SIX / FRANCE

 SIX  Automobiles / PARIS / FRANCE   ( 1923 - 1927 )

This automobile factory was founded by the French engineer Gadoux in Paris. It probably existed from 1923 to 1927 and offered a 6-cylinder car with 1,800 ccm and more than 60  HP ( 12 CV).                                                            Their slogan was:  " LA VOITURE DE MONSIEUR "  ( = THE GENTLEMAN´S CAR ) .

Mr. Gadoux chose the brand name “SIX”, no doubt to refer to the number of cylinders. However, this word occurs in numerous car types and is also identical in English and French.This made researching this brand extremely difficult, also there is no article in Wikipedia.  It took me years to be able to identify the emblem !

 

 

Size	14.1 cm x 4.5 cm
Year	1923 - 1927
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 The car was not built in Strasbourg. The stamp below is from a car dealer.

Source: Publicités automobiles : SixGUER1413 Lot 1, 1 Archives de la Somme

 

Source: Publicités automobiles : SixGUER1413 Lot 1,2 Archives de la Somme

Source: Publicités automobiles : SixGUER1413 Lot 1,3 Archives de la Somme

 

Another French car maker also used the name SIX. It was the OMEGA SIX.                                                              For more  information please click here.

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M.S. Morain Sylvestre / Sèvres / France

 

Automobiles M.S. (Morain Sylvestre 1922 - 1925 ) Sèvres / France

Automobiles M.S. was a French manufacturer of automobiles and engines. It was founded in 1922 by Mr. Morain and Mr. Sylvestre, hence the abbreviation M.S. .

They started with the production of engines before building their own vehicles. The company went bankrupt in 1924, but continued to operate for another year under the name “Société Nouvelle des Automobiles M.S.”. 

If you believe "The new Encyclopedia of Motorcars" from Georgano  they sold only 60 vehicles in 4 years, so any emblem is a very hard to find item:

Size	c. 4.5 cm x 6.5 cm
Year	1922 - 1925
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Original advertisement ( collection Claus H. Wulff )

MORAIN SYLVESTRE radiator in a private collection

Source: Publicités automobiles M.S: ( GUER1320 - Lot 1 - Média 1- Archives de la Somme https://archives.somme.fr/ark:/58483/tpsdbrjvwz5l )

 

 

Source: Publicités automobiles M.S. ( GUER1320 - Lot 1 - Média 2 - Archives de la Somme https://archives.somme.fr/ark:/58483/tpsdbrjvwz5l )

 

 

Impressive private collection with the M.S. radiator shown above

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 If you want to get more information about ARIES                (photo middle right) please click here.

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BUCCIALI / PARIS / FRANCE

 

BUCCIALI / PARIS / FRANCE  ( 1922 -1933 ) 

The BUCCIALI Automobile company was founded in Paris by the brothers Angelo and Paul-Albert Bucciali, who had become wealthy as aircraft manufacturers and  railroad shareholders.

The company initially started under the abbreviation BUC before the full family name became the brand name.

The vehicles were extremely sophisticated and complicated to build and correspondingly expensive. 

There were models with 8-cylinder engines or even with a 16-cylinder engine if you believe the last brochure.

Around 150 vehicles were built in 11 years but the exact number is not known.

Size	different sizes
Year	1922 - 1933
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Source: Publicités automobiles Bucciali - GUER1298  Archives de la Somme (https://archives.somme.fr/ark:/58483/tpsdbrjvwz5l)

If you analyze the photos and ads, you come up with at least 4 different versions of the BUCCIALI emblem; astonishing considering that only 150 examples were built:

BUCCIALI also tried to sell vehicles In Germany. It is not known if any car was really sold....

1931 German advertisement

on top of this ad you can see the stork emblem

On the left and right sides of the bonnet, some models had oversized storks as emblems:

The use of the stork as an emblem is said to be a reference to Paul-Albert Bucciali`s work in aviation.

BUCCIALI with silver and golden stork ( seen in Paris Retromobile 2024 )

BUCCIALI brochure showing the design of the last radiator emblem:

 Photo source: Publicités automobiles Bucciali - GUER1298 Archives de la Somme 

Only very few vehicles have survived. But there was a drawing of the BUCCIALI stork emblem, which was made by the swedish boy Gustaf Moeller back in the 1920s. Gustaf lived near the ferry port in Helsingborg / Sweden and drew the emblems of the waiting cars there. What a great hobby that still helps and delights us a hundred years later:

There are even more car makers like Lorraine Dietrich using the stork as symbol. 

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ANASAGASTI / ARGENTINA

 

ANASAGASTI / BUENOS AIRES / ARGENTINA   ( 1912 - 1915 )

Horacio Anasagasti, born in 1879, founded an automobile factory in Buenos Aires / Argentina in 1911. It was the first automobile factory in Argentina, named ANASAGASTI & CIA,  where previously only imported vehicles had been produced. He created his first car in 1911 using the French Ballot engine and Argentine body. He started selling it for $ 6,500 in 1912.

Already in 1912 he sent 3 cars to Europe to participate in different races. The ANASAGASTI cars competed in the 1912 Tour de France and the PARIS to MADRID race.

With the outbreak of the First World War, it became impossible for H. Anasagasti to import any more parts from Europe, so the factory had to close. Depending on the source, 30 or 50 vehicles were built, of which two survived.

Therefore it is almost impossible to find an original radiator emblem, but thanks to ARTSONWHEELS I can show photos of the emblems of the surviving vehicles: 

The emblem shows a gearwheel rim on the outside; I was told that the white star in the center stands for guidance and direction and the blue and red colors for passion and freedom. But there is no evidence for this.

Size	c. 6.5 cm
Year	c. 1912 - 1915
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The emblem of the second vehicle, which has survived, shows a different color in the gear wheel, gray instead of blue. I suspect that the blue color was modified with gray.

 

 

ANASAGAST has also left its mark in Europe, although not very many.

In 1913, the French automobile magazine OMNIA showed views of the automobile radiators on the market and, surprisingly, ANASAGASTI was among them:

 

 

I am particularly proud of this photo, which shows one of the ANASAGAST vehicles that took part in the 1912 Tour de France. I bought this original photo at an auction without knowing the writing on the back!

 

 

 And here is the evidence::

 Their slogan was : LOS MALOS CAMINOS NO EXISTEN:  BAD ROADS DO NOT EXISTS

 

Only two vehicles have survived. But there was a drawing of the ANASAGASTI emblem, which was made by the swedish boy Gustaf Moeller back in the 1920s. Gustaf lived near the ferry port in Helsingborg / Sweden and drew the emblems of the waiting cars there. What a great hobby that still helps and delights us a hundred years later:

 

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La Fermiere / FRANCE

 

Etablissement LA FERMIERE  / PARIS / FRANCE  (1923 -  ?)

If you translate the company name, it means: the farmer's wife. It seems a bit strange today, but those were different times.

This company was based in the north-west of Paris, where many garages and workshops were established.

This company specialized in rebuilding old Paris cabs of the Renault brand after the First World War and fitting them with a new bodywork as agricultural small truck ( hence the name La Fermière and probably also the color choice of green as a reference to nature ).

In 1925, the company advertised light trucks for rent for days, months or even years.

In any case, my radiator is a part that is mounted in front of the engine and not behind the engine as is the case with RENAULT. 

very large emblem mounted in a frame to fix it

Size	15.5 cm x 6.0 cm
Year	1923 - ?
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the radiator clearly shows the traces of 100 years

It is difficult to find any period thing  about this company. But I found what I was looking for in the Archive departementales de la Somme / France  and am pleased to be able to show this beautiful document here:

Archives départementales de la Somme, GUER 1355 (https://archives.somme.fr/ark:/58483/tpsdbrjvwz5l)

Definitely a rare find !

                                                 as  found on a French flea market
 

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SEAT / SPAIN

SEAT   / BARCELONA / SPAIN  ( 1953 - today )

Why not talk about SEAT emblems ?  This major European car manufacturer was founded in 1950 and built the first car in 1953, so over 70 years ago. The letters “SEAT” stand for “Sociedad Espanola de Automoviles de Turismo”. The first vehicles produced under license were the Italian FIAT 600 and the FIAT 1400. The FIAT type 850 was also built under license and reached around 650,000 units. The first car with the brand's own styling followed in 1969. Volkswagen AG acquired a shares in SEAT in 1982 and took over the company in the early 1990s.

SEAT Licence FIAT 600 hood ornament

Size	16.7 cm x 8.0   cm
Year	1953 -
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no makers mark, only a parts number

850 Limousine:

at the beginning:   large FIAT letters, small SEAT letters

Size	4.4 cm x 6.6 cm
Year	1964 - 1973
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SEAT 850 SPORT had an enameled emblem:

Size	7.3 cm ( with frame )
Year	1969 - 1971
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backside without makers mark

Seat 124:

Size	8.6 cm ( with plastic frame )
Year	1968 - 1970
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SEAT become more self-confident: large SEAT letters, small FIAT letters

Size	4.8 cm x 7.9 cm
Year	1972 -1979
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SEAT 128  plastic badge with black background:

Size	5.7 cm
Year	1977 - 1979
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The SEAT emblem of the early 1990s was designed by graphic artists from the American advertising agency “Landor” and shows only the letter “S” in a design that stands for progress and dynamism.

 

 

Size	various sizes
Year	since 1982
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