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Realized I did not attached the picture of the casting.
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I was reluctant to jump into this thread as I like to have some substantiation prior to commenting, but struck out miserably - my disclaimer. Here goes:

The company you reference, Atwood, went under a myriad number of names during the history of the company, and I believe during the '60's went under the name of Atwood Mobile (AM). AM was located in several states, and had facilities in Royal Oak and Pontiac, Michigan. They supplied hood related hardware to Pontiac, and was one of the hood hinge suppliers to our A-Bodies. (A second supplier of hinges had the stamping EO. The rivets found on these EO hinges had 12 concentric circles on the heads.)

The letter M is formed by joining two inverted V's. The letter A is formed by one inverted V and a horizontal dash. I believe the Atwood Mobile logo was formed using the letter M, and placing a horizontal dash across the first inverted V of the letter M. This created an A within the M. To assure the observer interpreted the logo properly, they underscored the logo with the dash so that it was not thought to be a W.
The photo in Post 7 shows the underscored logo.
The only thing I can say with any certainty was that this same outfit supplied our hood release mechanism..

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Old 06-27-2019, 10:43 AM
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For 1964

I was reluctant to jump into this thread as I like to have some substantiation prior to commenting, but struck out miserably - my disclaimer. Here goes:

The company you reference, Atwood, went under a myriad number of names during the history of the company, and I believe during the '60's went under the name of Atwood Mobile (AM). AM was located in several states, and had facilities in Royal Oak and Pontiac, Michigan. They supplied hood related hardware to Pontiac, and was one of the hood hinge suppliers to our A-Bodies. (A second supplier of hinges had the stamping EO. The rivets found on these EO hinges had 12 concentric circles on the heads.)

The letter M is formed by joining two inverted V's. The letter A is formed by one inverted V and a horizontal dash. I believe the Atwood Mobile logo was formed using the letter M, and placing a horizontal dash across the first inverted V of the letter M. This created an A within the M. To assure the observer interpreted the logo properly, they underscored the logo with the dash so that it was not thought to be a W.
The photo in Post 7 shows the underscored logo.
The only thing I can say with any certainty was that this same outfit supplied our hood release mechanism..
Thanks for the Atwood Mobil clarification

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