origination of the bow tie insignia?

[mrkay]

All these years I've been curious about the name Chevrolet and the Bow Tie insignia.
Where did the name Chevrolet and the Blue insignia come from and what do they mean?
Does anyone know?

mrkay

 

[delta9blazer]

louis chevrolet was the founder of the company (by the way, he quit the company rather than quit smoking)
the bow tie represents chevys crushing all other vehicles, the dorky drivers of which probably wear bowties on their skinny little pencil necks.

<font color=purple>delta9blazer</font color=purple>

 

[Burt4x4]

HAHAa
Funny one Delta
I'm assuming you made that up!??
Burt4x4

Rock ON!

 

[Captkaos]

It really came from....

Chevrolet came from Louis Chevrolet and the Bowtie came from...and I am being serious, A wallpaper pattern he saw on a motel wall.

Chris Lucas
http://www.wwisp.com/~captkaos

 

[Moose]

Re: It really came from....

Dont know where it came from. But saw this on the back of a hugh 1 ton Chevy. "Real men wear Ties"

 

[delta9blazer]

Re: It really came from....

i know this ain't blazer, but i thought it was cool.

i was in reno awhile back, and there was a guy on a harley up ahead of us. when i got close enought o read his shirt, it said

IF YOU CAN READ THIS
THE BITCH FELL OFF

too funny
but sexist; bad, bad biker

<font color=purple>delta9blazer</font color=purple>

 

[Brian 89KBlazer]

CaptKaos is right. It came from a piece of wall paper in a Paris, France hotel room where Louis was staying. Read it somewhere!

Brian
Still in search of the TBI KING!!

 

[mrkay]

I knew that if I joined this forum I would learn more about Chevys than anywhere else. I wonder who the Jimmy was named after? I'd like to think it's Jimmy Buffet. That's the lifestyle I'd like to aspire to. But in reality, it's most likely a nickname for GM (General Motors).

mtkay

 

[delta9blazer]

actually, it is named after jimmi hendrix.
you can even drive it with your tongue!

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[Steve88]

Delta9 you're one sick son of a bitch! I hope to get the pleasure of meeting you someday!

For everyone here's the info you're all talking about:
http://www.chevrolet.com/history/early.htm

1911 the name
1914 the bowtie
1918 first Chevy truck!

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88K5 Silverado
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