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.

Jan 28, 2018

PLAYBOY / USA

PLAYBOY / BUFFALO / USA ( 1946 - 1951 )
Why not showing a Post-War emblem when it is rare and strange.
In 1946 the Playboy Motor Car Corp of Buffalo, N.Y. presented a compact three seater convertible. It had a 40hp four-cylinder Continental engine. It was a short lived company with an output of 97 cars only.
So the emblem is very hard to find.

large hood emblem ( the two holes are not original )

Size	14.6 cm x 6.5 cm
Year	1946 - 1951
Estimate

you can see the emblem on the hood

The manufacturer named the vehicle “La Playboy,” using a French article, presumably to give the vehicle more flair:

For more 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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