Lets take a look at some of the Socal Logos that have been used through the years...
Although in the very beginning, Frederick Taylor and Demetrius Scofield formed the California Star Oil Works through aquisition of the Los Angeles Oil Company, it is Pacific Coast Oil Company that is generally recognized as the grand father of Chevron.
In 1931, after the merger of PCO and Standard Oil Company (California) the now faamiliar Cevron logo appeared in its original form with the "STANDARD" name.
The Flying "V" logo appeared, accoring to "The Gas Pump Restoration Guide" 1946 through 1959. Although, I have seen it used into the 1960s. As evidenced by this 1960 photo, showing the introduction of "Methyl" a new anti-knock additive.
This is a pic of a reproduction decal, on my own G&B 96C.
Here is a pic of the original decal, discovered while undergoing restoration. Notice that the original does not have the blue shadow effect that the repro decal has. This is not to point out an inaccurate decal, but only to point out the differences on the Flying V.
[This message has been edited by Thunder (edited 08-25-2005).]
