AEROCAR (2)

Aerocar Co. (1929-1938)

Detroit, Michigan

Curtiss Aerocar Co. (1929-1942)

Opa-locka, Florida

This is an Aerocar emblem (1929)      mjs
Size: 90mm high 68mm wide    MM: None

This enameled emblem appears in several early collections of auto radiator emblems but it is not from a motor car. It was made for the Curtiss Aerocar travel trailer built by the Aerocar Company of Detroit and the Curtiss Aerocar Company of Opa-locka, Florida. The Aerocar travel trailer was designed by Glenn Curtiss in 1927, with the first prototype built in the spring of 1928, and was one of a number of designs produced by Curtiss using aircraft design principles. 

The Curtiss Aerocar travel trailer was designed to be hitched to the rear of the towing vehicle by a special Glenn Curtiss Aero Coupler, consisting of a horizontally mounted airplane wheel and tire to provide protection against impact. About 300 Curtiss Aerocar trailers were built.

Glenn Curtiss also built the Curtiss Autoplane, the first flying car, which was shown at the New York Pan American Aeronautic Exposition in 1917 but did not go into production. He also built the Curtiss roadster car in the early 1920's

Emblem

The black enamel Aerocar emblem shown above is scarce.

The following are examples of unused Aerocar serial plates:

This is an Aerocar serial plate (1930's)    sam

This is an Aerocar serial plate (1930's)    sam