There are five main methods:
1. It was relatively rare for emblems to be screwed or riveted on. The danger of theft had always been high. For example, the French DFP emblem was rivited:
The LAGONDA emblem
and the FBW emblem were screwed ex works:
SELVE, PEUGEOT and KRIT worked with false, only intimated screws or rivets. However, the emblems were actually soldered on:
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SELVE emblem with false screw |
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PEUGEOT emblem with false rivets |
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KRIT emblem with false rivets |
For more information about the car emblem with the Swastika go to KRIT / USA (see list of car makers ).
2. The second most frequently used affixation method was thus soldering. It made theft virtually impossible, unless you were carrying a blowlamp with you. Any dismantling attempt without a blowlamp caused severe damage to the emblem. That´s why so many bent and cracked emblems are to be found.
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this emblem has been soldered on to the radiator |
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emblem dismantled by force |
3. The third most frequently used affixation method was clipping. The radiator grille has a round hole where the emblem is affixed and the emblem has a metal plate soldered on the back.
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FORD model A radiator emblem with plate |
4. Many American and German car companies cutted the plate in bands and soldered the whole thing to the radiator backside:
5. A rarely applied method was used by BUGATTIand other french companies: Sheet metal frames were soldered onto the radiator, the emblem was then inserted and the sheet metal frame was beaded with a special wood tool.
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Typical BUGATTI: Why adopt an easy approach, if there´s a more complicated one as well ? |
For more information about radiator emblems see older posts or top right ( list of car makers ).
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Thanks for explaining the use of a clip to hold the emblem's etschueon to the radiator, i.e. a clip. What a simple solution.
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