Sixlover Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hi, my son's new Renown is fortunate to have the impressive radiator cap mascot, but we can't work out what it represents. I don't recall our family Renown having one (HXN 384)Can anyone enlighten us?Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltddirk Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Martin,If original it should represent a flaming torch.The early ones did not have a mascot, they had a plain cap similar to the Roadster, the torch was added from TDB (1950) models onwards together with the change in instruments and chassis layoutDont ask me why a flaming torch, have no clue.D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixlover Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Thanks, Dirk.I guess the flaming torch speaks of high standards?Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltddirk Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I was tempted to change mine,It has a commy ring to it IMO,Forwards you commie brothers onto the breaches for a new and braver world we carry this torch... :X ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixlover Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hadn't even thought about the political side of it!It does seem an odd emblem, though there is the Olympic principal in there somewhere maybe. And we did host the Olympics in 1948, just before the new Triumphs came along?Cheers,Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Flaming torch? Communists?? You have much to learn young Tory!!!Thatcher introduced a flaming torch symbol for the Tory Party, and it persisted in various forms until Cameron promised the Greenest party ever, and then went back on it.John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltddirk Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 It evokes an mental image in me of those early propaganda posters of Whathis name Cheremnykh or whatever Eisenstein made,no political affiliation intended, I don't think that Black qualified for a party membership card.In fact I must be the most a-political person you can meet, would not even know what tories are.Anyhow, this is what they remind me offD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixlover Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 IS it a flaming torch? Or is it just a conical object surmounted by a laurel wreath?The fact remains we did host the Olympics in 1948.Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltddirk Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Who will tell,I have always heard it referred to as flaming torch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixlover Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 I wonder if a flashing orange LED old be mounted in the top<G>Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 This is a fascinating mystery! No offence, I hope, saltddirk!Was this a Olympic (1948 ) remnant? One for the archivists, I think. Pity the TSSC msb isn't up - they are good on history. The Torch as a symbol seems to be largely apolitical, used to signify the passing on of hope or enlightenment in many societies, and certainly not only in socialist ones - Thatcher's Torys and of course America's Statue of Liberty, which "lifts her lamp beside the Golden Door"!John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixlover Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Beats lifting her skirts to show verdigris drawers, eh?Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepy Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 It's an ice cream cone! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixlover Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Badge as the Cornetto for the Italian market?Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltddirk Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 JohnD wrote:Was this a Olympic (1948 ) remnant? One for the archivists, I think. Pity the TSSC msb isn't up - they are good on history. JohnI'll ask John Bath TROC historian if he can shed a light.D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Stone Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The mascot is definitely intended to be a stylised flaming torch, and I believe was also the symbol of HMS Renown, battlecruiser, which was decommisioned after a heroic history in June 1948. Someone in the club will know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkuser Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Ships_crest_of_HMS_Renown_%28S26%29.jpg/120px-Ships_crest_of_HMS_Renown_%28S26%29.jpgHMS Renown emblem on namesake.http://www.admirals.org.uk/forkids/badges/renownbadge.gifBattleship version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltddirk Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 hijust had a mail from John Bath, the TROC historicanhe is also convinced that it is linked to the HMS Renown, but has asked Tom who has done some research into this for confirmationso no commie connections, no olympics either it would seem....D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixlover Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 Tis a long way from those insignia to the rad cap emblem of the car, but ...maybe. I prefer it as a story to the Olympics. I hate sport!Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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