Maker's logo on MVs

[cranetruck]

Which MVs have the manufacturer's logo showing on the front of the vehicle, not just on the data plate?
Just curious, it seems like the newer trucks come with the name highly visible, Oshkosh, S&S and foreign ones. Were there restrictions in the past?

 

[papercu]

logo

Didn't the old WW II jeep have Ford embossed somewhere on them?
Most time the logo are shiny chrome pieces, no shiny things on MVs. Wayne

 

[cbvet]

RE: logo

At the WWII Victory museum in Auburn Indiana, there is a Deuce with "STUDEBAKER" stamped into both engine compartment side panels.
Don't know whether original, but looks good.
Eric
CBVET

 

[Elwenil]

RE: logo

I wonder if it was a restriction, or just that it's normally cheaper for the manufacturer to omit the badges and thus have a cheaper contract bid.

 

[DDoyle]

Re: RE: logo

At the WWII Victory museum in Auburn Indiana, there is a Deuce with "STUDEBAKER" stamped into both engine compartment side panels.
Don't know whether original, but looks good.
Eric
CBVET

No its not original. The stamping is from a civy Studebaker and was attached to the hood side panels while the truck was on exhibit at the old Studebaker museum in South Bend.

Early in WWII the military forbade the large corporate logos that are present on the early Ford and Willys Jeeps, as well as GMC, Studebaker, and Diamond T 6x6s.

Apparently sometime in the 80s this ban was lifted, as the CCC logo began to appear on some of the M915 series vehicles....and has expanded to others as Bjorn has pointed out.

Best wishes,
David Doyle

 

[Elwenil]

RE: Re: RE: logo

I wonder if the restriction wasn't lifted earlier and none of the manufacturers took advantage of it? The M715 had the "JEEP" lettering on the tailgate and I think the early M880 models had "DODGE" stamped in the tailgate, if I remember correctly. Or maybe these just slipped through under the radar since the M715 was only a 3 year production run and the M880 tailgate was changed when the civilian model went to a decal instead of the embossed lettering.

 

[N1265]

RE: Re: RE: logo

All of the M880s had DODGE stamped on the grill, Also all of the Chevy CUCVs had the bowtie in the grill. Just like the Civi models.

 

[Crash_AF]

RE: Re: RE: logo

The 1008 tailgates say Chevrolet too.

Later,
Joe

 

[acetomatoco]

RE: Re: RE: logo

In WWII US mfrs logos were omitted so the indiginous people (read Russian allies?) woulldn't know that the stuff came from us.. among other reasons. Early CCKWs had grill emblems, etc, Jeeps were fitted with Russian data plates, British #19 sets had Russian data plates, etc..

 

[Elwenil]

RE: Re: RE: logo

I always thought that the Russian Government bought stuff from us also. Like the Dodge trucks chassis for the Katiusha rocket launcher. I'm no WWII buff, but I think I remember that correctly.

 

[73m819]

RE: Re: RE: logo

my xm977 has the PC&f logo on the front