FORD / COLOGNE / GERMANY ( 1931 - today )
The well-known FORD T model has been assembled in Berlin Spandau since 1925 and from 1928, the successor model, the Ford Model A. In 1929 Ford bought a 160000 square meter site in Cologne - Niehl and built a factory there, which started production in 1931. The company was very proud about that. A commemorative badge made of enameled aluminum was issued for the 10th anniversary in 1941.
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| you can read: 1941 KÖLNER FORD WERK |
| Size | 5.8 cm x 9.2 cm |
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| Year | 1941 |
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Also the FORD "RHEINLAND" was built in Cologne:
| Size | 19.3 cm x 3.6 cm |
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| Year | 1934 - 1936 |
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Followed by the FORD Eifel from 1935, with around 62,000 units produced:
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| Due to the difficult political situation in the 1930s, it was obviously important to claim that the FORD was a German product ( = DEUTSCHES ERZEUGNIS ) |
| Size | 5.0 cm x 2.3 cm |
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| Year | 1935 - 1939 |
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| FORD mascot with incorporated emblem |
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| Even the spare parts catalog is showing the FORD emblem with factory plant and cathedral. |
The really most beautiful FORD emblems of all times came out after the Second World War. Here is the emblem that adorned the so-called "Buckeltaunus":
| Size | 4.8 cm x 7.2 cm |
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| Year | 1948 - 1952 |
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The truck built parallel to the Buckeltunus had an emblem with the same motif, but much larger and the word "KÖLN" in the chimney:
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| Size | 6.3 cm x 10.0 cm (emblem only) |
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| Year | 1948 - 1950 |
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Here is the comparison of sizes:
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| left: truck emblem right: car emblem |
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| both emblems were enameled on the backside |
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| 1950 FORD magazine showing the "BUCKELTAUNUS" with front badge |
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| 1950 licence plate light with TAUNUS script |
The following emblem with the globe is very popular with collectors. It is difficult to produce as there is a risk that the enamel colors will melt and run when heated. It was used on the type FORD "WELTKUGEL" type G13 from 1952 to 1959.
| Size | 7.5 cm |
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| Year | 1952 - 1959 |
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The Studebaker Champion was supposedly the inspiration for this FORD, but with a globe instead of a hood ornament.
Then ( sadly ) only metal emblems followed on the trucks:
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| giant post war truck emblem |
| Size | 43 cm x 25 cm |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| 1960 emblem of the FORD FK 3500 / 4500 |
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| 1960 advertisment for the FORD FK 4500 |
Truck production in Germany, which began in Berlin in 1926 and moved to Cologne in 1931, was discontinued in 1961 due to chronically declining sales figures.
For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).
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