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.

May 8, 2015

MARION / USA

The MARION of Indianapolis started car production with an four-cylinder air - cooled engine in 1904. Later they added water cooled models. Their best year was 1911 with 1,437 cars sold.
In 12 years they built a little bit more than 7,200 cars.
In 1915 the MARION became the MARION HANDLEY (see MARION - HANDLEY).

One of the most beautiful radiator emblems ever made was mounted on the 1914 MARION, showing the car itself.
A highly sought-after emblem.

very original radiator emblem missing the blue enamel around the MARION letters

Dimensions	5.5 cm
Year	1911- 1914
Estimate

hard to see on top: makers mark from ROBBINS CO ATTLEBORO MASS:

For more beautiful car 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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