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.

Oct 13, 2018

FRANCO / IT

The Italian FRANCO Automobili S.A. was a short lived company. Attilio Franco presented a prototype at the Automobile Salon at Turin ( Torino) in 1908. This exposition was a big succes so he decided to start a regular production in 1910. A FRANCO race car piloted by Tullio Carilato won the Targa Florio in May 1910.
Car production ceased in 1912.

badge in art nouveau style

Dimension	6.3 cm
Year	1909- 1912
Estimate

flat reverse without makers mark

with some imagination you see the emblem on top of the radiator

there was also a nice looking firewall emblem

Here is another FRANCO emblem looking more recent. Same name but this badge is from the coachbuilder Pietro Franco of Torino.

this badge from the coach builder Pietro Franco of Torino was used with different colors

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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