ARIES / FR

 ARIES / FRANCE ( 1910 - 1938 )

                                        ARIES / PARIS / FRANCE ( 1910 - 1938 )

The French ARIES was founded by the Baron Charles Petiet.
 In 1910 they ARIES catalogued the smallest 6-cylinder car in the world.
During  WW I they made Hispano Suiza engines and profited by the experience to make better cars subsequently.
Most of all ARIES had a script on the radiator  and no badge or emblem.
Only in the years 1934 to 1938 there was a nice emblem on the front of the radiator shell.
Car production ceased in 1938.

a hard to find item because it was soldered to the radiator shell

Size	12.8 cm x 4.4 cm
Year	1934 - 1938
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backside without makers mark

 

 

 

 

 

  ARIES also built trucks and buses; but no emblem in the 1921 advertisement

 

 

 

1924 advertisement

 

 

Many years I thought that there was no enameled ARIES badge. But than I found one under the bonnet ! The screws to open the cam cover are enameled and showing the radiator of the car.

What a nice idea !  I known the builder of the French BALLOT car had the same idea. But who was the first ?

Until recently, I was sure that there was no enameled radiator emblem. But then I found this 1921 advertisement, which shows at the bottom left a vehicle with such an emblem. Maybe a prototype ?

Clearly visible in the close-up: this vehicle had a radiator emblem. I have never seen such an emblem in real life in decades.

hubcap with ARIES script

1924 ARIES advertisement

 

 

 

ARIES for sale ( seen in Beaulieu 2019 )

 

 

 

no emblem but a script

 

For more  car emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).

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