John,
You raise some interesting points. First, of all the designs I did on
the center caps, I think the globe was the best looking. Unfortunately,
there was only one set of logos ordered. My other thought was that
since it was the most expensive to design, it would be the most
expensive to re-design with the List text incorporated. But your
message started the creative wheels turning and I have come up with the
following recommendation:
If I take the original artwork done for the center caps, I can add text
around the outside of the logo and it will not impact the production
costs at all.
So, at the risk of further jamming the EMAIL boxes of all on the list, I
would like opinions on this as an alternative to the wreath designs.
PLEASE send the responses only to me since I feel rather guilty about
all the responses I have gotten that have been copied to the lists.
This has generated more EMAIL than I have ever gotten in a single day
since joining the lists last year.
Looking forward to your responses,
Joe Curry
jonmac wrote:
>
> Joe,
>
> Great idea in principle! I'll take one for my Renault. My cars are in a
> distant land for the time being.
>
> > As for design, since the wreath logos seem to be the most popular.......
>
> In that regard, I don't think it's such a great idea and if there's a
> consensus for laurels, count me out. What's wrong with the Triumph Globe?
> Can anyone imagine the MG fraternity getting rid of the Octogon in favour
> of the much later logo which employed the Leyland twisted ****hole? I can't
> - but this is how it reads to me and the difference is the same.
> In any case the laurels are essentially from the Leyland era - which was
> long after The Triumph Motor Company under Siegfried Betteman / The Triumph
> Motor Company (1945) Limited under Sir John Black and Standard-Triumph
> under Alick Dick respectively had put these cars on the world map and
> gained international recognition for them. Okay, so Spits, GT6's and TR's
> from the 4 onwards were Leyland sponsored, but do we really want to abandon
> heritage and tradition? By stretching the imagination, I sort of look on
> using the laurels to identify Triumphs as akin to the Brits taking over
> your space shuttle, calling it ours and slapping our Union Flag on it to
> prove the claim.
>
> > If somebody has recommendations for alternative designs I would also
> > like to hear about them as well.
>
> The proposal obviously covers identifying cars whose owners subscribe to
> the lists. What about something whereby the owners can identify themselves
> to one another 'on screen.' For my part, I've often wondered, what the rest
> of you guys look like - so has Mr. Geocities (or some other benevolent ISP)
> got some free webspace where we can put a picture of ourselves and allow
> the Devil to Cast his Net......
>
> Regards
> John Mac
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