> -----Original Message-----
> From: pethier@comcast.net [mailto:pethier@comcast.net]
> Sent: 16 August 2006 21:05
> To: Rarebits; 'scotts junk'; Triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [TR] Herald Flags
>
> > The crossed flag badges first appeared on the Standard Vanguard, when
> that
> > model was restyled by Michelotti at Vignale. The "SV" has been presumed
> to
> > represent "Standard Vignale", but there is some speculation that they
> may
> > actually represent "Stabilimento (sp?) Vignale", roughly translating to
> > "Vignale Works".
>
> I thought that the Italian for "stables" was "scudaria".
Scuderia means stable, more appropriate for a racing team rather than a
manufacturer/designer. Stabilimenti/stabilimento I understand to mean
"works" ("werke" in BMW). That's about the extent of my Italian, the Latin I
learnt at school is little help with modern Italian...
Cheers,
Bill.
Rarebits4classics
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