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7 responses to “12 automobile model labels”
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I am amazed at the details of these nameplates that I have never noticed even though I have seen every one of them at some time or other. Like how the gold de Ville leaves solid centers in a few letters or how Continental crosses both Ts with a single long line. I miss detail like this in modern cars.
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J.P., back then, they probably had a ten man team (and it WAS men), just working on the logo!
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Yeah, the car labels are now all block letters. Maybe this will pass in time.
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Love seeing the Olds Starfire logo, I had it’s stripped down but powerful brother, the Jetstar back in the early 70’s which no one remembers now. Also love the Marlin logo, living in Milwaukee I saw a lot of the Rambler offerings on the street like the Marlin, Scrambler, Javelin and AMX. I remember seeing a new Marlin on my route when I was a paperboy, and thought: “…boy, they just cut the back off a regular car and tacked a fastback on…”.
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I remember the Jetstar! I found Oldsmobile’s model naming in the 1960s and early 70s to be confusing.
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Nice job on the car badges Jim! The Olds 98 is really cool with the Mustang reflection.
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I shot these at a car auction, and it was hard to avoid reflections like those, so I incorporated them when they happened.
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