The reverse V was created when the splibs on the routing line snafu'd the V body neck route - as none of them had ever SEEN a V before, having worked for the company only about 2 days. When Henry got over being mad, he said... ok, we'll make LEMONAID from the lemons... and they actually sold pretty well.
Don't quote me on the 2 days, but inside sources say.... not a far off story