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 French Brasier 1904. 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.

Dec 1, 2019

WIIMA / Finland

The WIIMA, founded by Antti Wiima, was the most famous coach builder for buses in the nineteenfifties and sixties in Finland.
The used VOLVO engines and so it seems to be logical that they were bought out by VOLVO in 2008.

first WIIMA bus badge with winged chrome base

Size	7.6 x 7.5 cm (emblem only )
Year	1958 - 1965
Estimate

left: early enameled version right: later plastic version

In 1957 Antti Wiima constructed a microcar that was based on the German Goggomobil.
As there was no demand for this car a prototype was built only.

For more car and truck 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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