Here's an interesting reference to the Pentastar and its origins....
Midway through the article it makes mention of an animated version of the 5 "pieces" of the Pentastar "vrooming" together one piece at a time in a commercial during a Bob Hope special in the early 60s.
I vividly remember that commercial from the 60s and must admit even as a youngster it persuaded me to think that Chrysler brands were superior to the competition.
I also seem to remember that Chrysler had a tag line in some of there advertising in the 60s and perhaps the 70s that alluded to "excellence in engineering", but that memory is a bit faded. I've looked around on the internet for references to this but am coming up empty handed. If anyone else can jog my memory on that one, I'd appreciate it!
'57 300C, '70 440+6 'Cuda
>>> Brent Burger <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx> 4/23/2013 1:42 AM >>>
To be visible at curbside.
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On Apr 22, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Dave Homstad wrote:
> One question: why is the Pantastar only used on the RH front fender?
>
> Dave Homstad
> 56 Dodge D500
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc wrote:
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>> Ask & ye shall receive...
>>
>> This is from Pg-2-of-2 of Ward's Quarterly (large hardcover: 13x10.5"
>> 'magazine', of Winter 1965; Vol1 #1), which deals entirely
>> with Chrysler Corporation, entitled: Why Chrysler Changed Its
>> Corporate Identity".
>>
>> This issue is a must-have for any serious corporate researcher's
>>
library.
>>
>> Neil Vedder
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/22/2013 8:18 AM, Ray Jones wrote:
>>> FOUND ON A GUIDE LENS SITE
>>>
>>> *
>>> DPCD and the Pentastar *
>>>
>>> <
https://sites.google.com/site/guidetotaillightcodes/Home/did-you-know/Pentastar%20small.jpg?attredirects=0>
>>> The letters in Chrysler’s intertwined DPCD logo, adopted in the 1930s,
>>> originally stood for Dodge-Plymouth-Chrysler-DeSoto, but when DeSoto was
>>> dropped (in 1961) the second D was left without a raison d’tre. Some
>>> apologists, either in or out of the Corporation (this has never been
>>> established), suggested that the
second D now stood for Dodge trucks, which
>>> was a convenient thing to say except that trucks had been part of the
>>> lineup all along, so if it were true there should have been three Ds to
>>> start with.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chrysler never offered an official explanation, nor did it say why a letter
>>> wasn’t added for Imperial when it became a separate make in 1955. The
>>> issue was mooted in 1962, when the famous Pentastar was introduced, though
>>> the old logo remained on lenses until at least 1965. The new logo is
>>> usually accompanied by the letters CC, which obviously stand for Chrysler
>>> Corporation.
>>>
>>> * *
>>>
>>> *To the best of our knowledge, no one has ever explained, or even asked,
>>> what the the five points of the
Pentastar mean. Perhaps they stand for the
>>> four surviving brands (Plymouth, Dodge, Chrysler, and Imperial) plus Dodge
>>> trucks (now Ram), which can be included because there are no messy initials
>>> to worry about. But today the lineup is down to three (Dodge, Chrysler and
>>> Jeep) plus trucks, so there are now at least one, or perhaps two, extra
>>> points on the star, depending on who’s counting.
>>> *
>>>
>>>
https://sites.google.com/site/guidetotaillightcodes/Home/did-you-know>>>
>>> If the link doesn't come thru, Google Guide lens codes
>>> \
>>> Ray
>>>
>>
>>
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