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 Georges Richard1903. 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.

Oct 12, 2013

TEMPLAR / USA

TEMPLAR radiator emblem

The TEMPLAR Motors Corporation (Cleveland/ Ohio) lived from 1917 to 1925.
Its name derived from the crusades of the Middle Ages.
On december 1921 most of the TEMPLAR factory burned down.
Only 6,000 cars were built. Their best year was 1920 with 1,850 units sold.
Their slogan was: "Super-Fine Small Car". Materials and finish were superb, the aluminium bodies being given 27 coats of paint ! The 3 litre engine was smooth and and more efficient than most American power units [Georgano].

Dimensions	5.3cm x 7.7 cm
Year	1917 -1925
Estimate

A very sought-after emblem. So there are reproductions. Please look at the back.

The original has a makers mark: PAT.MAY. 8.1917 BASTIAN. BROS. CO.ROCH. N.Y.

This emblem is from the L.R. Hartung collection that was up for auction in 2011.

on top the original down the repro

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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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