Re: [FWDLK] FW: [FWDLK] PentaStar

[Brent Burger <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Can anyone explain the rather odd application of this pentastar to only ONE
side of the car ????

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> It was there to be viewed by pedestrians on the sidewalk.   Thus it was
only
> on the side opposite from the driver.  Cars built in Great Britain, South
> Africa and Australia, where they drive on the right side of the road, the
> pentastar was on the left front fender.  No one would notice something
that
> small on the driver's side in traffic.
>
> People may not have time to read a nameplate as they walked by, but the
> pentastar was recognizable at a glance.
>
> Bill
> Vancouver, BC

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    I guess this seems rational, but is that the "official" reason ?

    And here I was rounding up extras for my two cars that were BOTH missing
the driver's side emblem !!!

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