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I heard on only 1 side since an artist only signs their work once... Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Brent Burger" <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [FWDLK] DPCD and the Pentastar Date: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 1:42 am To be visible at curbside. ========================================== On Apr 22, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Dave Homstad wrote: > One question: why is the Pantastar only used on the RH front fender? > > Dave Homstad > 56 Dodge D500 > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc wrote: > >> Ask & ye shall receive... >> >> This is from Pg-2-of-2 of Ward's Quarterly (large hardcover: 13x10.5" >> 'magazine', of Winter 1965; Vol1 #1), which deals entirely >> with Chrysler Corporation, entitled: Why Chrysler Changed Its >> Corporate Identity". >> >> This issue is a must-have for any serious corporate researcher's >> library. >> >> Neil Vedder >> >> >> >> On 4/22/2013 8:18 AM, Ray Jones wrote: >>> FOUND ON A GUIDE LENS SITE >>> >>> * >>> DPCD and the Pentastar * >>> >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/guidetotaillightcodes/Home/did-you-know/Pentastar%20small.jpg?attredirects=0> >>> The letters in Chrysler’s intertwined DPCD logo, adopted in the 1930s, >>> originally stood for Dodge-Plymouth-Chrysler-DeSoto, but when DeSoto was >>> dropped (in 1961) the second D was left without a raison d’tre. Some >>> apologists, either in or out of the Corporation (this has never been >>> established), suggested that the second D now stood for Dodge trucks, which >>> was a convenient thing to say except that trucks had been part of the >>> lineup all along, so if it were true there should have been three Ds to >>> start with. >>> >>> >>> >>> Chrysler never offered an official explanation, nor did it say why a letter >>> wasn’t added for Imperial when it became a separate make in 1955. The >>> issue was mooted in 1962, when the famous Pentastar was introduced, though >>> the old logo remained on lenses until at least 1965. The new logo is >>> usually accompanied by the letters CC, which obviously stand for Chrysler >>> Corporation. >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *To the best of our knowledge, no one has ever explained, or even asked, >>> what the the five points of the Pentastar mean. Perhaps they stand for the >>> four surviving brands (Plymouth, Dodge, Chrysler, and Imperial) plus Dodge >>> trucks (now Ram), which can be included because there are no messy initials >>> to worry about. But today the lineup is down to three (Dodge, Chrysler and >>> Jeep) plus trucks, so there are now at least one, or perhaps two, extra >>> points on the star, depending on who’s counting. >>> * >>> >>> https://sites.google.com/site/guidetotaillightcodes/Home/did-you-know >>> >>> If the link doesn't come thru, Google Guide lens codes >>> \ >>> Ray >>> >> >> >> ************************************************************* >> >> To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to >> http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 >> >> Help the Forward Look with every eBay purchase by starting your search here: >> http://www.ForwardLook.net/eBay >> >> >>>>> Error in line 20 of l-forwardlook.mailtpl: unknown formatting command <<< >> -> ...and with every Amazon purchase by clicking here: <- > > ************************************************************* > > To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to > http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 > > Help the Forward Look with every eBay purchase by starting your search here: > http://www.ForwardLook.net/eBay > > >>>> Error in line 20 of l-forwardlook.mailtpl: unknown formatting command <<< > -> ...and with every Amazon purchase by clicking here: <- ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 Help the Forward Look with every eBay purchase by starting your search here: http://www.ForwardLook.net/eBay >>> Error in line 20 of l-forwardlook.mailtpl: unknown formatting command <<< -> ...and with every Amazon purchase by clicking here: <- |
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