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 FIND AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CARMAKERS.

Jan 12, 2014

INTER-STATE / USA

INTER - STATE radiator emblem

The INTER - STATE had two lives. The first began in October of 1908 when Thomas F. Hart of Muncie announced the winner of the contest he had staged to name his new car, and the INTER-STATE Automobile Company was born [Kimes, Clark]. In 1914 the firm was reorganized as INTER-STATE Motor company. The best year was 1917 with 1,413 cars sold. In 1918 the last INTER-STATE was built.
In 11 years a little more than 8,000 cars were produced.

On top you see the first INTER-STATE emblem, when the name was still AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.

Dimensions	6.5 cm x 7.4 cm
Year	1908 - 1913
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Dimensions	6.5 cm x 7.4 cm
Year	1914
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Dimensions	6.5 cm x 7.4 cm
Year	1916
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All INTER-STATE emblems are flat on the reverse and there is no maker´s mark.

For more beautiful emblems from other automobiles see top right of this page ( 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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