderer or seafarer, so they chose a viking, which later became a vikings head, then a longship.... |
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Old-Nail
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| BSA Motorcycles stands for 'Birmingham Small Arms' they made rifles, without looking it up I wonder if the Royal Enfield motorcycle company had any connection with Enfield rifles? |
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Dirty Habit
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| Old-Nail wrote: | | BSA Motorcycles stands for 'Birmingham Small Arms' they made rifles, without looking it up I wonder if the Royal Enfield motorcycle company had any connection with Enfield rifles? |
I am sure they started making parts for guns if not complete weapons.
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| I think that you are correct there, DH. We always used to call the Royal Oilfields back in the day! |
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clan chieftain
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 Morris named it the Marina because it filled up with water
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old gto
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OK, I`ll have a go at it....
Didn`t the builders of the Isetta make refrigerators?
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Geoffp
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Volv were originally owned by the SKF bearing company and the name is the Latin for 'to roll' That is the beginning and end of my knowledge of the classics 
Saab use the initials of the company for their name. Pity; I would love to see a badge saying 'Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget' across the radiator of a 96  That also explains the earlier badge, it looks like a head-on view of a propellor aeroplane.
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Old-Nail
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| old gto wrote: | OK, I`ll have a go at it....
Didn`t the builders of the Isetta make refrigerators? |
The manufacturers of the Heinkell and Messerschmitt micro cars were aircraft manufacturers, as were Mitsubishi.
Kawasaki heavy industries made ships and aircraft! |
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ianm
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Everytime I hear Saab I get the picture in my mind of a Arab streaking figure on camel.
Listening to too much of Spike Milligan.
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Brian M
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| Old-Nail wrote: | The manufacturers of the Heinkell and Messerschmitt micro cars were aircraft manufacturers, as were Mitsubishi.
Kawasaki heavy industries made ships and aircraft! |
Another aircraft engine manufacturer was BMW - their logo represents the sky seen through a propellor.
This website gives a history of virtually every makers name and logo.
http://www.cartype.com/page.cfm?id=160
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Job-Rated
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That's the end of that, then...
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Greeney in France
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I was going to say "spoil sport" too 
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