RadiatorEmblems

This page is dedicated to pre war car emblems and interesting post war emblems I want to present to you the most beautiful and the most rarest emblems on this page. To my knowledge the first enameled radiator emblem was on the French Brasier 1904. From this time on thousands of these nice artifacts were mounted on the radiator to identify the car. If you send me a picture from your favorite emblems I´ll post them with a comment. ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU WILL FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CARMAKERS.

Jun 21, 2013

MARMON ROOSEVELT

MARMON ROOSEVELT radiator emblem

Imagine FORD or GM is showing the portrait of Clinton, Bush or Obama on the radiator in 2013.
Unbelievable. But in 1929 it was possible. Here you see the President of the UNITED STATES: THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
And no, it was not a real success but it was the first straight eight for less than $ 1,000.
In 1931 it became the Model 70 MARMON.

Dimensions	4.6 x 3.8 cm
Year	1929 - 1930
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Contemporary ad with radiator emblem

brochure with emblem

For more emblems from other automobiles see top right of this page ( list of car makers ).

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AnonymousSeptember 14, 2014 at 9:11 PM
How do you get the rust off ?
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I started collecting radiator emblems in 1976. I remember this clearly because I had to give my first car to the local scrapyard. It was a still nice looking Volkswagen squareback. The scrapyard director was interested in my car and I was interested in the emblems of all cars in the field. So a deal was made. And I went home with a bucket full of emblems. Later I've been on swap meets all around the world. I started buying emblems on Ebay in 1999. From this time on prices became comparable for the first time. This made it possible for me to invent a five-star system to categorize emblems based on their rarity and value.This table is applicable for original emblems in a good but not perfect shape. Not for reproductions.

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	A common pre-war emblem from a mass producer like Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler etc. Value: 0$ - 50$
	Still a well known car but no high production quantities. Value: 50$ - 200$
	Here it starts with the highly collectible emblems. Value: 200$ - 500$
	A very rare and very desirable emblem. You have to look years to find one of these. Value: 500$ - 800$
	An ultra rare piece. Prices are sometimes 800$ and more.

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Jun 21, 2013

MARMON ROOSEVELT

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