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Help wanted in rebuilding THE SAMMIO MOTOR COMPANY
Most of you know what's been happening and what I am trying to do the SAMMIO brand.
Some forum members have been in contact offering there support to which I say thank you.
And yes, SAMMIO it is now an official trade mark.
In light of this I would like to create a logo or icon and the best people to ask for help in this are you the SAMMIO builders and users.
I would like it to say THE SAMMIO MOTOR COMPANY and as simply as possible so it can be reproduced not only on paper but also as a car badge.
That said I know this forum is full of cleave people so I am open to any suggestion or ideas.
I have found a badge for the Spyder (photos to follow) but nothing for the SAMMIO name it's self.
I have also found a guy who will cut grills from stainless steel so a SAMMIO logo/icon set in a grill "Maserati style" would be really some thing.
Just as a but of fun if some body comes up with a design I like I will give them the first grill free-of-charge
Please don't PM me your ideas just show them on the thread.
Not quite blue peter but fun any way
Regards
Mike
Hi, I've just joined the forum so please excuse any ignorance
Having done several successful engine conversions etc I looked to what I could do next and wanted to build something evocative of 50s/60s cars but capable of handling a bit of power; not wanting to go the cobra route and Iva minefield I hit upon the use of the scimitar chassis and then found images of the g-46
Yes!! Exactly what I'm after, then confusion set in as I try to discover whether the body is still available
So my question is are they still available and from whom even if the body requires quite a lot of prep
Any advice would be welcome
Many thanks
Don
As a clear distinctive logo it looks good but given it's not a widely recognised symbol, which in todays proliferation of 'euro' symbols could mean anything, I feel it needs support from text.
If there is no way of incorporating the name in the logo it needs the support with the word Sammio nearby and in my opinion in a clear modern font, rather than a script. That would reflect the modern adaptation of am old basis, perhaps? not sure I am expressing it well but it's a mixture of old and new but not overtly.
As a clear distinctive logo it looks good but given it's not a widely recognised symbol, which in todays proliferation of 'euro' symbols could mean anything, I feel it needs support from text.
If there is no way of incorporating the name in the logo it needs the support with the word Sammio nearby and in my opinion in a clear modern font, rather than a script. That would reflect the modern adaptation of am old basis, perhaps? not sure I am expressing it well but it's a mixture of old and new but not overtly.
Ed, good thinking, I would like SAMMIO in the logo, any chance of a design?
Despite having a Mac filled to the brim with the latest design software I am not the greatest design artist, I have ideas but I recognise a good design artist is a real gem, I came up with the idea for my own Marlin Logo but it was actually designed by a friend of a friend who is a full time pro design artist, it literally took him two minutes to create.
We have the logo stitched in sweatshirts and overalls.
I wonder if it would be possible to put the SAMMI in front of the large 'O' (circle) somehow ? Possibly with each letter getting larger to form a triangle...
For what it worth i would be going for something completely new from what has been used in the past bearing in mind the legal issues with past and present owners.
For what it worth i would be going for something completely new from what has been used in the past bearing in mind the legal issues with past and present owners.
We have to remember that for now this .logo is to be cut out of stainless steel so it's got to be simple.
What about some think like the Ford logo but with SAMMIO in the oval?
For what it worth i would be going for something completely new from what has been used in the past bearing in mind the legal issues with past and present owners.
How about a simple yet subtly stylised double 'S' for Sammio Spyder logo -
And I can't see there being any problems with previous users of the symbol complaining about breach of copyright...
How about a simple yet subtly stylised double 'S' for Sammio Spyder logo -
And I can't see there being any problems with previous users of the symbol complaining about breach of copyright...
I'll get my coat.
You could'nt have picked a better day,4th of may is remembrence day in the Netherlands,we remember everyone is killed in WW2.............including British,American And Canadian liberators..............
No apologies needed Mike(or eneyone else),i don't think mr.T.did it on purpose........i just feeled a bit awkward seeing the SS symbol 10 minutes before 20.00hours........at this time there is a big memorial event on the telly with our king and queen putting flowers at the national monument in Amsterdam and the whole nation having 2 minutes of silence........
Don't like the logo for a Sammio enyway.........
No apologies needed Mike(or eneyone else),i don't think mr.T.did it on purpose........i just feeled a bit awkward seeing the SS symbol 10 minutes before 20.00hours........at this time there is a big memorial event on the telly with our king and queen putting flowers at the national monument in Amsterdam and the whole nation having 2 minutes of silence........
Don't like the logo for a Sammio enyway.........
Apologies for the timing Rene, it was just meant to be a light hearted and vaguely cheeky suggestion, I didn't expect it to be taken seriously.
We have our own day of remembrance on 11th November - armistice day at the end of WWI, during which the Netherlands remained neutral btw (and very sensibly so too, nine members of my own family would have lived full lives beyond their teens and early twenties if we'd stayed out of that slaughter).
As for your national day of mourning for WWII, there isn't a date in the Gregorian calender when the Nazi's didn't murder someone, so the timing could never be 'right' for the humourous use of National Socialist emblems.
However, we Brits have a grand tradition of finding humour in the darkest of circumstances, 'Allo Allo' and Dad's Army being just two examples of second world war sitcoms that were huge successes both here and in Europe.
So, I appreciate that your country was occupied by the Nazis and our wasn't (thankfully or the US of A wouldn't have had anywhere to launch D-Day from and then we'd probably all still be under Nazi rule), but the emblems themselves were not evil, just the people that wore them whilst engaging in industrialised mass murder.
And there's even reason to take some hope for humanity from those dark days -
I always thought the gordon keeble badge stood out. Maybe using that concept. Also the the gordon stevens the light car company rocket badge has an excellent badge concept.
