FALCAR

Fal Motor Co. (1909-1910)
F-A-L Motor Co. (1910-1912)
F-A-L Automobile Co. (1912-1914)
Chicago, Illinois

This is a F-A-L radiator emblem (1910-c1913)   khc
Size: 76mm diameter   MM: None

The Falcar was named after T.S. Fauntleroy, H. R. Averill and E. H. Lowe and was also variously referred to as Fal-Car, F.A.L. and F-A-L.

The Falcar was a medium sized 30 hp four-cylinder automobile offered initially in toy tonneau, roadster and touring body styles. The Falcar became a 35/40 hp model from 1910 and performed successfully in car races in 1909, 1910 and 1911, which provided good publicity. However, all was not well and money ran out in 1910. There were a number of changes in management but the company was in receivership in August 1911. There was a change in ownership in early 1912 and the company was reorganized as the F-A-L Automobile Company.

A two-passenger Grayhound model was introduced in late 1913. The Grayhound was a rather strange automobile with a cyclops headlight in the top center of the radiator and was designed to be used for sleeping. When the Greyhound was converted to a sleeper, the sleeper's legs were under the rear deck, with their head under the dashboard. But, the Grayhound was not a success and the company was finished in early 1914. 

Production of the Falcar was claimed to have been as high as 65,000 units but the true figure was very much lower.

Emblems

The first Falcars in 1909 did not carry a radiator emblem as standard, see example Falcar touring model shown below: 

Falcar touring model with no emblem (1909)   autopasion

However, the Falcar driven by Billy Pearce in the 1909 Indiana Trophy race displays the "FAL-CAR" name on a brass script mounted on the radiator core, see original photo shown below. The small rectangular emblem seen at the top of the radiator is believed to be the radiator maker's nameplate.

FAL-CAR with radiator script (1909)    chuckstoyland

This is the brass Falcar radiator script. This Falcar radiator script is very rare.

This is a Falcar radiator script (1909-c1912)  khc
Size: 250mm wide

The Falcar was given a round radiator emblem in 1910 and is seen in original period photos usually , but not always, together with the FAL-CAR radiator script, see examples shown below:

Falcar in Glidden Tour (1910)    dpl

Falcar taking part in the Savannah races (1910)     ms

Falcar at an auto trade show (1911)   dpl

This emblem is the painted brass F-A-L radiator emblem shown above at the top of this post and again below. This F-A-L radiator emblem is extremely rare. It is not known if there as a version of this F-A-L radiator emblem finished in enamel. 

This is a F-A-L radiator emblem (1910-c1913)   khc
Size: 76mm diameter    MM: None

The "F-A-L" name was also displayed on the hubcaps, see example shown below:

This is a F-A-L hubcap (1910-c1913)     dkc

The Grayhound model introduced in 1913 does not appear to have had a radiator emblem, see example photo shown below:

Falcar Grayhound with no radiator emblem (1914)  autopasion

DU PONT

Du Pont Motors Inc. 

Moore, Pennsylvania (1919-1925)

Wilmington, Delaware (1925-1931)

This is a Du Pont radiator emblem (1919-1931)     mjs
Size: 70mm high 44mm wide    MM: D L Auld

Du Pont Motors had been established by E. Paul Du Pont before 1917 to build marine engines but it was decided to build an automobile a year or so later. The Du Pont was introduced at the 1919 International Salon at the Commodore Hotel in New York and was a 55 hp four-cylinder Model A available in five body styles. The final assembly of the Du Pont was moved to Moore in Pennsylvania but was transferred to Wilmington, Delaware in 1925.

The 57 hp six-cylinder Model C was introduced in July 1923 for the 1924 model year and further, higher powered models followed. The Du Pont was an elegant and luxurious automobile, often enhanced with bodywork supplied by the best coach builders in America. In 1929, before the stock market collapse, the  famous 125 hp eight-cylinder Du Pont Model G was introduced and was offered in a dazzling array of 12 body styles. The Model G two-passenger speedster was the most well-known of all the Du Pont cars. Three Model H Du Pont cars were built for the 1931 New York Automobile Show but production of the Du Pont ceased in January 1932.

Total Du Pont production was about 542 cars.

Emblems

The black enamel Du Pont radiator emblem shown above is rare and can be found nickel plated, as shown above, or with a polished metal finish.

Some Du Pont models also displayed an emblem on the front bumper, see the restored 1929 Du Pont Model G Speedster shown below:

This is a Du Pont Model G Speedster (1929)    pam

Close-up showing the Du Pont radiator emblem (1929)     pam

Close-up showing the Du Pont bumper emblem (1929)     pam

The following Du Pont emblem is an early hub emblem, probably colored to match the body paint, This Du Pont hub emblem is rare.

This is a Du Pont hub emblem (c1919-1920)     mjs
Size: 68mm diameter    MM: None

The following Du Pont emblem is a later Du Pont hub emblem and is scarce.

This is a Du Pont hub emblem (c1927-1931)     mjs
Size: 42mm diameter

QUEEN

C H Blomstrom Motor Co. (1904-1906)

Detroit, Michigan

This is a Queen radiator script (1905-1906)    mjs
Size: 388mm wide

The first Queen in 1904 was a simple 8 hp single-cylinder runabout but was also offered with a double-opposed engine. Both models were available with detachable tonneau. From 1905 the engine sizes were increased to 12/16 hp and a 24 hp four-cylinder model was added to the line.

The C H Blomstrom Motor Company was dissolved in late 1906 in a merger with the Car De Luxe Motor Company and production of the Queen ceased.

Total production of the Queen was about 1,500 units.

Emblems

The first Queen Model A runabouts in 1904 were unlikely to have had any emblem, although a small maker's serial plate was likely to have been attached to the dash or under the driver's seat.

Some Queen Model B runabouts for 1905 did display the "Queen" name on panels located on the sides of the body below the driver's seat, see factory illustration below: 

This is a factory illustration showing the Queen side emblem (1905)    bhl

This Queen nameplate was also shown on some advertisements for 1905 Model B runabouts, see example below:

This is a Queen Model B ad showing the side nameplate (1905)   catj

But, there are other Queen Model B advertisements for 1905 that show blank side nameplates, indicating that these nameplates may have been optional extras, see examples shown below:

This is a Queen ad showing Model B with blank side panels (1905)   ms  

Queen Model E with blank side panel (1905)  ms

Some restored Queen Model B runabouts sometimes have a small brass "Queen" script mounted on the side panel but I suspect that the original side panels either displayed the "Queen" name using a colored decal or was simply hand-painted on the panel.

Queen touring models had a radiator and a larger brass "Queen" script was attached to the radiator core possibly as an optional attachment, see restored 1906 models shown below:

Queen touring car with radiator script (1905)   larrysramble 

Model K Queen touring (1906)  bonhams

Close up showing radiator script (1906) 

Restored Queen models from 1906 are likely to be carrying reproduction radiator scripts,. Original Queen radiator scripts are very rare.

The following, small Queen nameplate has been seen soldered to the radiator tank top on some restored Queen cars but it is unlikely that this nameplate was originally attached by solder as there are holes for pins or screws. It is possible that the nameplate was screwed to the radiator top but was more likely to have been attached to the car body.

This is a Queen nameplate (1905)     bonhams
Size: Unknown (approx 60mm wide)

The "Queen" name was also displayed on the step plate, see example below:

This is a Queen Model E step plate (1905)     conceptcarz

The following, small Queen emblem may have been a hub emblem but I cannot confirm this:

This may be a Queen hub emblem (c1905)     sam
Size: 38mm diameter

PIRSCH

Peter Pirsch & Sons Co. (1926-1987)
Kenosha, Wisconsin 

This is a Pirsch radiator emblem (1926-c1956)   mjs
Size: 103mm wide 49mm high   MM: Unknown

Peter Pirsch was the son of a Wisconsin wagon builder who patented a trussed extension ladder in 1899 and went on to make human- and horse-drawn ladder trucks. His first motorized ladder truck was on a Rambler chassis and this was followed by ladder trucks using chassis built by other companies. 

The first complete Pirsch fire engines appeared in 1926. These were 150 to 175 gpm pumpers, chemical trucks and hose trucks powered six-cylinder engines. In 1928, Pirsch built the first American pumper with a fully-enclosed cab. In 1938, the first long aluminium alloy closed lattice aerial ladder truck appeared and is still in use today.

Pirsch continued to develop new designs of conventional fire engines and custom-built specialist fire fighting vehicles on their own chassis and other chassis, such as General Motors, Ford and Mack. Few conventional fire engines were built after 1970 and production ceased in the early 1980's with the last Pirsch fire truck delivered in 1987.

Emblems

Early Pirsch advertisements, see example shown below, show the Pirsch logo, which was used as the radiator emblem.

Pirsch ad showing logo (1928) fire engineering

The first Pirsch fire engine radiator emblem was finished in blue and white enamel and continued in use until the mid 1950's, see examples shown below:

Pirsch radiator emblem (1926)   glazier

Pirsch radiator emblem (1928)    pinimg

This is the blue and white enamel Pirsch radiator emblem shown above at the top of this post and again below. This Pirsch radiator emblem is scarce.

This is a Pirsch radiator emblem (1926-c1956)   mjs
Size: 103mm wide 49mm high    MM: Unknown

There was a change in the Pirsch fire truck hood design about 1940 to a rounded hood and radiator shell, which required the Pirsch radiator emblem to be mounted on a thick, wedge-shaped metal backing plate on the nose of the hood above the radiator grille. In some models the Pirsch emblem was mounted on a cast chrome hood ornament, see examples shown below:

Pirsch ladder truck tractor with emblem mounted on the hood above the radiator (1940)   chief miller

Pirsch emblem on hood ornament casting (1945)  moroz

Pirsch hood emblem on wedge baking plate (1948)  barnfinds

Pirsch radiator and hood emblem (1951)    pinimg

In the mid to late 1950's, the enamel Pirsch hood emblem was replaced by a paint finished emblem, see example shown below:

Painted Pirsch hood emblem (1958)    flickr

This is the blue and white painted Pirsch hood emblem shown here. This Pirsch hood emblem is scarce.

This is a Pirsch hood emblem (c1956-c1965)    mjs
Size: 103mm wide 49mm high   MM: Unknown

These Pirsch emblems continued in use on conventional fire truck models until the Pirsch cab-over-engine models appeared in the mid-1960's

TWIN COACH

Twin Coach Co. (1927-1953)
Kent, Ohio 

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1944-1955) mjs
Size: 200mm high 138mm wide  MM: Unknown

The Fageol brothers sold their bus manufacturing business to ACF in 1925 (see Fageol) and in 1927 they left ACF to form the Twin Coach Company in Kent, Ohio to manufacture and market a 40-passenger dual-engine bus mainly for heavy-duty city transit service. 

The Twin Coach was larger than any other single-deck bus then on the market and was a great success. Smaller Twin Coach buses were added to the line in 1929 and electric and gasoline-powered delivery trucks were also constructed from 1929 to 1936 when this part of the business was sold to Divco (see Divco). Twin Coach also built some trolley buses between 1928 and 1955.

New bus models were introduced in the mid-1930's and sold well until 1943 when production turned from buses to the war effort, although some Twin Coach buses seem to have been built in the Twin Coach plant in Ontario, Canada. After the war a completely new Twin Coach bus appeared but the transit market declined, Twin Coach sales fell and the bus business was sold to Flxible in 1953.

Emblems

The first Twin Coach models in 1927 displayed the name "Twin Coach by F.R.Fageol" on a rectangular nameplate mounted on the front of the bus, see low resolution photo shown below:

Twin Coach showing front nameplate (1927)  coachbuilt

Soon after, the Twin Coach carried a screen printed, oval shaped emblem mounted on the front of the bus, see original photo shown below:

Twin Coach showing oval shaped emblem (1927)  imcdb

This oval shaped Twin Coach emblem continued in use in different sizes and colors until production stopped during World War II, see examples shown below. Original Twin Coach emblems are scarce.

This is a Twin Coach emblem (1927-1942)   mjs
Size: 250mm wide 120mm high  MM: None

This is a Twin Coach emblem (1927-1942)   mjs
Size: 250mm wide 120mm high    MM: None

This is a Twin Coach emblem (1927-1942)     mjs
Size: 153mm wide 90mm high     MM: None

This is a Twin Coach emblem (dates unknown)    ms
Size: Unknown     MM: Unknown

The following Twin Coach emblem is mounted on the front of a surviving Twin Coach delivery truck from 1934:

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1934)   classiccars

This is the blue painted Twin Coach emblem shown below. This Twin Coach emblem is rare.

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1934)   lktec
Size: 264mm wide 142mm high   MM: None

The following photo of a Canadian Twin Coach from around 1944 shows a new style of Twin Coach emblem: 

Twin Coach showing new emblem (1944)   wiki

Close-up showing the Twin Coach emblem (1944)  

The resolution of this photo is too poor to see the detail of the emblem but it is believed to be inscribed "Ottowa Canada" at the bottom. This large, shield shaped emblem continued to be used when bus production resumed in the US after the War in 1946. This is the red and black enamel Twin Coach emblem inscribed "Kent-Ohio" shown above at the top of this post and again below. This Twin Coach emblem is rare.

 

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1946-1953) mjs
Size: 200mm high 138mm wide  MM: Unknown

The following Twin Coach advertisement includes an illustration of a color variation of the shield shaped Twin Coach emblem.

Twin Coach advertisement showing emblem color variation  ebay

This is the red and black enamel Twin Coach emblem shown below. This Twin Coach emblem is rare.

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1949-1953)   mjs
Size: 200mm high 138mm wide  MM: Unknown

The following is a Canadian version of this Twin Coach emblem. I do not know if the holes are original. This Twin Coach emblem is rare.

This is a Twin Coach Canada emblem (c1949-1953) ms 
Size: 200mm high 138mm wide   MM: Unknown