Friday, April 26, 2019

Optimizing the Optima

This is the Optima Super that I call The Belle of the Insurgency. You may recognize her from my book.


When I found her in 2011, she was a sorry sight and needed a long bath in Evaporust before she could be used and repainted.

Recently, I keep noticing Kia Optimas ... and this gave me an idea.

You can easily find an Optima emblem on eBay.




Not bad, huh?

This got me thinking: how many other names are shared by typewriters and cars?

I came up with the following list. Can you add to it?


88
Champion
Citation
Coronet
Corsair
Cougar
Electra
Invicta
Malibu
Mercury
Monarch
Newport
Passat
Special





19 comments:

  1. I have an Oliver that demands a compete rebuild and repaint. I've wondered if I could find an insignia off some Oliver farm implement, small enough to use on a typewriter. Or, maybe I should just go for irony, and use a John Deere insignia?

    And, of course, there's no shortage of Remington logos, if one doesn't mind the sporting firearms correlation.

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  2. This gave me a chuckle this morning. As they say: go big or go home.
    Here's a few more typewriter/car names:
    Cadillac Eldorado/ Royal Eldorado
    Ford Mustang / Royal Mustang
    Ford Escort / Montgomery Ward Escort

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  3. A correspondent mentions the Ford Courier small truck and the Smith-Corona Courier.

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  4. ...And for all of us older insurgents: Studebaker Commander/Tower Commander; Packard Clipper/Smith Corona Clipper; Hudson Commodore/Tower Commodore...
    Richard Bettes

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  5. Oops! was thinking of the Commodore 64--not really a typewriter, but Studebaker President/Tower President

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  6. Great list and additions! What about HUMMER for the Groma Kolibri? I think I will add an emblem to mine.

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  7. BMW Alpina emblem for the Alpina? Seems like it belongs since the company changed from typewriter manufacturing to cars.

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  8. Waiting for a hybrid called the "Silent-Super"

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  9. Royal (QDL) Escarabajo.
    Tengo una con grave dermatitis de oxido. Sus curvas son muy de VW escarabajo. Así la baitizare.

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