Eyeball / brain teaser for today - what do you think this says?
 

I'm trying to recreate some stickers on our old solar car racer. I cannot figure out what this says (above DESCENTE).

What do you think? It looks familiar to me, but I can't place it...

This is from a photograph taken in 1993 or so. I looked at the photo under my microscope - there's no additional information to be gleaned there. This photo was scanned at 9,600 dpi on my scanner too - looks the same as under the microscope. I tried Google AI, but they said the photo was too blurry, etc.

thx

-Wayne

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1726206893.JPG


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1726206835.JPG

The first two characters are 65.
After that I would guess kph max en

As in 65 kph maximum in descent.

Best
Les

Interesting. The second character looks like a 5 or stylized S, but the first character doesn't look like a 6. It looks more like a C to me or possibly even an E.

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-v...1826422013.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1726206835.JPG

Descente with the downward arrow is the logo for the company, I think the logo in question is independent of that.

Was this a university group solar car? Historical pics of the cars from that era may be online.

ISC? Industrial control services?

https://www.facebook.com/andyrousebtcclegend

My first thought was also ICS.

Possibly ski wear, or cold weather equipment?

I don't know what it says, but I know who took the photo:D

That's funny!

Is there any chance that the company that sponsored your entry sponsored other entries in 1993, and can you find better pictures of those other cars and their logos?

Yup, already combed through the other photos. Good suggestion!

-Wayne

Yup, it was me who took the photo. This is the best one that I have...

-Wayne

Not a bad suggestion, and I thought the same. I couldn't come up with a logo that seemed to match that...

-Wayne

Got DESCENTE - no problem. All of the photos that are online have been posted by me - already combed everything. Back then, we had to use film and photos were a buck a piece to develop, so I don't have many...

-Wayne

I kind of gave up, so I made up something that will look like it sort of matches. IGS is "Interstate Gas Supply" and they have / had a solar division - it may have been them, who knows...

-Wayne

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1726250410.JPG

There, now it's a perfect match.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1726253642.jpg

Laboratory for Computer Science?

I thought that too, but then what would the three words after that be? I couldn't find a match in vintage logos either...

-Wayne

FOUND IT! One of the emails that was in my folder was from the brother of our team director, and his domain was / is "LCS Controls".

-Wayne

https://lcscontrols.com/wp-content/u...3145232963.png

That's awesome.

Excellent! Another vote for never throw anything away.

Redacted because I just saw you were one of the MIT members for the vehicle.