[PAUL SS]

Originally Posted by LoneStarCamaro

The evolution of the flags:

Don't forget, the original crossed flag design had an American flag in it, but it never went into production.

"The original Corvette logo was designed in 1953 by Robert Bartholomew. It expressed the crossed flags of the American flag and a finish line flag. The Chevrolet name was curved across the top of the emblem and the Corvette name was in script in a bottom arch. Though the emblem has changed over the years, this is the basic design it has always come back to. The original logo is on display at the National Corvette Museum. Unfortunately, four days before the presentation of the Corvette, at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Chevrolet management decided they should redesign the logo on account of the law prohibiting the use of the American flag for use in a commercial product."