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danewilson77
03-29-2011, 11:59 AM
http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/IMG_20110329_155601.jpg

From

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/IMG_20110329_155613.jpg

bullfrogs_M3
03-29-2011, 12:14 PM
great, now you just have to convince the other 99.99999999999% of the human population that it ISN'T because they really aren't Nazis. lol good luck with that one

danewilson77
03-29-2011, 12:25 PM
...or because of the Bavarian flag.

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Marcus-SanDiego
03-29-2011, 12:40 PM
The roundel is not patterned after the propeller. That's a myth.

Here is a video that BMW put out:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znBnNJ1Fv08

spencers
03-29-2011, 12:44 PM
http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/IMG_20110329_155613.jpg

BMW did not make that book!

danewilson77
03-29-2011, 12:44 PM
Ugh....

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gr330zhp
03-29-2011, 12:46 PM
The roundel is not patterned after the propeller. That's a myth.

Here is a video that BMW put out:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znBnNJ1Fv08

Love that video Marcus!

pyreguy
03-29-2011, 12:46 PM
BMW > that book


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danewilson77
03-29-2011, 12:49 PM
Ok...................damn...always someone keeping me down.

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johnrando
03-29-2011, 12:52 PM
Always picking up good info on this forum!

Marcus-SanDiego
03-29-2011, 12:52 PM
:biggrin

No worries, big fella. That propeller myth has been out there for about 80 years.

pyreguy
03-29-2011, 12:53 PM
I still respect you as a person Dane :biggrin

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Mike V
03-29-2011, 01:34 PM
My dumb side is taking over on this one. :) After watching the video, I can't "clearly see" how the logo was developed from the RAP logo. I see a horse on one logo and what resembles a propeller on the other. What am I missing? It explains why the border and letters are the way they are but it would be difficult to convince me otherwise that the middle is a spinning propeller. :dunno

Marcus-SanDiego
03-29-2011, 01:41 PM
The middle is not a propeller. So, you are correct. The logo from BMW is just a quadrant with the Bavarian national colors.

danewilson77
03-29-2011, 02:11 PM
Mmmm....

otto99
03-29-2011, 02:32 PM
Well, now I'm questioning all kinds of things I accepted as truth and am rapidly losing the will to live. Wait, I still have a cocktail to finish. Damn, that was close.

pyreguy
03-29-2011, 02:37 PM
Cocktails save another life. Yay :)

kayger12
03-29-2011, 02:47 PM
I guess now someone is going to tell me that Santa isn't real...

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otto99
03-29-2011, 02:49 PM
@pyre, I really like the signature slogan!

pyreguy
03-29-2011, 04:27 PM
@pyre, I really like the signature slogan!

Haha thanks :)

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VA//M3
03-29-2011, 05:14 PM
Always picking up good info on this forum!

+1! The very few times I come on here I always end up reading something interesting!!! I might have to frequent more often!

kayger12
03-29-2011, 05:20 PM
+1! The very few times I come on here I always end up reading something interesting!!! I might have to frequent more often!

Keep on coming. I learn something here every day.

I could barely tie my own shoes when I started frequenting the site. Now I quote Chaucer and ponder Quantum Mechanics...

pyreguy
03-29-2011, 05:36 PM
I love you Keith :rofl

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kayger12
03-29-2011, 05:39 PM
I love you Keith :rofl

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:thumbup

danewilson77
03-29-2011, 05:52 PM
So....does that thumbsup mean you love him too? Or do you just like him?

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kayger12
03-29-2011, 06:01 PM
So....does that thumbsup mean you love him too? Or do you just like him?

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Oh no- Lance gets love status.

OG love...

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pyreguy
03-29-2011, 06:28 PM
Hell yeah!

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L0veZHP
03-29-2011, 06:38 PM
I always thought it was the propeller too... whats RAPP?

M0nk3y
03-29-2011, 06:44 PM
Because a Z is on the front cover I believe you ;)

johnrando
03-29-2011, 06:57 PM
I watched the video. Rapp was the engine company that BMW formed from.

static667
03-29-2011, 07:08 PM
I could barely tie my own shoes when I started frequenting the site. Now I quote Chaucer and ponder Quantum Mechanics...

+1

Yet I still have issues tying my shoes....

Marcus-SanDiego
03-29-2011, 07:19 PM
I watched the video. Rapp was the engine company that BMW formed from.

Yes. Rapp made airplane engines. Karl Rapp's contract was eventually terminated. With Karl Rapp now gone, the company needed to rename itself. The company changed its name to Bayerische Motorenwerke.

Rapp's logo had a black horse on it. BMW scrapped that. However, BMW did retain some of the characteristics of the Rapp logo. One difference, though, is that BMW put the Bavarian national colors on the logo (in place of the horse). But BMW did arrange its letters in the same orientation as Rapp.

More about Rapp Motorenwerke here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapp_Motorenwerke#Rapp_Motorenwerke_changes_to_BMW _GmbH).

Marcus-SanDiego
06-26-2011, 10:21 AM
Another article on BMW's logo (2010 piece from NY Times): http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/bmw-roundel-not-born-from-planes/

shadowpuck
06-26-2011, 10:36 AM
i can't recall the exact issue, but there was a great review of various BMW books in Roundel - the BMW CCA magazine. It mentioned one of the flaws of the book in this thread being the perpetuation of the propeller myth. sure makes a great story, though!

there was a review of some bmw books in our chapter newsletter recently - some interesting titles out there.....
http://www.kcbmwclub.com/files/Milepost/2009/Milepost121509.pdf

3ZHPGUY
06-26-2011, 10:42 AM
Great Video, thanks for sharing Marcus