MANNESMANN / Germany ( 1913 - 1928 )
The German MANNESMANN - MULAG ( = MOTOREN UND LASTWAGEN AG ) started truck production in Aachen one year before WW I in 1913. The monthly output was about 80 - 100 vehicles.
They designed one of the most craziest radiator emblems in truck history:
you see two men with a rope in their hands standing with both feet
firmly on the globe. On the right side you see the truck where this
emblem was mounted. Make your own sense of it........
Nevertheless it is one of my all time favorites.
Size
| 10.2 cm x 7.5 cm |
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| Year | 1913 - 1919 |
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| reverse without makers mark |
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| before restoration |
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| contemporary ad with emblem |
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| on top you see an original MANNESMANN brooche |
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this emblem was patented in 1917
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| advertisment showing the truck and the emblem |
The MANNESMANN company tried to enter the privat car business in 1923 without success.
About 2,000 cars were built at the factory in Remscheid. MANNESMANN stopped the production in 1928. Not a single car survived.
The emblem is super rare. You have to look years for it.
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| before restoration |
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| don´t give up, quite every emblem is restorable |
| Size | 14.5 cm x 3.3 cm |
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| Year | 1923 - 1928 |
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backside without makers mark
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| 1923 advertisment. You see details of the emblem in the background ! |
When starting production in 1923 they used for a short time a vee - shaped radiator:
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brochure with printed emblem and original emblem
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In 1928, even a luxury-class vehicle with an 8-cylinder engine was offered. But it was the wrong vehicle at the wrong time.
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| As far as I know, the Mannesmann car never had a star-shaped radiator mascot like the one shown in the picture. |
For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of carmakers )
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