REMINGTON (2)

Remington Motor Co. 
Rahway, New Jersey (1914-1915)
Kingston, New York (1915-1916)

This may be a Remington radiator emblem (c1915-1916)    pcc
Size: 52mm diameter   MM: Unknown

Philo E. Remington had tried to build a Remington motor car in Charleston, West Virginia but this venture had failed in 1913. He decided to try again and established the Remington Motor Company in 1914.

The new Remington in 1914 was a sophisticated, four-cylinder 12 hp cyclecar offered as a two-seater roadster. In 1915, a four-cylinder 25 hp Narragansett touring model and a V-8 touring model called the Greyhound were also offered but, in 1916, a slightly larger, five-passenger Narragansett touring car was the only Remington model made. 

Remington production suffered from material shortages because of the First World War and it was all over in 1916. 

Emblem

The following original photo of a Remington cyclecar carries a 1914 dealer's plate. The photo is not very clear but appears to show a small script mounted near the top of the radiator. The coloration of the top of the radiator shell is too dark to confirm if there is a radiator emblem.

Remington cyclecar (c1914)   ms

The later Remington models from 1915 are believed to have carried a round radiator emblem, see poor quality original photo shown below:

Remington showing a round radiator emblem (1915) jalopyjournal

The Remington Motor Company logo or trademark is seen in Remington motor car advertisements from 1914 and on the Remington Motor Company letterhead, see examples below:

Remington Motor Co letterhead with logo (1915)  remington society

This is a Remington advertisement showing the radiator emblem (1915)  

A red painted brass emblem impressed with the Remington logo is known to exist and may have been used as the Remington motor car radiator emblem but I cannot confirm this.

This is the red painted Remington emblem shown above at the top of this post and again below. I cannot confirm that this Remington emblem is original but, if so, it would be extremely rare.

This may be a Remington radiator emblem (c1915-1916)  pcc
Size: 52mm diameter    MM: Unknown

If you have further details of  Remington radiator emblems, please let me know in order to update this post.

OWEN

Owen Motor Car Co. (1910-1911) 
Detroit, Michigan 

This is an Owen radiator emblem (1910-1911)   ms
Size: Unknown   MM: None

The Owen Motor Car Company was established by Ralph R. Owen and others in January 1910. The Owen was a 50 hp four-cylinder motor car offered in touring, runabout, close-coupled and berline limousine body styles.

But, there were problems, particularly with the marketing of the Owen and, by October 1910, the Owen Motor Car Company had been sold to the Reo Motor Car Company, which was interested in a patented center shift control pioneered by the Owen Motor Car Company. 

Reo completed the manufacture of 35 Owen cars for which parts were already available and sold 31 of these cars through its sales organization. However, Reo found that it was not commercially viable to continue to produce the Owen and further production was halted in 1911. 

Ralph Owen then decided to market the few remaining Owen cars by himself using the "R-O" name based on his initials (see R-O).

Emblem

The following original photo taken in Detroit in 1910 shows an Owen car with a radiator emblem:

Owen motor car in Detroit (1910)     dpl

Close up showing radiator emblem (1910)

This is the blue, pale blue, red and white enamel Owen radiator emblem shown above at the top of this post. This Owen radiator emblem is extremely rare.

 

ERIE TRUCK

Erie Motor Truck Manufacturing Co. (1914-1922)
Erie, Pennsylvania

This is an Erie truck radiator (1921)     ccj

There is little information about the Erie Motor Truck Manufacturing Company of Erie, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1913 with the first Erie trucks ready in 1914. 

There were at least four Erie truck models with 1-1/2-ton, 2-ton, 2-1/2-ton and 3-1/2-ton capacity models known to have been built, all powered by four-cylinder Continental engines. By 1919, Erie trucks were using Timken worm-drive rear axles.

As with most other small motor truck manufacturing companies, the post WWI recession hit Erie hard and, by 1921, Erie truck production was reduced to a single 2-1/2-ton capacity model. All Erie truck production ceased in 1922.

Emblems

The "Erie" truck "emblem" filled the whole radiator, as seen in the illustration shown above, and is surely the largest and clearest radiator emblem of any motor vehicle. This illustration was taken from an Erie truck advertisement published in February 1921, so this Erie radiator and emblem would have been in use since at least 1920. 

The Erie truck radiator includes a depiction of the Erie Motor Truck Manufacturing Company trademark, see detail shown below:

Erie Motor Truck Manufacturing Co. trademark

If you have further details of the Erie motor truck, please let me know, in order to update this post.

DE MARTINI

F. J. Martini
De Martini Motor Truck Co.
San Francisco, California (c1916-1955)

This is a DeMartini truck radiator emblem (1925)   hatm
Size: Unknown

An application to incorporate the De Martini Motor Truck Company was filed in San Francisco in October 1916 with Frank J. De Martini listed as one of the Directors. 

Frank J. De Martini was the early force behind the company and some records suggest that he was producing trucks under his own name before incorporation. However, Frank clearly had problems with his board of directors, as an article published in Motor West in January 1919, announced that the Italia Motor Truck Corporation was to produce a high grade truck in San Francisco and named F. J. DeMartini "late of the DeMartini Motor Truck Company" as president. There was a spate of advertising later in 1919 both by the Italia Motor Truck Corporation to publicize their new business and by the De Martini Motor Truck Company to show how they were doing well without Frank De Martini. In the event. the Italia Motor Truck Corporation did not succeed and was bankrupt by late 1924.

De Martini trucks were conventional assembled trucks usually with dump bodies, although some were flatbed trucks and fire trucks. 

De Martini advertisements in 1919 offered a range of seven truck sizes, 1-1/2-ton, 2-ton. 2-1/2-ton, 3-ton, 3-1/2-ton, 4-ton and 5-ton capacity. This range was reduced to four models by the mid-1920's, a 1-ton Model A, a 2-ton Model C, a 3-ton Model E and a 4-ton Model G. Pneumatic tires were introduced in the late 1920s.

When municipal garbage collection services began in San Francisco, the  De Martini management saw an opportunity to build specialized motor garbage trucks. The De Martini refuse collection trucks had high-sided dump bodies with stairs leading to the top from both sides of the cab.

Production of De Martini trucks fell after 1931 but some very limited production continued until 1955 with later models using bodywork made by International Harvester. 

Emblems

There are very few original photos of early De Martini trucks and those I have seen are of poor quality and do not clearly show the radiator emblem or any body side nameplates, see examples shown below:

De Martini truck advertisement showing possible body side nameplate by diver's door (1918)  wiki

De Martini Mill Valley fire truck from advertisement (1919)    la voce del popolo

De Martini motor trucks at factory in San Francisco (1919)   L'Italia

De Martini flatbed truck with no sign of a body or hood side nameplate (c1920)   justoldtrucks

The earliest clear photo showing the De Martini motor truck radiator emblem is from a surviving De Martini truck from 1921 with a cast iron radiator tank top and a painted cast iron radiator emblem:

De Martini truck (1921)   classic cars

De Martini radiator emblem (1921)   classic cars

This radiator and emblem design is likely to have been used from about 1919 to near the end of production. The surviving 1925 DeMartini 2-ton flatbed truck shown below displays the same painted cast iron DeMartini radiator emblem:

DeMartini 2-ton flatbed truck with radiator emblem (1925)  hatm

DeMartini truck with rad emblem (1925) forums.aths

The painted cast metal DeMartini radiator emblem is more clearly shown above at the top of this post and again below. The painted cast iron De Martini radiator emblem is extremely rare.

De Martini truck radiator emblem (1925)    hatm
Size: Unknown

The following DeMartini refuse truck dates from 1951 but shows a similar radiator to that used in the mid-1920s:

DeMartini refuse collection truck (1950)   recology

ONEONTA LINN

Oneonta Linn Corp. (1941-1945)
Oneonta, New York

This is a Oneonta Linn emblem (1941-1945)   mjs
Size: 154mm wide 94mm high   MM: None

Holman Harry Linn established the Linn Trailer Corporation in 1929 to manufacture automobile and commercial vehicle trailers. The previous Linn Manufacturing Company, which had produced the Linn truck-tractor, had just been sold to the LaFrance-Republic Corporation (see Linn). By the late 1930's, Linn had developed a highly successful front-wheel drive low floor motorized trailer for use as a travelling show room. The vehicle had a lightweight frame made from trussed tubular steel.

In 1940, the company was reorganized as the Oneonta Linn Corporation and continued making front-wheel drive low floor vehicles. Oneonta Linn was also successful in producing ambulances and larger mobile hospital units for the US military during World War II. The company was in good shape after the war but a shortage of materials led to a plant shut-down in 1946 and the company was reorganized as the Linn Coach & Truck Company.

Emblem

Oneonta Linn vehicles carried a painted metal emblem mounted on the body of the vehicle, see example shown above at the top of this post. This Oneonta Linn emblem is scarce.

LONE STAR

Lone Star Motor Truck and Tractor Association (1918-1922)

San Antonio, Texas

This is a Lone Star radiator emblem (1919-1922)   hugh hemphill
Size: Unknown    MM: Unknown  

The Lone Star Motor Truck and Tractor Association was established in San Antonio, Texas. Lone Star promoted itself as a totally Texas based motor vehicle manufacturing company but this was not true. The Lone Star was a completely "badge-engineered" product built in Virginia by the Piedmont Motor Car Company (see Piedmont).

The Lone Star looked the same as other cars of the same model made by Piedmont, except for the Lone Star emblem. Lone Star used a permanent hard roof on some of its models but not all and the engines used to power the Lone Star had higher ratings than most other Piedmont vehicles.

From 1919 through 1921, Lone Star offered two touring models, the 35 hp Beauty Four and the 57 hp Beauty Six. The 35 hp four-cylinder touring model was the only Lone Star available in 1922.

Lone Star also sold 1-1/2-ton trucks and agricultural tractors under the Lone Star name, again built by Piedmont.

Unfortunately for the Lone Star, Piedmont was the only company contracted to supply their vehicles, so when the Piedmont Motor Car Company ceased trading in 1922, it was all over for Lone Star also. One Lone Star motor car is known to have survived.

Emblem

The Lone Star was nothing special but it carried an elaborate radiator emblem, see the 1920 Lone Star advertisement and surviving Lone Star shown below:

Lone Star motor car ad showing emblem (1920)  ma 

Surviving Lone Star car showing radiator emblem

Lone Star radiator emblem close up

This is the blue, red and white enamel Lone Star radiator emblem shown above at the top of this post and again below. This Lone Star radiator emblem is extremely rare.

This is a Lone Star radiator emblem (1919-1922)  hugh hemphill
Size: Unknown    MM: Unknown

The Lone Star emblem was also displayed on the serial plate, see example shown below:

This is Lone Star serial plate (c1920)    ccc

The Lone Star 1-1/2-ton capacity truck was first built in 1918, see original photo shown below:

This shows a Lone Star truck (1918)   ms

The Lone Star 1-1/2-ton capacity truck was announced in the Automobile Trade Journal with the following photo of the truck:

This is a 1-1/2-ton Lone Star truck (c1920)   atj

The photo appears to show the "Lone Star" name cast into the top of the heavy cast radiator, although the detail is unclear. If you have a better photo of the Lone Star truck radiator emblem, please let me know, in order to update this post.

 

CLARK-NORWALK

Clark-Norwalk (1910-1911)
Cleveland, Ohio

This is a Clark-Norwalk radiator emblem (1910-1911)  sam
Size: 64mm high 64mm wide   MM: Unknown

The Clark related to this motor car was the name of a motor car sales agency in Cleveland, Ohio that sold the four-cylinder Norwalk motor car built in Norwalk, Ohio in 1910 to 1911 (see Norwalk).

However, the Clark-Norwalk was an entirely badge-engineered motor car. It was in fact the Norwalk motor car but with a Clark emblem. This business arrangement was short-lived, as the Norwalk business in Norwalk, Ohio was bankrupt by early 1911.

The Norwalk also offered similar badge-engineered services to other motor car manufacturing companies and continued to to do so after the Norwalk moved to Martinsburg, West Virginia in 1912.  

Emblems

The Standard Catalog of American Cars says the Clark-Norwalk carried a brass Clark script on the radiator core. I have not seen any original period photos or illustrations showing a Clark-Norwalk with a radiator script but this may have been correct at the start of this business arrangement in early 1910. 

The Clark-Norwalk is known to have been shown at the Cleveland Armory Automobile Show in late 1910. The following original period photo shows some Clark-Norwalk completed cars and chassis displayed at an automobile trade show referenced to be in 1911 but there is no sign of a Clark radiator script:

A group of Clark-Norwalk cars at a trade show (1911)    dpl

However, a closer look at the completed cars in the photo show a cross-shaped emblem mounted on the radiator core:

Close up showing Clark-Norwalk cars with emblems mounted on the radiator core

These cross-shaped Clark-Norwalk radiator core emblems are shining brightly due to reflection of the trade show lights on the light colored enamel finish of the emblem. 

This is the yellow enamel Clark-Norwalk radiator emblem shown above at the top of this post and again below. This Clark-Norwalk radiator emblem is extremely rare and possibly ultra rare.

This is a Clark-Norwalk radiator emblem (1910-1911)  sam
Size: 64mm high 64mm wide     MM: Unknown