I thought about this some more on my way to work this morning. The name is used elsewhere: there's a Cranbrook Road and a Cranbrook Village, both probably named after the academy, which I believe predates them. I think that once you allow a name to be used in other ways it can no longer be considered a trademark. Then again, I'm no expert in such matters. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > Well, rereading my post I can see a small typo was made. It should have > read 1953-54 Plymouth Cranbrook. > > I suppose some sort of licensing or advertising fees were arranged, just as > they are now with various "signature" model cars and trucks. Still, the > name Cranbrook may have older roots than just the academy, and maybe > Chrysler took advantage of that possibility. > > A friend's father had a 1954 Plymouth Cranbrook that his son, Gary, and I, > entered into a rally in NYC back in the mid-sixties. It was wild and lots > of fun. The rally started in Greenwich Village, and the official starter > was Jean Shephard (http://www.flicklives.com/Misc/who_is.htm) , who stood > atop a parked car and gave us the go ahead. We followed a route through > NYC, uptown, crosstown, all around the town, and ended up at the starting > point. The neat thing about this event was that it was all in fun, there > were no classes of entries - everyone was on the same footing and in the > same "class" -and there were people like Gary and me (teenagers then) > driving clunkers and such, all the way to up the scale to full-fledged > rally cars and an entry from Luigi Chinetti's NART team driven by one of > the shop mechanics. One guy entered with a chauffeur-driven Cad limo <LOL> > and sat in the back with his wife or girl friend eating caviar, crackers, > and sipping champagne while the chauffeur did the driving. > > Shel > "The smallest feline is a masterpiece" - Leonardo da Vinci > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Date: 9/5/2006 2:58:18 AM > > Subject: Re: RE PESO: Cranbrook > > > > Thanks Shel. I'm not sure, but based on geography, I would guess that > > Cranbrook Academy was the inspiration for the car name. Although I'm > > surprised the foundation would let Chrysler use the name. Although the > > fifties were a different era, weren't they? > > On Sep 5, 2006, at 2:48 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > > Nicely done. Is that where the name of the 1954-54 > > > Plymouth Cranbrook model came from? When I first > > > saw the subject line I expected to see a pic of a classic car <LOL> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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