History of the Corvette Emblem
07-11-2004, 10:07 AM
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Thanks, that's cool stuff! 
07-11-2004, 10:13 AM
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13
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I watched the history channel one evening and they talked about how mr chevrolet got the idea for the bow tie.He stayed in a Hotel room which had wall paper with bows on it and he thought that would be a good idea to use to put his name on so he tried it writing on the bow on the wall and he liked it so much that is what he came up with for the chevy symbol.It was an intresting program. 
07-11-2004, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by charlene
I watched the history channel one evening and they talked about how mr chevrolet got the idea for the bow tie.He stayed in a Hotel room which had wall paper with bows on it and he thought that would be a good idea to use to put his name on so he tried it writing on the bow on the wall and he liked it so much that is what he came up with for the chevy symbol.It was an intresting program.
07-11-2004, 04:08 PM
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Just a slight modification. It was William C.Durant of GM who came up with the Chevrolet bowtie reportedly copied from the wallpaper he saw in a Paris, France hotel in 1908. It became the Chevy trademark logo in 1913 after GM acquired them.
07-11-2004, 05:30 PM
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13
hey jim how do you post pictures on the forum from a jpg i have some pictures of my car and would like to do that can you help since you helped me with my smiley's.thanks for the info on the bowtie the story on tv said it was mr chevrolet when i watched it but i'm old could be wrong memory is not what it use to be. 
09-18-2004, 10:21 PM
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
It sucked that using the Amercian Flag wasn't used because of the "commercial" application when they first started. I would've rather seen that then some Frenchy Emblem! 
Get the "Time Life 50 Years of Corvette" DVD. It's go some other pretty cool stuff. Got mine from Best Buy a few months ago.
Get the "Time Life 50 Years of Corvette" DVD. It's go some other pretty cool stuff. Got mine from Best Buy a few months ago.
09-19-2004, 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by MyVetteDream
It sucked that using the Amercian Flag wasn't used because of the "commercial" application when they first started. I would've rather seen that then some Frenchy Emblem! Get the "Time Life 50 Years of Corvette" DVD. It's go some other pretty cool stuff. Got mine from Best Buy a few months ago.
Get the "Time Life 50 Years of Corvette" DVD. It's go some other pretty cool stuff. Got mine from Best Buy a few months ago. http://www.westcoastcorvette.com/sho...il.cfm?id=1467
