AUSTIN / GREAT BRITAIN ( 1906 - 1989)
From 1906 to 1970, AUSTIN MOTOR Co. Ltd. built automobiles in Longbridge near Birmingham, England. Its greatest success was the AUSTIN SEVEN, which was sold under license in Germany as the DIXI, in France as the Rosengart LR2 and even in Japan by DATSUN.
The trademark showed a stylized steering wheel and a winged wheel in various variations over the years.
The trademark showed a stylized steering wheel and a winged wheel in various variations over the years.
backside without makers mark |
Right from the start, you will find the winged steering wheel as the austin emblem:
At the beginning of the 1920s, AUSTIN also built tractors, which also received the emblem with the stylized steering wheel with wings. |
In Germany the AUSTIN SEVEN was sold via WILLYS KNIGHT agencies:
No rule without exception. Of course this Austin A-90 emblem is
post-war, but this is one of the most beautiful and most colorful emblems. I counted six
different colors. On top of the emblem, you see the badge that Austin
used in the pre-war era: a stylized steering wheel with with wings.
Size |
3 x 7 cm |
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Year | 1949 |
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Before and after the lovely designed A90 emblem AUSTIN automobiles had a much more simple designed emblem that were given numbers to show the respective types, from 8, 10, 12, 16 to 40, 70 and 125.
most of these emblems are easy to find except for some prewar and the 125 emblem, as only a few vehicles of this type were built |
1947 - 1953: Austin hood ornament and two front badges on a single car : what do you want more ? |
In Italy, the Austin A40 was built by Innocenti under license and was given its own, fairly simple emblem:
Size | 6,2 cm x 5.5 cm |
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Year | 1967 |
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for sale ( seen in Padova / Italy in 2019 ) |
For more emblems see older posts or top right of this page ( list of car makers ).
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