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.

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Sep 5, 2026

MARQUE OF THE MACHINE by Kurt R. Hohl

MARQUE OF THE MACHINE by KURT HOHL

I actually still had some work to do, but the mailman delivered the book *MARQUE OF THE MACHINE*. I immediately immersed myself in its more than 330 pages—a mammoth work on American emblems from 1907 to 1941.
Kurt Hohl worked on this book for years. The result is by far the most in-depth book on American radiator emblems. It’s illustrated with magnificent photos by professional photographer Michael Furman. Of course, the book isn’t cheap, but it’s worth every dollar. Just order it at: Coachbuiltpress.com

I can really recommend it !

About 550 American brands are reviewed, including quite a few extremely obscure manufacturers.

Also, if you want to learn how to tell original emblems apart from reproductions, this book is the best guide available so far.

Finally, the article also discusses various sources where you can find information about historical car emblems. What do you want more?

Welcome

I started collecting radiator emblems 40 years ago. 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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Sep 5, 2026

MARQUE OF THE MACHINE by Kurt R. Hohl

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