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.

Jan 5, 2014

IMPERIAL / Jackson / Michigan / USA

IMPERIAL / MICHIGAN / USA ( 1908 - 1916 )

This royal name has been used by many cars. I counted 4 American and 3 British car factories with the name IMPERIAL. There was also a CROWN - IMPERIAL made by CHRYSLER and then there was the Belgish IMPERIA that made luxury cars.
Here I present you the American Imperial from Jackson / Michigan. This company was on the market from 1908 to 1916, specialized in touring cars.

IMPERIAL radiator emblem, rare version without holes

Size	7.3 cm x 8.5 cm
Year	c. 1911 - 1913
Estimate

backside with maker´s mark: THE HENDERSON AMES CO KALAMAZOO MICH.

If you want to know more about the factories that built car emblems please click here: Manufacturers of emblems !

For more information abot the Belgian IMPERIA please click here !

For more emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).

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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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IMPERIAL / Jackson / Michigan / USA

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