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.

Feb 28, 2016

TAU / ITALY

TAU / TURIN / ITALY ( 1924 . 1926 )

Not much is known about the Italian car manufacturer TAU ( Torino Automobili Unita )
Pietro Scaglioni started production in Torino / Italy in 1924 offering a type 95 and a type 90 with 45-HP engine respectively 50-HP.
The design resembled very much the contemporary FIAT 509.
As there was no commercial success car production ceased after approx. 120 cars had been put to sale. To my knowledge only one single car is still in existance in Australia.

don´t know if the holes are original

Size	ca. 5 cm
Year	1924 - 1925
Estimate

TAU automobiles were extremely rare even back then. Only around 120 were built, and one has actually survived in Australia. Here I can show you a photo of the emblem from this vehicle.

Thank you Graeme for this photo

contemporary picture of a TAU

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

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UnknownFebruary 27, 2021 at 4:44 AM
There is one in a garage on my street in Australia. In quite good condition for its age.
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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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Feb 28, 2016

TAU / ITALY

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