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.

Apr 13, 2014

HANOVER Motor Company

The HANOVER Motor Company was organized in Hanover, Pennsylvania in 1921. It was a miniature of a full size car with an air-cooled twin engine. An unusual feature was the choice of left or right hand drive. In 1921 only 133 cars were produced. In 1922 they sold 25 cars. That year the company moved to Buffalo, New York. The last years may be 26 cars were sold.

Emblem from the last years. The feather is symbolizing the light weight of the car.

Dimensions	4.9 cm x 6.4 cm
Year	1921 - 1927
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HANOVER emblem with contemporary ad

In this advertisement you can read: " The demand for this wonderful automobile has forced the company to enlarge the facilities to manufacture and to make an output in 1922 that will aggregate 80 cars a day or about 21,000 for the year. "

The truth is that HANOVER´s total production for its entire history is a little bit more than 200 cars !

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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HANOVER Motor Company

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