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.

Feb 16, 2014

SWIFT / UK

The shamrock on the emblem is representative of the influence in the company of the Irish Du Cros family

The British SWIFT Motor Co Ltd from Coventry started car production with a small 1 cylinder engine of De Dion type in 1900.
In 1904 they offered their first 2 cylinder engine.
SWIFT could not compete with the mass-producers and the make died in 1931 [Georgano].

Dimensions	7.3 cm x 6.9 cm
Year	1926
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The bird is a hawk swallow (= Swift)

Dimensions	6.3 cm x 5.9 cm
Year	1914
Estimate

Here you see the emblem from the last SWIFT car, made in 1931:

SWIFT Cadet radiator emblem

Dimensions	4.2 cm x 3.6 cm
Year	1931
Estimate

SWIFT emblem collection

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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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