CHIRIBIRI / TORINO / ITALY

CHIRIBIRI / TORINO / ITALY  ( 1906 - 1927 ) 

Another forgotten Italian automobile producer was Antonio CHIRIBIRI from 1906 to 1927. He built small cars. His production plant was bought by LANCIA in 1928. Here you see the oval emblem in the art noveau style. 

1926 and later they had a simple rectangular emblem.

 

Size	5.4 cm  x 9.5 cm
Year	ca. 1920
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perfect period photo form the CHIRIBIRI Tipo Monza Sports  ( photo collection Chlöpfer Chuchi )

 

enameled chassis plate for the CHIRIBIRI MONZA / SPINTO

  

Size	10.1 cm x 5.0 cm
Year	1925
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contemporary picture of the typ Monza from the Klaas Dierks collection

1925 CHIRIBIRI radiator with emblem and motometer , seen in Italy

CHIRIBIRI stand in Milano / Italy in 1925

and nearly 100 years later in Padova / Italy:

CHIRIBIRI  MONZA TIPO SPINTO

 

 

photo collection Chlöpfer Chuchi

 The following rectangular emblem was seen on the last CHRIBIRI in 1926 / 1927:

 

Size	c. 6.5 cm x 4.8  cm
Year	1927
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There a really bad repros made in Italy. They all have a flat back. So have a look at this original and compare before buying.

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ROMEO, NICOLA / MILANO / ITALY

 

NICOLA ROMEO vehicle / MILAN / ITALY  ( 1919 )

In 1915, engineer Nicola Romeo bought into the A.L.F.A. company. He successfully steered A.L.F.A. through the First World War. In 1918, he acquired the absolute majority of the company, which was  than named  ALFA ROMEO (1920 - today).
So much is known. However, it was unclear whether there was also a car that bore the name  ROMEO alone. That was probably not the case. But during WWI, he built an aircraft engine for the military, a huge 6-cylinder V-engine. And Nicola Romeo's emblem was mounted on the exhaust manifolds. A nice idea to show who built the engine.  ISOTTA FRASCHINI also had practised this.

One such engine survived, and in 2017, the Argentine company PUR SANG came up with the idea of installing this engine in a suitable chassis and thus producing a  Nicola Romeo vehicle. Incidentally, the chassis comes from a 1919 LANCIA KAPPA.

the emblem that was initially used on the exhaust manifold and then also found its way onto the radiator.

 

Size	7.0 cm
Year	1919
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As is almost always the case in Italy, there is no manufacturer's stamp on the back, unfortunately. However, the craftsmanship and signs of age indicate that it was manufactured by the Bregonzio enamel factory in Milan, which was liquidated many years before 2017.

Replica of a NICOLA ROMEO vehicle, built by PUR SANG / Argentina in 2017.

replica badge for the NICOLA ROMEO vehicle, constructed by PUR SANG / Argentine

original Nicola Romeo badge on the exhaust manifold

same idea realized by ISOTTA FRASCHINI in 1906

For the complete ALFA ROMEO emblem story please click here!

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PICCARD PICTET & Cie / Switzerland

SAG / PICCARD, PICTET / PIC - PIC / GENEVA / Switzerland  ( 1906 - 1922)

The company PICCARD, PICTET & Cie was one of the most important vehicle manufacturers in Switzerland. It was founded in Geneva in 1906 and named after its founders Paul Piccard and Lucien Pictet.

Until 1910, the vehicles were marketed under the brand name SAG (Société d'Automobiles à Genève). Only 165 automobiles were produced by SAG.

After 1910 they were marketed as PICCARD, PICTET only,  commonly known as PIC-PIC. After the First World War, PIC-PIC fell on hard times and ceased operations in 1922.  A total of around 3,000 vehicles were built, of which very few have survived.

I am rather proud to be able to present a very early radiator emblem here, which was embossed from brass and even still has the three letters SAG visible in the bottom left of the circle.

It was possible to date this emblem precisely because a vehicle built in 1906 with exactly this emblem has survived and can be seen in the museum in Martigny / Switzerland.

Size	11.4  cm x 4.9 cm
Year	1906
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SAG in a circle

The emblem was soldered to the radiator, not riveted.

 

original emblem, seen at Techno Classica / Germany in 2019

Size	12.4  cm x 4.5  cm
Year	1910 - 1914
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This repro emblem was made in the nineteenseventeens by Boutique de l´Automobiliste using the original dies.

the backside was enameled too to avoid tensions when cooling the emblem after firing the enamel

1979 advertisement for repro emblems made by Boutique de l`Automobile / France

top left, fourth row, the PICCARD PICTET emblem

As early as 1914, PIC PIC offered vehicles with V-shaped radiators, eliminating  the flat radiator emblem. Instead, the emblem shown below was mounted on the radiators:

In 1922, the French company GNOME et RHONE purchased the rights to manufacture PIC - PIC automobiles. That is why this advertisement reads: AUTOMOBILES FRANCAISES :

The 8-cylinder car advertised was only built as a prototype, because the entire automobile production came to an end the same year.

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NESSELSDORFER / TATRA / CZ

NESSELSDORFER  WAGENBAU / TATRA  ( 1897 - 1999 )

The origins of the TATRA brand date back to 1850, when Ignaz Schustala established a bodywork factory in Nesselsdorf, a town that was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Today, the city is called Koprivnice.

Automobile manufacturing began in 1897. The vehicles were therefore also called NESSELSDORFER. After the end of the First World War and becoming Czechoslovakian, the company name was changed to TATRA. The name TATRA comes from the mountain range of the same name that forms the border with Poland. 

 So let us start with the first NESSELSDORFER WAGENBAU emblem:

 

NESSELSDORFER WAGENBAU  therefore the white letter N and the black letter W

 

Size	11.2 cm x 5.2cm
Year	1912- 1923
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During World War I, civilian car production was not stopped and manufacturers continued to advertise their civilian vehicles. However, the economic situation and the general mood of crisis meant that very few vehicles were sold during this period.

 

1917 advertisement in a German journal

 

In 1923, the company merged with Ringhoffer AG to form RINGHOFFER - TATRA AG. 

The first newly built cars still bore the emblems of both brands: 

 

 

 

 

1918 advertisement in German Motor journal

 

Until 1933, Tatra built air-cooled engines, which meant that the cars did not have a classic water radiator at the front. The V-shaped emblem was fixed on a V-shaped hood:

 

Size	6.4 cm
Year	1923- 1933
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engine hood without air tintakes 

 

period photo of of a 1924 TATRA ; the characteristics of the air-cooled vehicle can also be clearly seen from the side view ( photo collection Thomas Ulrich )

 

1924 advertisement for the German market

 

The AUSTRO - TATRA emblem, which was used at the Austrian assembly plant in Vienna, is particularly rare:

 

Size	5.2 cm
Year	1925
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 In 1925, the Type 17 was released, featuring a flat water-cooled radiator with a flat emblem.

Size	6.0 cm
Year	1925 - 1937
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1925 brochure for the UK market showing the new flat radiator

In 1937, the large TATRA type 87 with an air-cooled rear engine was launched. A teardrop-shaped emblem with the tip pointing upwards was now mounted on the front of the hood. Here you see an early version with white enameled CZECHOSLOVAKIA letters:

 

tear drop emblem for the TATRA T600 (TATRAPLAN)

 

Size	6.4 cm
Year	1937 - 1967
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backside without makers mark

The tip  pointed downwards on the  models Type 87 and 97:

Size	6.1 cm x 11.2 cm
Year	1937
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 TATRA type 87 seen in a Czech museum

 

 

 In 1959, the TATRA factory received permission from the government to build a representative luxury car, as they were not satisfied with the Russian models. The Type 603 was released. Initially, it did not have an emblem. It was not until the Type 603/2 that a plastic emblem with two chrome wings was added to the hood:

 

 

Size	18.0 cm x 6.8 cm
Year	1963 - 1974
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During the model update of the TATRA 603, the emblems were also changed. Here you see the horn button:

 

Size	7.1 cm
Year	1974 - 1980
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 The last emblem for a civil TATRA vehicle was made of glass. It is a front emblem made for the T613.

 

Size	6.7 cm
Year	1980 - 1992
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Impressive collection of TATRA emblems of my collector friend Peter

 

 

 The last TATRA limousine was built in 1999. Truck production still exists today.

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