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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 | I had an odd thought today, or maybe I have to much time on my hands... When did Chevrolet start using the bowtie emblem? Ive seen it in a stock '61 truck, but cant recall seeing it on any earlier years. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 829 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 829 | I've got them on the hubcaps of the '54. I don't know if it was used any earlier.  | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | The Bowtie was first used on Chevrolet vehicles in 1913.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 | Remember those two guys named Jim who came out to look at '40 parts? The older one has a blue '35 pickup with a bow tie on the front.
1955 1st GMC Suburban | 1954 GMC 250 trailer puller project | 1954 GMC 250 Hydra-Matic | 1954 Chevy 3100 . 1947 Chevy COE | and more...
It's true. I really don't do anything but browse the Internet looking for trouble... | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 | Thanks for the input. I cant recall ever seeing it in my stacks of manuals or on/in the trucks parked around my yard. All of which are in the 1940s to late 50s range. With the exception of the new trucks, which are both '72s  Jeff | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 | Rusty, get those rusty old eyes checked. Go out to the yard and look at the hood of any of those AD trucks. Every one of them should have the bow tie symbol (in blue) on the front chrome piece, centered over the word 'Chevrolet.'  You can see it on the front of my '48 Bowtie Emblen on an AD
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 | Im a dork. How could I have missed that?  | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 640 | It's nice to know there are others like me out there, Jeff. | | |
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