This car has a rotary emblem 1974 GM press photo. (NOTE I am referring to this as a press photo for lack of better term - obviously this is not an image GM was releasing to the press.) here is a link to the seller of the photo.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MEWNX%3AIT He has lots of photos but if you search his photos using chevrolet etc. you will see he has a variety of preproduction design/press photos. When I get the picture I will scan it and upload a high resolution image. The auction states the photo is from the detroit news archive.
As far as the trailer as being old, it looks period correct and heavy duty 8 wheels, built in winch and big enough to haul a semi tractor - something that Gm would have in my opinion.
The car is wearing manufacturers plates.
The headlights are round because the square headlights which were available in Europe at the time had yet to receive DOT approval. GM was not going to put headlights on a car that were not DOT approved. I defy you to find an American production car (pre-75) that has square headlights. I think the Monza and/or Monte Carlo were the first cars to use them in the U.S.
http://classiccars.about.com/od/classiccarsaz/a/CarHeadlamps.htmThe hood does not have the hump.
The wheel covers do not have the stainless trim rings and the center cap has the bowtie black instead of the area around the bowtie being black as on the production car.
Admittedly having the emblem directly below my monitor helps me see the basic shape of the emblem in the pics. First print out the photo of the actual emblem from my first post and tape it to the monitor. Then expand the picture of the monza 200 - 400 % (300% works best on my monitor). You can see the triangular shape of the rotor. The lower right angle of the rotary emblem (red on the actual emblem) is easiest to see. less visible is the top of the triangle (yellow on the actual emblem) and even more difficult to see is the lower left of the triangular rotor shape ( blue on the actual emblem). You can see toward the upper left the half moon shape of the space between the crankshaft gear and the inner gear of the rotor ( black on the actual emblem). If you can make out the word CHAPPARELLE then you should be able to see the emblem.
Do you really think Mike Van Auken lied about the rotary emblem in the pics. Seems obvious to me that the low quality reprint that was necessary for a free newsletter is the only reason you or I cannot make out the emblem in the Registry newsletter. You cannot see the rotary emblem on the tailpanel on the monza body design which was in the H07 Registry but I do remember that you could make out the rotary emblem displayed on the fender of the white body with the 5 lug 10 hole rims.
The earliest printing of the parts catalog for the 75 Monza still has a few part numbers that are referenced as specific to the rotary engine which were mistakenly not deleted.
There is no great conspiracy here. Gm spent millions on this engine and had it not been for the oil embargo and an emphasis on fuel economy the Monza would have been rotary powered. The rotary program was not initially cancelled it was postponed.
The emblem was also on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... MEWNX%3AIT the seller has no idea what he has or seemed to care. the only reason he has it listed correctly as for a Monza is because he also had a spyder and bowtie emble for sale in adition to a variety of loose emblems which he gave away.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0555792192http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0550180246http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0548184022http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0548201026http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0548093828
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