WHIPPET

Willys-Overland Co. (1926-1931)

Toledo, Ohio

This is a Whippet radiator emblem (1930-1931)      mjs
Size: 68mm wide 58mm high     MM: D L Auld

The Whippet was small and fast and was a very successful motor car produced by the Willys Overland Company (see Willys Knight/Willys) to relace the Overland car (see Overland). When introduced in 1926 the Whippet was America's smallest car.

The Whippet began as a 30 hp four-cylinder car with a 40 hp six-cylinder model following in 1927. A Whippet Six took a new American record for stock cars in a 24 hour endurance run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to demonstrate its speedy ability. The Whippet was also competitively priced and claimed to be "the world's lowest priced six".

Whippet sales for its first year in production were 110,000 units and excellent sales continued in 1928 and 1929 but fell to just over 8,000 in 1930. The Wall Street crash and the following Depression resulted in serious problems for Willys and the Whippet was discontinued in early 1931.

Emblems

The following red, white and blue enamel Whippet radiator emblem was used on the first four-cylinder Model 96 Whippet cars from late 1926 to the end of 1928:

This is a Whippet radiator emblem (1926-1928)     mjs
Size: 41mm diameter    MM: Unknown (some D L Auld)

The following is the Canadian version of this Whippet radiator emblem:

This is a Canadian Whippet radiator emblem (1926-1928)     mjs
Size: 41mm diameter     MM: None

There was a new blue and white enamel Whippet Six radiator emblem for the six-cylinder Models 93A and 98 in 1927, see examples below:

This is a Whippet Six radiator emblem (1927-1928)    mjs
Size: 51mm wide 39mm high    MM: Unknown

The following is the Canadian version of this Whippet Six radiator emblem:

This is a Canadian Whippet six radiator emblem (1927-1928)    mjs
Size: 51mm wide 39mm high    MM: None

There was another change in Whippet radiator emblem designs from 1929. 

The following metal Whippet Four radiator emblem was used for the four-cylinder Model 96A cars from January 1929 to August 1930:

This is a Whippet Four radiator emblem (1929-1930)      mjs
Size: 55mm high 32mm wide     MM: Bastian Bros

The following metal Whippet Six radiator emblem was used for the six-cylinder Model 98A cars from January 1929 to September 1930:

This is a Whippet Six radiator emblem (1929-1930)     mjs
Size: 55mm high 32mm wide     MM: D L Auld

The following metal Whippet Six radiator emblem was used on the Model C101 1-1/2-ton Whippet truck in 1929 until the truck was rebadged as Willys in 1930. This Whippet truck radiator emblem is scarce.

This is a Whippet Six C101 truck radiator emblem (1929)     mjs
Size: 58mm wide 33mm high    MM: Crowe

There was a change in the metal Whippet radiator emblem for the four-cylinder Model 96A from September 1930 to the end of Whippet production in 1931, see example shown above at the top of this post and again below:

This is a Whippet radiator emblem (1930-1931)   mjs
Size: 68mm wide 58mm high    MM: D L Auld

The following radiator script designs are some of the several examples seen on surviving Whippet cars but I do not know, if any were Whippet factory accessories:

This is a Whippet radiator script (c1927-1930)     za

This is a Whippet radiator script (c1927-1930)    ms

This is a Whippet radiator script (c1927-1930)     mjs
Size: 235mm wide

The following brass Whippet script decoration has been seen attached to the radiator core on a surviving Whippet from 1926. This Whippet radiator script is rare.

This is a Whippet radiator script decoration (c1926-1930)     ms
Size: c140 mm wide