PARENTI

Parenti Motors Corp. (1920-1922)

Buffalo, New York

This is a Parenti radiator emblem (1920-1922)     sam
Size: 53mm high 53mm wide    MM: Unknown

The Parenti Motors Corporation was established in 1920. The Parenti was a 35 hp motor car powered by a Parenti "Direct Blast" air-cooled V-8 engine and was offered in four body styles, some of which were finished in bright, bizzare color schemes. The Parenti was a most unusual car, not only due to its color schemes, but also, because it had no axles. Instead, the Parenti used a patented Parenti Springs and Ten Point Suspension System.  

The Parenti was not successful. The Parenti Motors Corporation ran out of working capital and could not pay its creditors. It was all over for the Parenti in 1922.

Only 18 Parenti motor cars were actually built.

Emblem

The red, blue and white enamel Parenti radiator emblem shown above is extremely rare.

Beware, as there is a Pulfer made reproduction Parenti radiator emblem with a flat, shiny back, no maker's mark and sharp pointed "ears" on the shield, see example below:

This is a reproduction Parenti emblem     ms