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Re: Badge whatizit

To: "Scott Kohl" <sdkgt6@hotmail.com>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Badge whatizit
From: Trevor Jordan <tjordan@pa.ausom.net.au>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 12:22:34 +1100
At 12:06 +1100 9/12/97, Scott Kohl wrote:
>Good answer Odd, good answer!!
>The history behind the 'shield' is a long one (in years, anyway).  The
>ancient name for Coventry was "Mercia", and it was the home of a
>mythical dragon called a Wyvern.  The 'shield' is a stylised artist
>conception of "The truncated wings of the Wyvern of Mercia."  Leon
>hadn't mentioned the coat of arms bit to me.  So it's really a "Wing
>Device" in classic Rolls-Bentley/Aston-Lagonda/
>Moggie motoring-speak.
>
>Cheers
>
>Scott Kohl
>
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Very interesting.  Is this the origin of the Vauxhall Wyvern name?

Trevor Jordan
74 TR6 CF29281U



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